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Universidade de Pernambuco

EducationRecife, Brazil
About: Universidade de Pernambuco is a education organization based out in Recife, Brazil. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Artificial neural network. The organization has 6147 authors who have published 6948 publications receiving 73648 citations.


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TL;DR: It is evident the importance of encouraging religious activity and RCOPE strategies, seen in the past as inappropriate interventions in clinical practice, are evident.
Abstract: Objective: evaluate the religiosity and the religious/spiritual coping of people living with HIV/Aids. Method: descriptive, cross-sectional study with quantitative approach, conducted in a reference HIV/Aids outpatient clinic in a university hospital of Recife-PE, Brazil, from June to November 2015. At total of 52 people living with HIV/Aids (PLWHA) participated in the research, which employed own questionnaire, the Duke University Religion Index (DUREL), and the Religious/Spiritual Coping Scale (RCOPE). Results: the sample presented high indices of organizational religiosity (4.23±1.66), non-organizational religiosity (4.63±1.50), and intrinsic religiosity (13.13±2.84). Positive RCOPE was used in high mean scores (3.66±0.88), and negative RCOPE had low use (2.12 ± 0.74). In total, use of RCOPE was high (3.77±0.74), having predominated the positive RCOPE (NegRCOPE/PosRCOPE ratio=0.65±0.46). Conclusion: it is evident the importance of encouraging religious activity and RCOPE strategies, seen in the past as inappropriate interventions in clinical practice.

31 citations

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01 Mar 2019-Headache
TL;DR: Although headaches attributed to isChemic strokes and transient ischemic attack occur frequently, they are often overlooked and underdiagnosed as manifestations of cerebrovascular disease.
Abstract: Introduction Although headaches attributed to ischemic strokes and transient ischemic attack occur frequently, they are often overlooked and underdiagnosed as manifestations of cerebrovascular disease. Method This is a narrative review. Results The prevalence of headache attributed to ischemic stroke varies between 7.4% and 34% of cases and of headache attributed to transient ischemic attack, from 26% to 36%. Headache attributed to ischemic stroke is more frequent in younger patients, in migraineurs, in those who have suffered a larger stroke, a posterior circulation infarction, or a cortical infarction, and is less frequent in lacunar infarctions. The most common pattern of headache attributed to ischemic stroke is a mild to moderate bilateral pain, not associated with nausea, vomiting, photophobia, or phonophobia. This headache usually has a concomitant onset with focal neurologic deficit and improves over time. The few studies that have assessed the value of headache for a prognosis of ischemic strokes have demonstrated conflicting results. There are no clinical trials on pain management or prophylactic treatment of persistent headache attributed to ischemic stroke. Conclusion Headache attributed to ischemic stroke is frequent and usually has a tension-type headache pattern. Its frequency varies according to the stroke's etiology. Further studies are required on pain management, prophylactic treatment, and characteristics of this headache.

31 citations

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TL;DR: It is demonstrated that phenol:chloroform with an ethanol precipitation prior to extraction is the most efficient method in terms of yield and cost, using urine as a non-invasive source of DNA and providing an alternative diagnostic method at a low cost.
Abstract: Introduction Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) may offer an alternative diagnostic option when clinical signs and symptoms suggest visceral leishmaniasis (VL) but microscopic scanning and serological tests provide negative results. PCR using urine is sensitive enough to diagnose human visceral leishmaniasis (VL). However, DNA quality is a crucial factor for successful amplification. Methods A comparative performance evaluation of DNA extraction methods from the urine of patients with VL using two commercially available extraction kits and two phenol-chloroform protocols was conducted to determine which method produces the highest quality DNA suitable for PCR amplification, as well as the most sensitive, fast and inexpensive method. All commercially available kits were able to shorten the duration of DNA extraction. Results With regard to detection limits, both phenol: chloroform extraction and the QIAamp DNA Mini Kit provided good results (0.1 pg of DNA) for the extraction of DNA from a parasite smaller than Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum (< 100fg of DNA). However, among 11 urine samples from subjects with VL, better performance was achieved with the phenol:chloroform method (8/11) relative to the QIAamp DNA Mini Kit (4/11), with a greater number of positive samples detected at a lower cost using PCR. Conclusion Our results demonstrate that phenol:chloroform with an ethanol precipitation prior to extraction is the most efficient method in terms of yield and cost, using urine as a non-invasive source of DNA and providing an alternative diagnostic method at a low cost.

31 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the known and practiced uses of licuri palm leaves by artisans and the dynamics of leaf collecting in the communities surrounding protected areas in northeastern Brazia.
Abstract: We examined the known and practiced uses of licuri palm (Syagrus coronata) leaves by artisans and the dynamics of leaf collecting in the communities surrounding protected areas in northeastern Braz...

31 citations

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TL;DR: A prevalencia da realizacao de episiotomia na instituicao foi de 29%.
Abstract: OBJETIVO: Determinar a prevalencia e fatores associados a realizacao de episiotomia em centro de referencia de Pernambuco. METODOS: Estudo retrospectivo, tipo corte transversal, no periodo de janeiro a dezembro de 2006 com 495 mulheres (escolhidas de uma populacao total de 2564) submetidas a parto normal na Maternidade Professor Monteiro de Moraes do Centro Integrado de Saude Amaury de Medeiros (CISAM) da Universidade de Pernambuco. Os fatores avaliados foram aspectos que antecederam o parto, caracteristicas do trabalho de parto e resultados perinatais. Para verificar associacao entre as variaveis preditoras e realizacao da episiotomia, foram utilizados testes Qui quadrado, exato de Fisher e T de Student, quando pertinentes, a um nivel de significância de 5%. A razao de prevalencia e intervalo de confianca a 95% foram calculados, alem da analise de regressao logistica. RESULTADOS: A prevalencia de realizacao de episiotomia foi de 29,1% (n=144). Apos analise bivariada, encontrou-se associacao significativa da episiotomia com adolescencia (RP 1,74; IC95% 1,33-2,28), idade superior a 35 anos (RP 0,35; IC95% 0,14-0,90), primiparidade (RP 4,73; IC95% 3,33-6,71), ausencia de parto vaginal previo, grupo que inclui alem das primiparas pacientes que foram submetidas a parto cesariano em gestacao anterior (RP 5,44; IC95% 3,67-8,06) e doencas associadas no momento do parto (RP 1,71; IC95% 1,30-2,25). Nao foi encontrada relacao significativa com idade gestacional no parto, duracao do trabalho de parto acima de seis horas (tempo medio da fase ativa do trabalho de parto), periodo expulsivo maior que 30 minutos (considerado prolongado), uso de misoprostol ou ocitocina, alteracoes da frequencia cardiaca fetal, presenca de meconio, turno de realizacao do parto (noturno ou diurno), indice de Apgar, no primeiro e quinto minutos e peso do recem- nascido. A presenca de laceracoes perineais foi maior no grupo nao submetido a episiotomia, porem so foram descritas laceracoes de primeiro e segundo graus. Apos analise de regressao logistica os fatores que permaneceram associados a episiotomia foram doencas maternas (RA 1,99; IC95% 1,20-3,28) e ausencia de parto vaginal anterior (RA 9,85; IC95% 6,04-16,06). CONCLUSAO: A prevalencia da realizacao de episiotomia na instituicao foi de 29%. As variaveis que continuaram relacionadas a episiotomia foram doencas maternas e ausencia de parto vaginal anterior.

31 citations


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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
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202314
202261
2021840
2020823
2019571
2018547