• Profiling the needs of dementia caregivers in a Brazilian cross-sectional study 

  Andrade, Alan Cronemberger (Universidade Federal da BahiaUFBABrasil, 2025-06-05)

  Introduction: Alzheimer's disease is an increasingly critical public health concern in aging populations. Characterized by progressive impairments, it can lead to dementia and significant dependence on family caregivers, ...
• The cognitive behavioral therapy causes an improvement in quality of life in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain 

  Castro, Martha M. C.; Daltro, Carla Hilário da Cunha; Kraychete, Durval Campos; Lopes, Josiane (Brasil, 2012)

  Chronic pain causes functional incapacity and compromises an individual's affective, social, and economic life. OBJECTIVE: To study the cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) effectiveness in a group of patients with chronic ...
• Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among HIV-infected women in Brazil 

  Travassos, Ana Gabriela Álvares; Brites, Carlos; M. Netto, Eduardo; Fernandes, Sheyla de Almeida; Rutherford, George Williams; Queiroz, Conceição Maria (2012)

  This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and associated risk factors in HIV-infected pregnant women followed for prenatal care in Salvador, Bahia. This was a cross-sectional ...
• Immunological and viral features in patients with overactive bladder associated with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection 

  Santos, Silvane Maria Braga; Oliveira, Paulo; Luna, Tania; Souza, Anselmo de Santana; Nascimento, Márcia; Siqueira, Isadora; Tanajura, Davi; Muniz, André Luís Nunes; Glesby, Marshall J.; Carvalho Filho, Edgar Marcelino de (2012)

  The majority of patients infected with human T-cell lymphotropic virus-type 1 (HTLV-1) are considered carriers, but a high frequency of urinary symptoms of overactive bladder, common in HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical ...
• 17-AAG Kills Intracellular Leishmania amazonensis while Reducing Inflammatory Responses in Infected Macrophages 

  Petersen, Antonio Luis de Oliveira Almeida; Guedes, Carlos Eduardo Sampaio; Versoza, Carolina Leite; Lima, José Geraldo Bomfim; Freitas, Luiz Antônio Rodrigues de; Borges, Valéria de Matos; Veras, Patrícia Sampaio Tavares (Brasil, 2012)

  Background: Leishmaniasis is a neglected endemic disease with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Pentavalent antimonials have been the treatment of choice for the past 70 years and, due to the emergence of resistant ...
• Disseminated Leishmaniasis: A New and Emerging Form of Leishmaniasis Observed in Northeastern Brazil 

  Turetz, Meredith L.; Machado, Paulo Roberto Lima; Ko, Albert I.; Alves, Fábio; Bittencourt, Achilea Candida Lisboa; Almeida, Roque Pacheco de; Mobashery, Niloufar; Johnson Junior, Warren D.; Carvalho Filho, Edgar Marcelino de (Brasil, 2002)

  During the past decade, there has been an increase in the number of patients with disseminated leishmaniasis (DL), which is characterized by a large number of acneiform and papular skin lesions, with very few or no parasites ...
• Effects of neuromuscular electrostimulation in patients with heart failure admitted to ward 

  Araújo, Carlos José Soares de; Gonçalves, Fernanda Souza; Bittencourt, Hugo Souza; Rodrigues Junior, Erenaldo de Souza; Santos, Noélia Gonçalves dos; Mecca Junior, Sérgio Vitor; Neves, Júlio Leal Bandeira; Fernandes, André Maurício Souza; Aras Júnior, Roque; Reis, Francisco José Farias Borges dos; Guimarães, Armênio Costa; Rodrigues Junior, Erenaldo de Souza; Carvalho, Vitor Oliveira (2012)

  Background: Neuromuscular electrostimulation has become a promising issue in cardiovascular rehabilitation. However there are few articles published in the literature regarding neuromuscular electrostimulation in patients ...
• Comparing breast feeding practices in baby friendly and non-accredited hospitals in Salvador, Bahia 

