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Considerando o caráter hiperendêmico e epidêmico da dengue no Brasil, o presente estudo tem como objetivo comparar a incidência da arbovirose de 2008 a 2023 nos municípios do Rio de Janeiro e Niterói. Exploramos fatores associados, buscando explicar o comportamento nas duas cidades. Estudo ecológico retrospectivo que utilizou dados do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN), do IBGE e do Banco de Dados Meteorológicos do INMET. Foram analisados os casos de dengue de acordo com o ano de notificação e município de residência, de 2008 a 2023, no Rio de Janeiro e Niterói e foram calculadas as incidências por 100.000 habitantes. Foram analisados IDH e cobertura do saneamento básico e calculadas as precipitações mensal máxima, mínima e a média, na estação A652 do Forte de Copacabana no Rio de Janeiro e A627 em Niterói, de julho de 2018 a dezembro de 2023, pela limitação da estação meteorológica de Niterói. Em relação aos indicadores socioeconômicos, o Rio de Janeiro tem densidade demográfica, IDH e cobertura de saneamento básico de 5174,60 hab./km², 0,799, e 94,4%, respectivamente e, Niterói, 3601,67 hab./km² e 0,837 e 91,1%, respectivamente. As precipitações no Rio de Janeiro variaram de 0 mm a 396 mm, com uma média de 100 mm mensais. Em Niterói, a variação foi de 0mm a 332mm, com uma média de 89 mm mensais. O maior pico de incidência de dengue no Rio de Janeiro ocorreu em 2012, com 2.817,4 /100 mil habitantes. Em Niterói, o ano de maior incidência foi 2013, com 2.549,2/100 mil habitantes. A partir de 2019, Niterói assumiu incidência inferior a 100/100 mil habitantes e se manteve assim até o final do período analisado, inclusive durante a epidemia de 2023, quando o Rio de Janeiro contou com 704,3/100 mil habitantes, e Niterói com 65,4/100 mil habitantes. Desde 2015, Niterói faz parte da World Mosquito Program (WMP), iniciativa que explora a relação simbiótica entre a bactéria Wolbachia e o Aedes aegypti, reduzindo a capacidade do mosquito em transmitir a dengue. Em 2016, o projeto foi expandido para a cidade do Rio de Janeiro, no entanto, apenas para a Ilha do Governador. A diferença das incidências nas duas cidades, com indicadores socioeconômicos e ambientais comparáveis, a partir de 2021, sugere a efetividade da estratégia World Mosquito Program na prevenção da dengue em Niterói. Palavras-chave: Dengue, Epidemiologia, Determinantes. Conflitos de interesse: Não houve conflito de interesse. Ética e financiamentos: Declarações de interesse: Nenhum.

Abstract Background The positive effects of active and passive music activities on older people with dementia are well and largely documented by the literature. Nevertheless, the use of music as a non-pharmacological intervention is not so common both in private and public older people care facilities because in-home staff have no competencies for delivering such activities. Conversely, the realization and implementation of a co-designed music-based curriculum for dementia care professionals may help the diffusion of music in the older people care facilities. This study was aimed at evaluating the learning outcomes of the SOUND training, based on an original co-designed music-based curriculum for dementia care professionals and implemented in Italy, Portugal and Romania. Methods The SOUND training study was developed through three phases: a) the co-design of the music-based curriculum for dementia care professionals, involving 55 people in the three participating countries; b) the teaching of the training curriculum to 63 dementia care professionals (29 in Italy, 17 in Portugal and 17 in Romania), delivered both in person and via a Moodle platform named Virtual Music Circle; c) the learning outcomes assessment, carried out by means of 13 self-evaluation tests, and a practical test, and the trainees’ course evaluation by a questionnaire. Results Most of the trainees reached the highest score in the evaluation of the theoretical competencies in the three study countries. Conversely, some practical competencies in the facilitation of music activities need to be fine-tuned. The SOUND training course was evaluated very positively in the overall structure, theoretical contents, and practical workshops by the trainees. Nevertheless, they preferred the face-to-face compared to the distance learning methodology in the three countries. Conclusions The SOUND training curriculum was effective in teaching music techniques and neurocognitive knowledge to dementia care professionals. Nevertheless, future courses should be differentiated for dementia care professionals with or without previous music knowledge and competencies. Moreover, the course is fully sustainable, because it does not require additional costs given that the curriculum is fully accessible online and it is also replicable because it trains professionals who can continue to apply the method in their working routine.

Abstract Background Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) represents the pathologic end stage of several interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. However, current treatments can only delay disease progression rather than provide a cure. The role of inflammation in PF progression is well-established, but new insights into immune regulation are fundamental for developing more efficient therapies. c-MET signaling has been implicated in the migratory capacity and effector functions of immune cells. Nevertheless, the role of this signaling pathway in the context of PF-associated lung diseases remains unexplored. Methods To determine the influence of c-MET in immune cells in the progression of pulmonary fibrosis, we used a conditional deletion of c-Met in immune cells. To induce pulmonary fibrosis mice were administered with bleomycin (BLM) intratracheally. Over the course of 21 days, mice were assessed for weight change, and after euthanasia at different timepoints, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cells and lung tissue were assessed for inflammation and fibrosis. Furthermore, c-MET expression was assessed in cryobiopsy sections, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cells samples and single cell RNA-sequencing dataset from human patients with distinct interstitial lung diseases. Results c-MET expression was induced in lung immune cells, specifically in T cells, interstitial macrophages, and neutrophils, during the inflammatory phase of BLM-induced PF mouse model. Deletion of c-Met in immune cells correlated with earlier weight recovery and improved survival of BLM-treated mice. Moreover, the deletion of c-Met in immune cells was associated with early recruitment of the immune cell populations, normally found to express c-MET, leading to a subsequent attenuation of the cytotoxic and proinflammatory environment. Consequently, the less extensive inflammatory response, possibly coupled with tissue repair, culminated in less exacerbated fibrotic lesions. Furthermore, c-MET expression was up-regulated in lung T cells from patients with fibrosing ILD, suggesting a potential involvement of c-MET in the development of fibrosing disease. Conclusions These results highlight the critical contribution of c-MET signaling in immune cells to their enhanced uncontrolled recruitment and activation toward a proinflammatory and profibrotic phenotype, leading to the exacerbation of lung injury and consequent development of fibrosis.

Integrating eye gaze data with chest X-ray images in deep learning (DL) has led to contradictory conclusions in the literature. Some authors assert that eye gaze data can enhance prediction accuracy, while others consider eye tracking irrelevant for predictive tasks. We argue that this disagreement lies in how researchers process eye-tracking data as most remain agnostic to the human component and apply the data directly to DL models without proper preprocessing. We present EyeXNet, a multimodal DL architecture that combines images and radiologists’ fixation masks to predict abnormality locations in chest X-rays. We focus on fixation maps during reporting moments as radiologists are more likely to focus on regions with abnormalities and provide more targeted regions to the predictive models. Our analysis compares radiologist fixations in both silent and reporting moments, revealing that more targeted and focused fixations occur during reporting. Our results show that integrating the fixation masks in a multimodal DL architecture outperformed the baseline model in five out of eight experiments regarding average Recall and six out of eight regarding average Precision. Incorporating fixation masks representing radiologists’ classification patterns in a multimodal DL architecture benefits lesion detection in chest X-ray (CXR) images, particularly when there is a strong correlation between fixation masks and generated proposal regions. This highlights the potential of leveraging fixation masks to enhance multimodal DL architectures for CXR image analysis. This work represents a first step towards human-centered DL, moving away from traditional data-driven and human-agnostic approaches.

