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Maria Júlia Gonçalves de Mello

Researcher at AmeriCorps VISTA

Publications -  68
Citations -  767

Maria Júlia Gonçalves de Mello is an academic researcher from AmeriCorps VISTA. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 52 publications receiving 613 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria Júlia Gonçalves de Mello include Federal University of Pernambuco & Universidade de Pernambuco.

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Hypothermia on admission: a risk factor for death in newborns referred to the Pernambuco Institute of Mother and Child Health.

Suzana Maria da Mota Silveira, +4 more
- 01 Apr 2003 - 
TL;DR: Hypothermia on admission showed itself to be an important and independent risk factor for neonatal death.
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Risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia in children under five years of age in the post-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era in Brazil: a case control study

Eduardo Jorge da Fonseca Lima, +6 more
- 22 Sep 2016 - 
TL;DR: Changes on risk factors for pneumonia were most likely associated with the expansion of the vaccination program and social improvements; however, these improvements were insufficient to overcome inequalities, given that household crowding remained a significant risk factor.
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Risk factors for central line–associated bloodstream infection in pediatric oncology patients with a totally implantable venous access port: A cohort study

Michelle Ribeiro Viana Taveira, +3 more
- 01 Feb 2017 - 
TL;DR: Totally implantable venous access ports (TIVAPs) were developed to reduce the infection rates associated with central venous catheters, but infectious events remain common and have not been fully investigated in pediatric oncology patients.
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Risk factors for healthcare-associated infection in pediatric intensive care units: a systematic review

Maria Júlia Gonçalves de Mello, +6 more
- 01 Jan 2009 - 
TL;DR: The production of evidence on risk factors Paediatric ICU has not kept up the same pace of that on adult - there are few studies with adequate design and statistical analysis and the methodological diversity of the studies did not allow for a summarized measurement of risk factors.
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Incidence and risk factors for health care-associated pneumonia in a pediatric intensive care unit.

Roberto J. A. Casado, +4 more
- 01 Aug 2011 - 
TL;DR: Identification of independent predictors of health care-associated pneumonia may inform preventive measures and strategies to optimize use of sedatives/analgesics, reduce the use of gastric tubes, and reduce the time on ventilation should be considered in future intervention studies.