  Ortiz, Priscilla Nunes; Rolim, Rafaela Borges; Souza, Mateus Freire Lima e; Soares, Poliana Louzada; Vieira, Tatiana de Oliveira; Vieira, Graciete Oliveira; Lyra, Priscila Pinheiro Ribeiro; Silva, Luciana Rodrigues (2011)

  OBJECTIVES: to compare compliance with Steps 4 to 10 of "The Steps to Successful Breastfeeding" in two hospitals accredited by the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI group) with two not yet accredited hospitals in ...
• Family Income and Survival in Brazilian Peritoneal Dialysis Multicenter Study Patients (BRAZPD): Time to Revisit a Myth? 

  Bastos, Kleyton de Andrade; Qureshi, Abdul Rashid; Lopes, Antonio Alberto da Silva; Fernandes, Natália; Barbosa, Luciana Mendonça Morais; Pecoits Filho, Roberto; Divino Filho, José Carolino (2011)

  Background and Objectives Although low socioeconomic status has been considered a contraindication to peritoneal dialysis (PD), no published data clearly link it to poor outcomes. The goal of this study was assessing the ...
• Fractured Orbital Wall Reconstruction With an Auricular Cartilage Graft or Absorbable Polyacid Copolymer 

  Kruschewsky, Leonardo de Souza; Novais, Tatiana; Daltro, Carla Hilário da Cunha; Castelo Branco, Bruno; Lessa, Marcus; Kruschewsky, Marinella Benez; Mello Filho, Francisco Veríssimo de (2011)

  Objective: The objective of the study was to compare the functional and aesthetic results of fractured orbital wall reconstruction with an auricular cartilage graft or absorbable polyacid copolymer. Materials and Methods: ...
• Aspectos psicossociais do trabalho e dor musculoesquelética em professores 

  Cardoso, Jefferson Paixão; Araújo, Tânia Maria de; Carvalho, Fernando Martins; Oliveira, Nelson Fernandes de; Reis, Eduardo José Farias Borges dos (Brasil, 2011)

  This study aimed to investigate the association between work-related psychosocial factors and musculoskeletal pain (MP) among primary schoolteachers in the public school system in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil. A cross-sectional ...
• Brazilian guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary angioedema 

  Bianchi, Pedro Giavina; França, Alfeu T.; Grumach, Anete S.; Motta, Abílio A.; Fernandes, Fátima R.; Campos, Régis de Albuquerque; Valle, Solange O.; Rosário, Nelson A.; Solé, Dirceu (Brasil, 2011)

  Hereditary angioedema is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by edema attacks with multiple organ involvement. It is caused by a quantitative or functional deficiency of the C1 inhibitor, which is a member of the ...
• Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosed With a 2-h 75-g Oral Glucose Tolerance Test and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes 

  Schmidt, Maria Inês; Duncan, Bruce Bartholow; Reichelt, Angela J.; Branchtein, Leandro; Matos, Maria C.; Forti, Adriana Costa e; Spichler, Ethel R.; Pousada, Judith Maria Dias Carreiro; Teixeira, Margareth M.; Yamashita, Tsuyoshi (2001)

  OBJECTIVE—To evaluate American Diabetes Association (ADA) and World Health Organization (WHO) diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) against pregnancy outcomes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—This cohort ...
• Avaliação da implementação de um sistema de qualidade em um laboratório de pesquisa básica: viabilidade e impactos 

  Fraga, Hilda Carolina de Jesus Rios; Fukutani, Kiyoshi Ferreira; Celes, Fabiana Santana; Barral, Aldina Maria Prado; Oliveira, Camila Indiani de (Brasil, 2012)

  Avaliar o processo de implantação de um sistema de qualidade em um laboratório de pesquisa básica, avaliando a viabilidade e os impactos dessa melhoria. Métodos: Tratou-se de um estudo qualitativo prospectivo. Utilizou-se ...
• Razão triglicérides/HDL-C e proteína C reativa de alta sensibilidade na avaliação do risco cardiovascular 