Introduction: Advances in neonatal care have improved the prognosis in extremely preterm infants. The gestational age considered for active treatment has decreased globally. Despite implemented guidelines, several studies show variability in practice. The aim of this study was to understand theperspectives of Portuguese neonatologists and obstetricians regarding the management of extremely preterm infants. Methods: An online survey was sent through the Portuguese Neonatology Society and the Portuguese Society of Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine from August to September 2023. Results: We obtained 117 responses: 53% neonatologists, 18% pediatricians, and 29% obstetricians, with 62% having more than 10 years of experience. The majority (80%) were familiar with the Portuguese Neonatology Society consensus on the limits of viability and 46% used it in practice; 62% were unaware of Portuguese morbidity-mortality statistics associated with extremely preterm infants. Most (91%) informed parents about morbiditymortality concerning the gestational age more frequently upon admission (64%) and considered their opinion in the limit of viability situations (95%). At 22 weeks gestational age, 71% proposed only comfort care, while at 25 and 26 weeks, the majority suggested active care (80% and 96%, respectively). Less consensus was observed at 23 and 24 weeks. At 24 weeks, most obstetricians offered active care with the option of comfort care by parental choice (59%), while the neonatology group provided active care (65%), p < 0.001. Regarding the lower limit of gestational age for in utero transfer, corticosteroid administration, cesarean section for fetal indication, neonatologist presence during delivery, and endotracheal intubation; neonatologists considered a lower gestational age than obstetricians (23 vs 24 weeks; p = 0.036; p < 0.001; p < 0.001; p = 0.021; p < 0.001, respectively). Conclusion: Differences in perspectives between obstetricians and neonatologists in limits of viability situations were identified. Neonatologists considered a lower gestational age in various scenarios and proposed active care earlier. Standardized counseling for extremely preterm infants is crucial to avoid ambiguity, parental confusion, and conflicts in perinatal care.

Abstract Objectives: to analyze neonatal deaths according to avoidability and to analyze the temporal trend of neonatal mortality rate (NMR) in Niterói/RJ, 2012-2022. Methods: ecological time series study. Data from Sistema de Informação sobre Nascidos Vivos and Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade. NMRs were calculated according to maternal and neonatal variables and trends were estimated using the joinpoint regression. Results: the annual number of live births (LB) fell, with a decreasing trend among adolescents and those with low education level. Of the 324 deaths, most occurred early (0-6 days), by preventable causes in 68.6%, predominating those reducible by adequate care during pregnancy. The overall NMR remained stable, ranging from 4.2 to 6/1,000 LB, being higher at the extremes of maternal age (12.7 and 8.6/1,000 LB in 2022, adolescents and over 35 years old, respectively), in low education level mothers (27.6/1,000 LB in 2022), in neonates 2,500g, and for avoidable causes. Conclusions: the high proportion of preventable causes reveals the reduction potential. There was inequality in NMR and its trend, demanding more equitable health actions.

Many progressive aquariums worldwide house various elasmobranch species as part of their commitment to conservation awareness and the long-term well-being of these creatures. These aquariums face the challenge of enabling these natural predators to live harmoniously with other fish without triggering natural predation. This research, conducted at Zoomarine Algarve in Southern Portugal, aimed to investigate the behaviour of three elasmobranch species (Carcharhinus melanopterus (1:1:0), Triaenodon obesus (1:0:0), and Pteroplatytrygon violacea (0:3:0)) when exposed to different feeding mechanisms. The goal was to provide them with opportunities for alternative predatory behaviours beyond their typical feeding techniques and to reduce the likelihood of natural predation. The study took place under controlled conditions within a community habitat. Four feeding methods (pole, short buoy, long buoy, and PVC) were tested during morning, afternoon, and evening periods, using five different prey species. The results shed light on which feeding method aligns best with each species’ distinct physiological standards and predatory tendencies and revealed their prey preferences. All three species interacted with all feeding methods, with P. violacea showing a strong preference for the pole method. T. obesus favoured bony fish, while C. melanopterus showed a preference for cephalopods. P. violacea interacted with all prey types but displayed no marked preference. These various feeding methods and prey options also function as environmental enrichment strategies, enhancing the complexity of the habitat and providing the animals with more choices and control, ultimately promoting their welfare in captivity.

Abstract This study investigates the effects of including patients’ clinical information on the performance of deep learning (DL) classifiers for disease location in chest X-ray images. Although current classifiers achieve high performance using chest X-ray images alone, consultations with practicing radiologists indicate that clinical data is highly informative and essential for interpreting medical images and making proper diagnoses. In this work, we propose a novel architecture consisting of two fusion methods that enable the model to simultaneously process patients’ clinical data (structured data) and chest X-rays (image data). Since these data modalities are in different dimensional spaces, we propose a spatial arrangement strategy, spatialization, to facilitate the multimodal learning process in a Mask R-CNN model. We performed an extensive experimental evaluation using MIMIC-Eye, a dataset comprising different modalities: MIMIC-CXR (chest X-ray images), MIMIC IV-ED (patients’ clinical data), and REFLACX (annotations of disease locations in chest X-rays). Results show that incorporating patients’ clinical data in a DL model together with the proposed fusion methods improves the disease localization in chest X-rays by 12% in terms of Average Precision compared to a standard Mask R-CNN using chest X-rays alone. Further ablation studies also emphasize the importance of multimodal DL architectures and the incorporation of patients’ clinical data in disease localization. In the interest of fostering scientific reproducibility, the architecture proposed within this investigation has been made publicly accessible( https://github.com/ChihchengHsieh/multimodal-abnormalities-detection ).

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic made nurse–patient–family communication more difficult, reducing the understanding of the patient’s wishes and current care history. COVID-19 challenged healthcare teams to develop strategies to address these changes and provide more integrated care using the technology at their disposal. So, this study aims to map the strategies used by nurses to maintain communication between the person hospitalized with COVID-19 and the family to understand which communication technologies were most used to maintain communication between the person and the family. Methods: A Scoping Review, according to the recommendations of the Joanna Briggs Institute [JBI] with the Preferred Reporting Items for Scoping Review extension (PRISMA-ScR), research conducted between September 2022 and January 2023. The search was conducted in the databases: Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS); Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL); Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO); Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (Medline), using the descriptors: family, communication, nurses, hospitals and COVID-19, and the Boolean operators “AND”. The inclusion criteria were: original articles, in Portuguese, English, and Spanish, published from 2020 onwards, with access to full and free text. Results: It was found that most of the communication was unstructured with the family. The technologies most used by nurses were the telephone with video calls from the patients themselves and even from health professionals to maintain communication between the patient and the family. Conclusions: Communication between patients and families became essential during the pandemic, as it became a vital lifeline of human connection that supported the mental health of patients and their families. This study was not registered.

