- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Electrolyte and hormonal disorders
- Psychology and Mental Health
- Healthcare Regulation
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Health Education and Validation
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU
- Youth, Drugs, and Violence
- Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Disaster Response and Management
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Health, Nursing, Elderly Care
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Dysphagia Assessment and Management
- Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
- Gut microbiota and health
- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
2013-2021
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
2013-2021
Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia Translacional em Medicina
2017
University of British Columbia
2017
Growing evidence supports the existence of neurobiological trait abnormalities in individuals at genetic risk for bipolar disorder. The aim this study was to examine potential differences brain-derived neurotrophic factor, cytokines, oxidative stress, and telomere length markers between patients with disorder, their siblings, healthy controls. Thirty-six disorder type I, 39 44 controls were assessed. Serum levels interleukin-6, interleukin-10, tumor necrosis factor-α, C-C motif chemokine 11,...
OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors for the development of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in non-ventilated patients. METHODS: This was a retrospective observational cohort study conducted over three-year period at tertiary-care teaching hospital. We included only patients diagnosed with HAP and presenting positive bacterial cultures. Categorical variables were compared chi-square test. Logistic regression analysis used to determine MDR...