  Aras Júnior, Roque; Vieira, Eder Andrade; Carvalho, Wilson Andrade de; Couto, Fábio David; Couto, Ricardo David (Brasil, 2011)

  INTRODUÇÃO: Índices calculados a partir de medidas laboratoriais e a determinação de marcadores plasmáticos são frequentemente utilizados para a avaliação do risco cardiovascular. OBJETIVO: Utilizar a razão triglicérides ...
• Combining diagnostic procedures for the management of leishmaniasis in areas with high prevalence of Leishmania guyanensis 

  Benicio, Ednelza de Almeida; Gadelha, Ellen Pricilla Nunes; Talhari, Anette Chrusciak; Silva Junior, Roberto Moreira da; Ferreira, Luis Carlos; Santos, Mayara Cristina Cordeiro dos; Mira, Marcelo Távora; Oliveira, Cintia Mara Costa de; Talhari, Carolina Chrusciak; Talhari, Sinésio; Machado, Paulo Roberto Lima; Schriefer, Nicolaus Albert Borges (2011)

  BACKGROUND: The Amazon region corresponds to approximately 40% of the cases of leishmaniasis in Brazil. We report a prospective study with 180 patients conducted in a health care unit that diagnoses 10% of the cases of ...
• Serial Quantitative PCR Assay for Detection, Species Discrimination, and Quantification of Leishmania spp. in Human Samples 

  Weirather, Jason L.; Jeronimo, Selma M. B.; Gautam, Shalini; Sundar, Shyam; Kang, Mitchell; Kurtz, Melissa A.; Haque, Rashidul; Schriefer, Nicolaus Albert Borges; Talhari, Sinésio; Carvalho Filho, Edgar Marcelino de; Donelson, John E.; Wilson, Mary E. (2011)

  The Leishmania species cause a variety of human disease syndromes. Methods for diagnosis and species differentiation are insensitive and many require invasive sampling. Although quantitative PCR (qPCR) methods are reported ...
• What we should learn from the London Olympics 

  Bonini, M.; Bachert, Claus; Cagnani, C. E. Baena; Bedbrook, A.; Brozek, J. L.; Canonica, Giorgio W.; Cruz Filho, Álvaro Augusto Souza da; Fokkens, W. J.; Wijk, R. Gerth van (2013)
• Strongyloidiasis and Infective Dermatitis Alter Human T Lymphotropic Virus-1 Clonality in vivo 

  Gillet, Nicolas A.; Cook, Lucy; Laydon, Daniel J.; Hlela, Carol; Verdonck, Kristien; Alvarez, Carolina; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Clark, Daniel; Farré, Lourdes; Bittencourt, Achilea Candida Lisboa; Asquith, Becca; Taylor, Graham P.; Bangham, Charles R. M. (Brasil, 2013)

  Human T-lymphotropic Virus-1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus that persists lifelong by driving clonal proliferation of infected T-cells. HTLV-1 causes a neuroinflammatory disease and adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. Strongyloidiasis, ...
• Lutzomyia longipalpis saliva drives apoptosis and enhances parasite burden in neutrophils 

  Santos, Théo Araújo; Luz, Nívea Farias; Andrade, Bruno Bezerril; Costa, Jaqueline França; Afonso, Lilian; Clarêncio, Jorge; Miranda, José Carlos; Bozza, Patrícia Torres; Reis, George A. dos; Brodskyn, Claudia Ida; Barral-Netto, Manoel; Borges, Valéria de Matos; Barral, Aldina Maria Prado (2011)

  Neutrophils are considered the host's first line of defense against infections and have been implicated in the immunopathogenesis of Leishmaniasis. Leishmania parasites are inoculated alongside vectors' saliva, which is a ...

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