The paper reflects on Il libro d'arte in Italia (1935-1965) edited by Massimo Ferretti (Pisa, Edizioni della Normale, 2021), as a starting point for further critic reasonings about the relationship between History of Art and Publishing in the Twentieth century. Recalling the statements in the book, the paper remarks a range of topics, like the material aspects of editorial production, such as photography as illustration technique, and the planning of specialized series as the output of cultural projects. This demonstrates how the history of the book of art is linked to the cultural development of the 20th century in Italy.

Resumo: A restrição do crescimento intrauterino e a prematuridade determinam o baixo peso ao nascer, e a combinação das três condições resulta em diferentes fenótipos neonatais que interferem na sobrevivência infantil. Foram estimadas a prevalência, a sobrevivência e a mortalidade neonatal, segundo os fenótipos neonatais, na coorte de nascidos vivos de 2021 no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Foram excluídos nascidos vivos de gravidez múltipla, com anomalia congênita, e com inconsistências nas informações de peso e idade gestacional. Foi utilizada a curva Intergrowth para classificar adequação do peso, e estimadas a mortalidade (< 24 horas, 1-6 e 7-27 dias) e sobrevida (Kaplan-Meier). Dos 174.399 nascidos vivos, 6,8%, 5,5% e 9,5% eram, respectivamente, baixo peso ao nascer, pequeno para idade gestacional (PIG) e prematuros. Entre nascidos vivos com baixo peso ao nascer, 39,7% eram PIG e 70%, prematuros. Os fenótipos neonatais foram heterogêneos segundo características maternas, do parto, da gestação e do recém-nascido. A taxa de mortalidade por 1.000 nascidos vivos foi elevada para neonatos de baixo peso ao nascer prematuros, tanto PIG (78,1) quanto AIG (adequado para idade gestacional: 61,1), em todas as idades específicas. Houve reduções significantes da sobrevida quando comparados aos nascidos vivos não baixo peso ao nascer, AIG termo. As prevalências estimadas mostraram menores valores que as de outros estudos, em parte pelos critérios de exclusão adotados. Os fenótipos neonatais identificaram crianças mais vulneráveis e com maior risco de morte. A prematuridade contribuiu mais para a mortalidade que a condição de PIG; sua prevenção é necessária para reduzir a mortalidade neonatal no Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a evolução da completude e da consistência do registro de gastrosquise no Sistema de Informações sobre Nascidos Vivos (SINASC) no Brasil. Trata-se de estudo de série temporal sobre a completude da variável “ocorrência de anomalia congênita” e a consistência do diagnóstico de gastrosquise no SINASC, nos biênios entre 2005 e 2020, para Unidades da Federação, região e Brasil. A consistência foi estimada pela razão entre óbitos por gastrosquise registrados no Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM) e o total de casos registrados no SINASC. A tendência temporal foi analisada por regressão joinpoint. No período, havia registro de 46.574.995 nascidos vivos e 10.024 casos de gastrosquise entre eles. Identificamos 5.632 óbitos infantis por gastrosquise. O percentual de incompletude diminuiu de 6,52% para 1,87%, com variação percentual anual (VPA) de -14,5%, e a completude atingiu a excelência (≤ 5% de incompletude), exceto no Centro-oeste do país. Razão óbito/caso acima de 1 foi encontrada nas regiões Norte e Nordeste e em alguns estados do Centro-oeste, mas houve diminuição, aproximando-se da mortalidade encontrada em estudos no Sul e Sudeste. Sua redução foi mais acentuada até 2009-2010 (VPA = -10,7%) e menor posteriormente (VPA = -4,4%). A qualidade do registro de gastrosquise reflete as diferenças regionais da qualidade geral do SINASC, configurando-se uma condição marcadora para malformações que demandam atenção neonatal complexa.

Abstract Objectives: to estimate the burden of parturients, fetuses and neonate’s severe morbidity and mortality and investigate the association between maternal and their conceptus outcomes. Methods: retrospective cohort of 546 parturients and their conceptus in a university hospital, reference for high-risk pregnancy, in the metropolitan region II of Rio de Janeiro State from 2015 to 2017. We classified parturients according to obstetric morbidity (OM) in direct, indirect, or mixed, and their outcomes as: 1) no severity, 2) severe complication (SC), 3) critical intervention/Intensive Care Unit, and 4) greater severity –maternal near-miss (MNM) or death. We evaluated the conceptus as neonatal near-miss (NNM) and fetal and neonatal deaths. We estimated morbimortality indicators and associated factors (multinomial logistic regression). Results: OM was frequent: 29.3% indirect, 22.3% direct, and 15.8% mixed. There were eight cases of NMM, seven with direct MO. Among the conceptus: 7.5% were NNM cases and 4.4%, deaths. The risk of severe maternal outcomes was 16.8 and neonatal, 102.6/1000 live births. Mixed race, inadequate prenatal care, CG and NMM/death, were associated with NNM. Inadequate prenatal care and maternal NM/death were associated with conceptus deaths. Conclusion: even in a reference unit, sociodemographic, and health care inequalities negatively affect mothers and, consequently, their children.

Introdução: A sífilis congênita mantém-se como problema de saúde no Brasil, especialmente na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, com números para esse agravo acima da média do país. Essa doença é um marcador para a avaliação da qualidade da assistência à saúde materno-infantil, por poder ser evitada a partir de medidas como diagnóstico precoce e tratamento da gestante. Objetivos: Este estudo transversal descreveu o perfil epidemiológico dos casos de sífilis congênita (SC) no município do Rio de Janeiro, nos anos de 2016 a 2020, no que se refere a dados sociodemográficos maternos, do pré-natal e da evolução do quadro, assim como as taxas de incidência totais e segundo esses fatores. Adicionalmente, foram calculadas as taxas de mortalidade fetal e infantil. Também se avaliou o grau de completude das variáveis da ficha de SC. Métodos: Foram incluídos todos os casos notificados de sífilis congênita na cidade durante o período estudado, a partir dos registros do Sistema de Informações de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN). Foram utilizados o Sistema de Informações sobre Nascidos Vivos (SINASC) e o Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM) como base de dados para os cálculos das taxas de incidência e de mortalidade. Resultados: Entre 2016 e 2020, a cidade do Rio de Janeiro apresentou elevadas taxas de sífilis congênita, chegando a uma incidência de 18,6/1000 nascidos vivos em 2020, com mais de 90% de casos de SC recente. A maioria ocorreu em mulheres em situação de vulnerabilidade social – pretas, adolescentes, com baixa escolaridade e sem acesso à assistência pré-natal. Destaca-se ainda o baixo grau de completude de algumas variáveis e a divergência encontrada entre os dados de mortalidade do SIM e do SINAN, ambos fatores que prejudicam o adequado conhecimento do agravo. Conclusão: Conclui-se que, apesar dos avanços, muito ainda precisa ser realizado para o controle da sífilis congênita no município do Rio de Janeiro.

Abstract Objective: This study aimed to explore the temporal trend in congenital syphilis, according to sociodemographic and prenatal care in the city of São Gonçalo – Rio de Janeiro, from 2007 to 2018. Methods: Ecological time series study, with data from SINAN (Information System for Notifiable Diseases) and SINASC (Information System on Live Births databases). We calculated annual incidence (per 1,000 live births) according to sociodemographic and prenatal variables. For the same variables, we calculated trends by logarithmic regression (Joinpoint Regression), estimating the annual percentage change. Results: A total of 2,420 cases were reported from 2007 to 2018, with an increasing trend: 64.9% per year (2010–2013) and 24.9% (2013–2018). In 2018, the highest rates were in adolescents (90.6/1,000 live births), black women (87.6/1,000 live births), low-educated women (122.8/1,000 live births), and those without prenatal care (677.4/1,000 live births). The annual percentage change of these categories was, respectively, 37.3% (2010–2018), 33.5% (2012–2018), 39.9% (2014–2018), and 85.0% (2011–2015), but all categories showed a crescent trend. Conclusions: We identified high congenital syphilis incidences and crescent trends, especially in more vulnerable groups, pointing to social and healthcare inequalities. Prenatal care needs to be more comprehensive and qualified, primarily for young, low-educated, and black women.

ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the serum activity of PON1 in women according to SNPs L55M and T-107C and diet composition. Materials and methods: Blood and serum samples from 26 women were used. DNA extraction, PCR and digestion with restriction enzymes of the PCR fragment were performed for genotyping the PON1 SNPs T-107C and L55M. Serum PON1 activity was measured in a single time point. Patients completed the semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire and diet composition was estimated. Results: Genotypic distribution for L55M SNP was 56% for the LL genotype, 32% for LM and 12% for MM; for the PON1 C(-107)T SNP it was 28% for the TT genotype, 41% for CT and 31% for CC. Individuals with C and L alleles had higher serum PON1 activity. Combining the two SNPs, we observed that individuals carrying the LL and CC genotypes had twice the activity of carriers of the TT and MM genotypes. Considering food intake, no significant difference was observed between genotypes and intake levels. Conclusion: PON1 T(-107)C and L55M SNPs exert a strong effect on serum PON1 activity in an additive manner and are more important than diet to predict serum PON1 activity.

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the causes of age-specific neonatal deaths and death-associated factors in the 2021 state of Rio de Janeiro birth cohort. Methods: Retrospective cohort of live births (LB) followed up to 27 days of delivery (

Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate factors associated with neonatal near miss and mortality of the live birth cohort in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2015. Methods: Population-based retrospective cohort of live births (LB) of single pregnancy with 0–27 days of follow-up. Data were obtained from the Brazilian Live Birth and Mortality Information Systems. Logistic regressions with the analytical strategy of hierarchical determination were used for cases of near miss and deaths separately. Results: The cohort was composed of 85,850 LB. For every one thousand LB, about 16 were cases of near miss and six died. Maternal level of education, skin color, and age and adequacy of prenatal care were associated with neonatal near miss; for deaths, presentation of LB at delivery, birth weight, gestational age, and five-minute Apgar score are added. Conclusions: Besides confirming the effect of low birth weight, prematurity, and asphyxia on neonatal death, socioeconomic vulnerability markers – low education level and brown or black skin colors – were associated with neonatal death and near miss. Absent or inadequate prenatal care showed a strong association with both outcomes, being stronger for neonatal death. Investments in the quality of prenatal care and reduction of disparities in health care are necessary in Rio de Janeiro.

Resumo Objetivo: Analisar a tendência das desigualdades sociodemográficas no acesso e utilização do pré-natal na Baixada Litorânea, estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, em 2000-2020. Métodos: Estudo ecológico - série temporal - do número de consultas e da adequação do acesso ao pré-natal. Desigualdades absolutas (diferenças) e relativas (razões) foram calculadas entre categorias extremas das variáveis; tendências foram estimadas por regressão joinpoint. Resultados: Foram estudadas 185.242 gestantes. A proporção de ≥ 7 consultas aumentou anualmente 2,4% (IC95% 1,1;3,7) entre 2013 (54,4%) e 2020 (63,4%), estável para escolaridade menor que oito anos. A adequação de acesso aumentou 2,6% (IC95% 1,2;4,0) entre 2014 e 2020, estável para mulheres ≥ 35 anos e escolaridade ≥ 12 anos. Diminuíram desigualdades absolutas (entre 3,5% e 6,4%) para idade e raça/cor da pele, e relativas (entre 7,7% e 20,0%) para todas as variáveis. Conclusão: Acesso e número de consultas aumentaram, mas permaneceram menores para mulheres adolescentes, de baixa escolaridade e raça/cor da pele preta e parda.

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is a devastating disease with increasing prevalence worldwide. The characteristic granulomatous-like inflammation poses as the major setback to effective antifungal therapies by limiting drug access to fungi. These inflammatory lung structures are reported to be severely hypoxic; nevertheless, the underlying mechanisms whereby these processes contribute to fungal persistence remain largely unknown. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1α), besides being the major cellular response regulator to hypoxia, is a known central immune modulator. Here, we used a model of Aspergillus fumigatus airway infection in myeloid-restricted HIF-1α knock-out (mHif1α-/-) mice to replicate the complex structures resembling fungal granulomas and evaluate the contribution of HIF-1α to antifungal immunity and disease development. We found that fungal-elicited granulomas in mHif1α-/- mice had significantly smaller areas, along with extensive hyphal growth and increased lung fungal burden. This phenotype was associated with defective neutrophil recruitment and an increased neutrophil death, therefore highlighting a central role for HIF-1α-mediated regulation of neutrophil function in the pathogenesis of chronic fungal infection. These results hold the promise of an improved capacity to manage the progression of chronic fungal disease and open new avenues for additional therapeutic targets and niches of intervention.

Resumo Este estudo propõe identificar que valores morais os estudantes de medicina consideram importantes para sua formação e que valores a universidade tem promovido durante a graduação. Trata-se de estudo quantitativo, descritivo e transversal com 153 estudantes de universidade pública do estado do Rio de Janeiro. Os participantes consideraram respeito, responsabilidade, paciência e humildade como os valores morais mais importantes para a formação médica, e responsabilidade, respeito, paciência e prudência foram apontados como os mais estimulados durante a graduação. Os estudantes reconhecem a importância da educação moral para a formação profissional e se mostram sensíveis ao tema. Por conseguinte, é necessário capacitar docentes e instituir educação permanente para que a formação moral não seja produto da casualidade ou continue à margem dos currículos.

Objective: To investigate eating behavior and serum concentration of triglycerides in children and adolescents with autistic spectrum disorder. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted in the neurodevelopment nucleus, from October 2018 to April 2019 in a neurodevelopment center in the city of Pelotas/RS. Blood samples were collected, and serum was essayed for triglycerides by colorimetric enzymatic reaction. The Children's Eating Behavior Questionnaire was applied to the parents. The comparison between two or three categories of variables was performed with nonparametric tests. Linear regression was used to access the association between the log triglyceride serum concentration and the score above or below the median score of the food response and emotional overeating subscales. Results: Sixty patients were evaluated. The average age was 8.6 ± 3.2 years and most were white (75 %), male (80 %), and overweight (66%). Half of the sample had elevated triglycerides. Triglyceride concentrations were higher among overweight children and adolescents with higher median scores on the “food response” and “emotional overeating” subscales. In the adjusted analysis, the association between triglycerides and higher scores on subscales reflecting interest in food remained significant. Conclusion: Children and adolescents with autistic spectrum disorder present high triglyceride concentrations associated with a greater interest in food. Knowledge of this eating behavior may provide more effective nutritional intervention in this population.

O objetivo foi analisar a tendência da razão de mortalidade materna (RMM) segundo a classificação CID-Mortalidade Materna (CID-MM) no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, no período de 2006 a 2018. Foi realizado estudo de tendência temporal da RMM no Rio de Janeiro segundo tipo de óbito - direto ou indireto - e grupos de causas da classificação CID-MM, da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS). A RMM foi calculada com dados do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM) e do Sistema de Informações sobre Nascidos Vivos (SINASC). As tendências foram estimadas pelo Joinpoint Regression Program. Dos 2.192 óbitos maternos no estado, 61% foram por causas diretas, 34% indiretas e 5% não especificadas. A tendência da RMM total e por causas diretas foi de declínio: 1,2% (IC95%: -2,3; -0,1) ao ano e 3,8% (IC95%: -4,9; -2,6) entre 2006 e 2015, respectivamente. Para causas diretas, segundo a CID-MM, o grupo 2 (causas hipertensivas) foi preponderante, mas houve declínio da eclâmpsia. Seguiram-se o grupo 5 (outras complicações, das quais se destacaram a categoria O90 e a subcategoria O90.3 - cardiomiopatia no puerpério) e o grupo 1 (gravidez que termina em aborto). As causas indiretas apresentaram estabilidade e a maioria pertencia à categoria O99 e suas subcategorias, relacionadas a doenças cardiovasculares e respiratórias. A RMM no Rio de Janeiro apresentou tendência de declínio entre 2006 e 2018, porém distante do recomendado pela OMS e com diferentes comportamentos entre as causas. A classificação CID-MM foi útil para identificar grandes grupos de causas, mas é preciso desagregar por subcategorias, para o adequado conhecimento da etiologia da morte materna.

Com este artigo pretendemos revelar um conjunto de imagens escultóricas portuguesas dedicadas a Santiago e concebidas durante a Época Moderna. Com a certeza de que as práticas artísticas de determinado momento histórico estão visceralmente relacionadas com os contextos, presentes e anteriores, começamos esta viagem anos antes, desenvolvendo o que se conhece sobre a evolução da veneração e das peregrinações portuguesas desde a Idade Média ao ocaso da Idade Moderna. A produção escultórica dedicada a Santiago, ou a outras invocações, descobre-se na paisagem humana e devocional, mas também social, cultural, política e económica. Esboçado este cenário ambital, examinam-se, sempre comparativamente, algumas imagens de Santiago (Peregrino e Apóstolo, e Cavaleiro e Mata Mouros), realizadas entre os séculos XV e XVIII, com o intuito de observar as influências materiais, as evoluções formais, as preferências e as matrizes iconográficas de um Santo da maior expressividade europeia e, particularmente, ibérica. Este trabalho permitiu concluir que, durante o período em questão, a clientela preferia as representações de Santiago peregrino, apesar de verificar-se uma elevada ambiguidade iconográfica que, por sua vez, traduz o valor simbólico e piedoso destas figurações.

Macrophages undergo a Warburg-like switch from oxidative phosphorylation to glycolysis in response to inflammatory stimulus. Here the authors show that fungal melanin can trigger this switch in human macrophages by sequestering calcium in the phagosome and enabling protection against Aspergillus fumigatus infection.

Objetivo. Descrever a distribuição temporal e as características epidemiológicas da sífilis congênita (SC) em Niterói, Sudeste do Brasil, de 2007 a 2016. Métodos. Este estudo descritivo de série temporal da incidência de SC utilizou os dados do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN) e do Sistema de Informações sobre Nascidos Vivos (SINASC). A amostra incluiu todos os casos notificados. Além disso, foi realizado um relacionamento probabilístico entre SINAN e SINASC para recuperar informações ignoradas. A série temporal foi estimada por regressão logarítmica, de acordo com variáveis sociodemográficas e de pré-natal. Resultados. Identificaram-se 754 casos de SC no período estudado (incidência média de 11,9 casos/1 000 nascidos vivos). A incidência foi mais elevada em jovens (10 a 19 anos; 20 a 24 anos), participantes de cor preta e naquelas com baixa escolaridade e sem pré-natal. Do total de mulheres, apenas 57,6% obtiveram o diagnóstico de sífilis durante o pré-natal. O tratamento foi inadequado em 87,7% das mulheres. Apenas 12,2% dos parceiros foram tratados. Houve tendência crescente do agravo (16%/ano), que atingiu 23,2 casos/1 000 nascidos vivos em 2016. O crescimento foi mais acentuado em adolescentes do sexo feminino (25,2%/ano), raça/cor parda (16,8%/ano), indivíduos com baixa escolaridade (57,1%/ano) e mulheres que realizaram pré-natal (17,3%/ano); e, no período de 2012 a 2016, em mulheres com informação ignorada para a cor da pele. Conclusões. As iniquidades sociais se destacaram na ocorrência de SC, com incidência crescente em jovens. É necessária a capacitação dos profissionais de saúde para o manejo da sífilis gestacional e uma atuação efetiva das políticas públicas sobre os determinantes sociais da sífilis.

Post-exercise hypotension (PEH) is typically reported as mean values, but a great inter-individual variation in blood pressure (BP) response after a single exercise session is expected, especially when comparing different modalities of exercise. The purpose was to evaluate the inter-individual BP responses after beach tennis, aerobic, resistance and combined exercise sessions in adults with hypertension. We conducted a post hoc analysis of pooled crossover randomized clinical trials from six previously published studies of our research group, and analyzed data from 154 participants with hypertension (≥35 years). BP was assessed using office BP, and the mean changes throughout the 60 min after recreational beach tennis (BT, n = 23), aerobic (AE, n = 18), combined (COMB, n = 18), and resistance (RES, n = 95) exercise sessions were compared to a non-exercising control session (C). To categorize the participants as responders and non-responders for PEH, the typical error (TE) was calculated as follows: TE = SDdifference/√2, where SDdifference is the standard deviation of the differences in BP measured before the interventions in the exercise and control sessions. Participants who presented PEH greater than TE were classified as responders. The TE was 7 and 6 mmHg for baseline systolic and diastolic BP, respectively. The rate of responders for systolic BP was as follows: BT: 87%; AE: 61%; COMB: 56%; and RES: 43%. For diastolic BP, the rate of responders was as follows: BT: 61%; AE: 28%; COMB: 44%; and RES: 40%. Results evidenced that there was a high inter-individual variation of BP after a single bout of different physical activity modalities in adults with hypertension, suggesting that exercise protocols with aerobic characteristics (i.e., BT, AE, and COMB sessions) presented PEH in most of its practitioners.

A progressive fibrosing phenotype is critical in several lung diseases. It is irreversible and associated with early patient mortality. Growing evidence has revealed pulmonary macrophages’ role as modulators of the fibrotic processes. The proportion, phenotype, and function of alveolar (AM) and interstitial macrophages (IM) at the early stages of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis have not been clearly described. In this way, our study aimed to characterize these macrophage populations and investigate the effect on fibroblast activation. C57BL/6 mice were intratracheally injected with bleomycin and were sacrificed at day 3, 5, and 7 for the performance of flow cytometry and fluorescent-activated cell sorting analysis for protein and gene expression quantification. After bleomycin administration, the proportion of IM was significantly higher than that of AM, which showed a decay during the inflammatory phase, and peaked at day 7. At day 7 of the inflammatory phase, AM started shifting their phenotype from M1-like towards M2, while IM showed a M2-like phenotype. Conditioned medium derived from IM sorted at day 7 induced fibroblast activation and differentiation in myofibroblasts in vitro. Our findings indicate that IM are the largest macrophage population at the early stages of experimental pulmonary fibrosis and are secreted mediators able to activate fibroblasts, pointing to macrophage modulation as a potential therapeutic strategy to restrain progressive fibrosing lung disorders.

Resumo: Dados sobre aborto inseguro são escassos e estimativas baseadas em internações apontaram decréscimo nos últimos anos. O objetivo foi analisar a evolução temporal de aborto inseguro no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, de 2008 a 2017. Utilizamos dados secundários de internações hospitalares no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) por complicações de aborto, para mulheres em idade fértil de 15-44 anos. Aplicamos estimativa indireta com fator de correção baseado em dados nacionais e do estado. Calculamos: taxa de abortos inseguros por mulheres em idade fértil (TAI-MIF), razão de abortos inseguros por nascidos vivos (RAI-NV), segundo faixa etária. Adicionalmente, calculamos novos indicadores: taxa de aborto espontâneo (TAE) e não especificado (TANE) por mulheres em idade fértil; razão de aborto espontâneo (RAE) e não especificado (RANE) por nascidos vivos, independentemente da idade. A tendência temporal foi por regressão Joinpoint, calculando a mudança percentual anual (MPA) e intervalo de 95% de confiança (IC95%). As mulheres que mais induziram aborto têm de 20-24 anos: TAI de 8 por mil. Gestações terminaram em aborto inseguro mais frequentemente na faixa de 40-44 anos: RAI entre 16 e 20 por 100 nascidos vivos. As adolescentes tiveram redução da TAI entre 2015 e 2017 (MPA = -10; IC95%: -18,2; -1,1), e houve aumento para aquelas de 40-44 anos, entre 2008 e 2017(MPA = 2,2; IC95%: 0,5; 4,0). Para outras faixas e para o indicador RAI-NV houve estabilidade. A TAE (MPA = -3,5; IC95%: -5,9; -1,0), e a RAE (MPA = -3,8; IC95%: -6,3; -1,2) reduziram enquanto a TANE (MPA = 6,6; IC95%: 1,7; 11,8) e a RANE (MPA = 6,4; IC95%: 1,6; 11,3) aumentaram no período. O aborto inseguro no Estado do Rio de Janeiro mostrou magnitude e evolução temporal diferenciadas segundo faixas etárias e código da CID-10.

Background and Aims: Forty-eight-hour dietary recall is a valuable source of information regarding food consumption in a population-based sample. This method covers 2 consecutive days in a single interview. Nevertheless, the number of assessments and the sample size necessary to estimate usual intake are unknown. We aimed to assess sources of variation, sample sizes, and numbers of days necessary to estimate usual nutrient intake using the 48-h dietary recall.Methods: This was a population-based cross-sectional study including 237 participants, 11–90 years old, selected using multistage probabilistic sampling to obtain data using 48-h dietary recall. Analysis of variance was used to calculate within- and between-person variation and determine the statistical parameters necessary to calculate sample size and the number of days required to calculate the usual energy and nutrient intake.Results: Within-person variation was generally lower than between-person variation, except for calcium (CVw2 = 40.8; CVb2 = 38.4%), magnesium (CVw2 = 27.4; CVb2 = 18.7%), and monounsaturated fat (CVw2 = 20.0; CVb2 = 17.3%) for the entire group and magnesium for women (CVw2 = 28.3; CVb2 = 91.8%). The number of days and sample size required to determine usual energy and nutrient intake varied substantially with gender and age (e.g., vitamin C in women N = 9, in men N = 1,641).Conclusions: Energy and nutrient intake assessment using the 48-h dietary recall misrepresents within-person variation but can generate acceptable results for between-person variation. The calculation of sample size and number of days required to determine usual energy and nutrient intake might have been affected by inadequate assessment of the within-person variation.

Resumo: Apesar da Lista Brasileira de Causas de Morte Evitáveis (LBE), na sua versão para crianças menores de 5 anos (LBE < 5), não contemplar óbitos fetais, alguns estudos a utilizaram sem ou com poucas adaptações. Apresentamos uma proposta de adaptação da LBE para óbitos fetais (LBE-OF) e os resultados de sua aplicação aos óbitos fetais no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, em 2018, comparados aos da LBE < 5. Revisamos as categorias da 10ª revisão da Classificação Internacional de Doenças (CID-10) presentes na LBE < 5 e as realocamos nos grupos de evitabilidade, segundo momento do óbito em relação ao parto e as causas condizentes com óbitos fetais. Condições que não esclarecem os determinantes do óbito foram alocadas como causas mal definidas. Óbitos fetais no Estado do Rio de Janeiro - selecionados das bases do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM) - foram classificados segundo LBE-OF e a LBE < 5. Ao classificar os 2.585 óbitos fetais do Estado do Rio de Janeiro ocorridos em 2018, observou-se que, segundo a LBE < 5, predominariam causas “reduzíveis por adequada atenção ao parto” (42,9%), já pela LBE-OF, aquelas “reduzíveis por adequada atenção à mulher na gestação” foram as mais frequentes (43,6%). As causas mal definidas ocuparam a segunda posição segundo a LBE-OF (35,4%) e a terceira posição segundo LBE < 5. Cerca de 30% dos óbitos fetais mudaram de grupos e subgrupos de evitabilidade, mostrando maior coerência com o perfil de atenção obstétrica. Embora identificando um maior percentual de causas mal definidas, a LBE-OF coaduna-se mais com a fisiopatologia dos óbitos fetais. Sua inserção no SIM avançaria no sentido de monitorar e qualificar a investigação de causas de morte fetal.

We conducted a systematic review of the literature to evaluate the quality of the dietary data and the methods used to obtain them in studies with children and adolescents with ASD. The search of PsycINFO, PubMed, SciELO, and Web of Science using SPIDER strategy retrieved 1975 studies. Data on dietary intake assessment methodologies were extracted. Eighty-nine studies were included. Food records and food frequency questionnaires were the most frequent dietary assessment methods. Overall, studies presented a low quality score. Most of them did not report dietary assessment of bias, description of dietary method application, validity, sensitivity analyses, and statistical adjustments. Future studies must improve the application of dietary assessment methods to advance scientific evidence related to nutrition in ASD.

Abstract Background Thiazide diuretics have demonstrated favorable blood pressure lowering efficacy, but the equivalent doses of their more common agents, chlorthalidone and hydrochlorothiazide, are still unclear. Further, concerns exist regarding adverse metabolic effects, which may be attenuated with the concomitant administration of a potassium-sparing diuretic, such as amiloride. This trial aims to investigate the efficacy of chlorthalidone and hydrochlorothiazide, in combination with amiloride at different doses, for initial management of patients with primary hypertension. Methods/design This is a factorial (2 × 2) randomized double-blinded clinical trial comparing the association of a thiazide diuretic (chlorthalidone 25 mg/day or hydrochlorothiazide 50 mg/day) with a potassium-sparing diuretic (amiloride 10 mg/day or amiloride 20 mg/day) in patients with primary hypertension. The primary outcome will be the mean change from baseline in 24-h systolic and diastolic blood pressure measured by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. The secondary outcomes will be the mean change from baseline in daytime and nighttime systolic and diastolic blood pressure measured by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, mean change from baseline in systolic and diastolic blood pressure measured by office blood pressure, incidence of adverse events, variation of laboratory parameters, and proportion of patients who achieved blood pressure control. The follow-up will last 12 weeks. For a P alpha of 0.05, power of 80%, standard deviation of 9 mmHg, and absolute difference of 6 mmHg on systolic blood pressure on 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, it will be necessary to study a total of 76 patients. The sample size will be increased by 10% to compensate for losses, resulting in 84 patients being randomized. Discussion Diuretics are pivotal drugs for the treatment of hypertension. Chlorthalidone and hydrochlorothiazide, in combination with amiloride in multiple doses, will be tested in terms of blood pressure lowering efficacy and safety. Since the intensity of blood pressure reduction is the major determinant of reduction in cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients, this study will help to determine which combination of diuretics represents the most appropriate treatment for this population. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03928145. Registered on 25 April 2019. Last update on 29 April 2019.

This article aims to present an interdisciplinary teaching proposal of the textual genre review to be developed in the subject of Biology in the vocational technical courses of the National Program for the Integration of Vocational Education with Basic Education in Youth and Adult Education (PROEJA). The theoretical-methodological bases dialogue with Portuguese and Science teaching guidelines in Youth and Adult Education in a qualitative and exploratory research. The analysis of the Pedagogical Course Project (PPC), the curriculum and the syllabus programs lead to the design of a complementary teaching proposal to the subject of Biology with reading and writing activities of the review of videos about ecology and environmental problems, assisting students’ training in professional and technological education. We can conclude that the textual genre review should be the object of explicit teaching-learning, for, in addition to summarizing contents of the science subjects, it also promotes critical reflection and the practice of writing.

La ricerca si propone di delineare i modelli espositivi delle collezioni e dei musei archeologici fra Settecento e prima metà dell’Ottocento. In quest’arco di tempo infatti il display museale presta sempre maggiore attenzione alle esigenze di un visitatore non specializzato. L’indagine si avvale sia di studi recenti, sia di un’approfondita analisi delle fonti coeve. Ne emerge che nel volgere di alcuni decenni, la collezione privata e il museo, ancora non del tutto aperti al pubblico, si trasformano spesso, anche in ragione del mutato contesto storico-politico. Le nuove istituzioni tengono conto di una pubblica opinione in via di organizzazione e si rivolgono a visitatori sempre più numerosi e internazionali, ma meno eruditi. Gli allestimenti archeologici alla fine del Settecento e nei primi decenni dell’Ottocento non puntano solo sulla qualità delle collezioni o sulla loro importanza scientifica, ma anche sulla capacità di contestualizzare gli oggetti ed emozionare il visitatore. This research aims to outline the exhibition models of archaeological collections and museums between the eighteenth and the first half of the nineteenth century. During this period, museum displays became increasingly attentive to the needs of unskilled visitors. The survey makes use of both recent studies and an in-depth analysis of contemporary sources. It emerges that in the course of a few decades, private collections and museums, not yet completely open to the public, were often transformed, also due to the changed historical-political context. The new institutions became aware of the expectations of an increasingly organized public opinion and addressed to an ever growing number of unskilled visitors, both Italian and international. Archaeological displays at the end of the eighteenth century and in the first decades of the nineteenth century not only relied on the quality or the scientific importance of collections, but also on the ability to contextualize objects and excite visitors.

A agricultura urbana, estabelecida na cidade de São José dos Campos, São Paulo, revela situações muito particulares: agricultores que conservam características tradicionais do campesinato e desenvolvem hortas urbanas para fornecer alimentos aos moradores do entorno. Esses lugares, muitas vezes, não são “visíveis” ao poder público local, que estabelece políticas sem considera-los, ou mesmo considerando-os marginais ao processo decisório. Considerando esses aspectos, esse artigo apresenta uma discussão sobre a agricultura visível e invisível na cidade de São José dos Campos, SP, quem são seus condutores, suas visões de mundo e como o Poder Público os considera. Foram realizadas entrevistas com os agricultores e representantes do poder público local. Vários recortes territoriais são preenchidos por essas atividades, que mantém vivo as memórias afetivas da população.

Despite its central role in ruminant nutrition, little is known about ruminal microbiota robustness, which is understood as the ability of the microbiota to cope with disturbances. The aim of the present review is to offer a comprehensive description of microbial robustness, as well as its potential drivers, with special focus on ruminal microbiota. First, we provide a briefing on the current knowledge about ruminal microbiota. Second, we define the concept of disturbance (any discrete event that disrupts the structure of a community and changes either the resource availability or the physical environment). Third, we discuss community resistance (the ability to remain unchanged in the face of a disturbance), resilience (the ability to return to the initial structure following a disturbance) and functional redundancy (the ability to maintain or recover initial function despite compositional changes), all of which are considered to be key properties of robust microbial communities. Then, we provide an overview of the currently available methodologies to assess community robustness, as well as its drivers (microbial diversity and network complexity) and its potential modulation through diet. Finally, we propose future lines of research on ruminal microbiota robustness.

Introdução: O período neonatal precoce é o mais crítico para a vida do recém-nascido. A autópsia é importante para compreender acausa de morte e conhecer outros diagnósticos não identificados clinicamente. No entanto, a taxa de autópsia neonatal está a diminuir em todo o mundo. Este estudo pretende caracterizar a morte neonatal precoce e a importância clínica da autópsia, avaliando a concordância entre o diagnóstico clínico e o anatomopatológico. Material e Métodos: Estudo retrospetivo dos processos clínicos de todos recém-nascidos admitidos numa unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatais de nível III em Portugal e que faleceram durante a primeira semana de vida em 10 anos consecutivos (2008 - 2017). Para classificar a concordância encontrada entre os diagnósticos clínicos e anatomopatológicos foi usada a classificação de Goldman modificada. Resultados: Na primeira semana de vida faleceram 76 recém-nascidos. As principais causas de morte foram complicações relacionadas com prematuridade e anomalias congénitas. A autópsia foi realizada em 50 (65,8%) recém-nascidos. Achados adicionais foram encontrados em 62% dos casos, sendo em 12% achados com implicações importantes no aconselhamento genético de futuras gestações. A concordância entre os achados clínicos e anatomopatológicos foi de 38% dos casos. Discussão: A autópsia foi realizada com maior frequência em recém-nascidos com maior idade gestacional. O número de diagnósticos adicionais encontrados na autópsia, incluindo diagnósticos com implicações para aconselhamento genético, confirmam a importância da sua realização. Conclusão: A autópsia deve ser proposta a todos os pais após a morte neonatal precoce, dada a sua importância no esclarecimento da causa de morte.

Resumo Objetivo avaliara aplicabilidade da Lista Brasileira de Causas de Mortes Evitáveis (LBE) na mortalidade perinatal, em maternidades públicas dos estados do Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo, 2011. Métodos estudo descritivo de série de casos com dados primários e do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM) sobre óbitos perinatais; foi aplicada a LBE, com adaptações (códigos P20.9 e P70-74), e no Rio de Janeiro, adicionalmente, a classificação de Wigglesworth expandida (CWe). Resultados dos 98 óbitos perinatais, segundo a LBE, 61,2% seriam evitáveis, principalmente por adequada atenção à mulher na gestação; ‘Causas de morte mal definidas’ somaram 26,6% dos casos, principalmente óbitos fetais; pela CWe, a categoria de evitabilidade predominante no Rio Janeiro foi ‘Morte fetal anteparto’, relacionada a falhas no cuidado pré-natal, concordante com a LBE. Conclusão a LBE, após realocação de alguns códigos, pode melhorar a avaliação de óbitos fetais, sendo necessários estudos com maior número de participantes.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to conduct selection, genetic parameter estimation, and prediction of genetic values for 18 S1 families of guava trees using mixed model methodology and simultaneous selection of traits by means of the additive selection index, multiplicative selection index, and mean rank adapted from Mulamba. All families analyzed were obtained by means of self-fertilization of superior genotypes (full siblings) from the genetic breeding program of guava trees at the Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense. An experimental randomized block design with 18 S1 families, three replicates, and ten plants per plot was used. A total of 540 genotypes (individual plants) of guava tree were evaluated. Genetic parameter estimation and selection of the best genotypes based on the genetic value were performed using the statistical procedure, from the Selegen-REML/BLUP program. The analyses of the additive selection index, multiplicative selection index, and the sum of rank adapted from Mulamba were also performed under the Selegen program. During the evaluation by the individual BLUPs, families 1, 12, 4, 6, and 8 contributed to most of the genotypes selected for the traits under evaluation, suggesting their significant potential to generate high quality and high yield genotypes. In the selection indexes via mixed models, the multiplicative index showed higher values for genetic gains (74 %), followed by the mean rank index adapted from Mulamba (19 %), and the additive index (2 %).

A prevalência de hipertensão arterial, agravo de saúde com distribuição internacional, também é alta em Porto Alegre. Seus fatores de risco – obesidade, predisposição familiar, consumo abusivo de bebidas alcoólicas – foram encontrados em estudos epidemiológicos conduzidos pela unidade de Hipertensão Arterial, ao lado do risco independente propiciado por baixo nível socioeconômico, um aspecto que merece investigações específicas. A interação entre história familiar de hipertensão arterial e consumo aumentado de cloreto de sódio é um mecanismo fisiopatogênico da doença identificado em modelo experimental e em indivíduos jovens vivendo na comunidade. O consumo abusivo de bebidas alcoólicas pode aumentar a pressão arterial nas fases de depuração do etanol, como se demonstrou, sob condições experimentais, em jovens voluntários normotensos e em indivíduos vivendo em comunidades. Exposições ambientais ao excesso de sal, calorias e álcool explicam grande parte dos casos de hipertensão arterial. Unitermos: Hipertensão arterial, prevalência, mecanismos fisiopatogênicos, álcool, sal, predisposição familiar

Confirmação diagnóstica e avaliação de repercussão sobre órgãos-alvo são passos críticos na avaliação de pacientes hipertensos. Demonstramos a importância da aferição repetida da pressão arterial, do tamanho do manguito e da temperatura ambiente para o diagnóstico de hipertensão arterial. Cefaléia tem associação fortuita com pressão arterial, assim como epistaxe. A tradicional classificação de Keith & Wagener (KW) não tem paralelismo com a gravidade da hipertensão arterial. A associação entre anormalidades fundoscópicas isoladas e pressão arterial é fortemente influenciada pela idade dos pacientes. O método microdensitométrico, desenvolvido em nosso serviço em conjunto com a engenharia biomédica, pode aumentar a eficiência da fundoscopia em predizer eventos cardiovasculares. Os achados descritos demonstram a importância de se empregar adequadas rotinas diagnósticas de hipertensão arterial e contribuem para o esclarecimento de muitas falsas associações com hipertensão arterial. Unitermos: Pressão arterial, hipertensão arterial, medidas repetidas, temperatura ambiente, cefaléia, epistaxe, alterações fundoscópicas.

Objective: To assess the evolution of the prevalence of late-onset sepsis (LOS) and meningitis and its predictors in a Portuguese tertiary level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) during its participation in the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) between 2000 and 2013. Methods: Descriptive retrospective study of all very low birth weight infants admitted to a level-III NICU between 2000 and 2013. Outborn infants, infants who died in the delivery room and neonates who died during the first 12 hours in NICU were excluded. Patients’ demographic characteristics and clinical data were collected. Data from neonates with and without LOS were compared. Results: The prevalence of LOS significantly decreased from 56.3% between 2000 and 2004 to 26.5% between 2010 and 2013. Infants with a gestational age of 22-27 weeks had more LOS (65.6%) than neonates with 32-36 weeks (20.9%). Similarly, smaller infants (weighing ≤ 1,000 g) had more LOS (59.4%) than babies with a weight > 1,000 g (33.3%). LOS was significantly associated with a gestational age between 22 and 27 weeks, mechanical ventilation (MV), nasal CPAP, necrotizing enterocolitis and the use of steroids for bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Conclusions: Preterm infants require many invasive devices to ensure their survival, such as MV, which greatly increases their infection risk. To minimize this risk, it is crucial to guarantee that better practices are followed, necessitating the use of regular audits. It is really important to know the data about LOS from our NICU, which allows sharing and comparison with peers in order to improve nosocomial infection prevention and control practices.

O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o ensino interdisciplinar da escrita de resenhas na educação profissional. Os conteúdos das disciplinas de Língua Portuguesa e de Biologia do Curso Técnico de Nível Médio em Edificações na modalidade de Educação de Jovens e Adultos foram integrados em atividades que promoveram a escrita de resenhas de uma obra audiovisual cujo tema era o meio ambiente. A intervenção pedagógica foi analisada por meio da aplicação de um questionário respondido pelos participantes da pesquisa. A análise dos dados revelou o desenvolvimento da metalinguagem sobre a resenha e da compreensão sobre a poluição e o papel do consumo. Conclui-se que o ensino interdisciplinar foi exitoso, pois promoveu letramentos de maneira integrada.