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Uso de batas por parte de personal de servicio y visitantes en las salas de recién nacidos para la prevención de la morbilidad y mortalidad neonatales
(2003-04-22)Antecedentes: Las batas se usan ampliamente en las salas de recién nacidos y en las unidades de cuidados intensivos neonatales. Se piensa que pueden ayudar a prevenir la propagación de las infecciones nosocomiales y que ... -
HIV-related needs in internally displaced persons and other conflict-affected populations
(2007)Introduction: Conflict-induced displacement makes affected populations more vulnerable to HIV transmission. However, this vulnerability does not always necessarily translate into more HIV infections. The extent to which ... -
Interventions for Children, Youth, and Parents to Prevent and Reduce Cyber Abuse
(2009-06-05)This Campbell Systematic Review examines the effectiveness of cyber abuse interventions in increasing internet safety knowledge and decreasing risky online behaviour. The review summarises findings from three studies: ... -
Protecting healthcare workers from pandemic influenza: N95 or surgical masks?
(2010-02)Objective: The successful management of an influenza pandemic will be reliant on the expertise of healthcare workers at high risk for occupationally acquired influenza. Recommended infection control measures for ... -
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in high-risk pulmonary infections: a clinical review
(2014-05-11)[Abstract]. The aim of this article was to review the role of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in acute pulmonary infectious diseases, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), H1N1 and tuberculosis, and to assess the ... -
Routine practices and additional precautions for preventing the transmission of infection in healthcare settings
(2014-09-05)The Routine Practices and Additional Precautions for Preventing the Transmission of Infection in Healthcare Settings guideline provides a framework for preventing the transmission of microorganisms to patients, healthcare ... -
The Effects on Re‐offending of Custodial vs. Non‐custodial Sanctions: An Updated Systematic Review of the State of Knowledge
(2015-01-02)This Campbell systematic review compares effects of custodial and non‐custodial sentences on re‐offending. The authors found 14 high‐quality studies, including three randomised controlled trials and two natural experiments. ... -
Effectiveness and Safety of Short‐stay Units in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review
(2015-07-22)Objectives: Overcrowding is a serious and ongoing challenge in Canadian hospital emergency departments (EDs) that has been shown to have negative consequences for patient outcomes. The American College of Emergency Physicians ... -
Prone position for acute respiratory failure in adults
(2015-11-13)Background: Acute hypoxaemia de novo or on a background of chronic hypoxaemia is a common reason for admission to intensive care and for provision of mechanical ventilation. Various refinements of mechanical ventilation ... -
A detailed comparative analysis of codon usage bias in Zika virus
(2016)Zika virus (ZIKV) is a member of the family Flaviviridae and its genome consists of a single-stranded positive sense RNA molecule with 10,794 nucleotides. Clinical manifestations of disease caused by ZIKV infection range ... -
Febrile or Exanthematous Illness Associated with Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya Viruses, Panama
(2016)The earliest clinical cases of Zika virus infection were reported from continental South America in 2015 (1), after which the virus spread rapidly through the Americas (2). Here we describe an investigation of febrile or ... -
Manifestações Cutâneas em Dengue, Zika e Chikungunya na 20º Regional de Saúde do Paraná
(2016)A Dengue, Zika e a Febre Chikungunya são doenças transmitidas pelo mesmo vetor, Aedes aegypti, apesar de apresentarem vírus distintos. Dessa forma, a preocupação das entidades públicas de saúde redobram a atenção para essas ... -
Hearing Loss in Infants with Microcephaly and Evidence of Congenital Zika Virus Infection - Brazil, November 2015-May 2016
(2016)Congenital infection with Zika virus causes microcephaly and other brain abnormalities (1). Hearing loss associated with other congenital viral infections is well described; however, little is known about hearing loss in ... -
Time Lags between Exanthematous Illness Attributed to Zika Virus, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, and Microcephaly, Salvador, Brazil
(2016)Zika virus infection emerged as a public health emergency after increasing evidence for its association with neurologic disorders and congenital malformations. In Salvador, Brazil, outbreaks of acute exanthematous illness ... -
Associated ultrasonographic findings in fetuses with microcephaly because of suspected Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy
(2016)OBJECTIVE: To describe fetal ultrasonographic findings and outcomes in a series of cases of fetal microcephaly associated with Zika virus infection. METHODS: Retrospective case series of microcephaly with definite ... -
Specificity of dengue NS1 antigen in differential diagnosis of dengue and zika virus infection
(2016)Circulation of new arboviruses of the genus Flavivirus poses a major problem for differential diagnosis. Zika virus, a mosquitoborne virus of the family Flaviviridae, is closely related to other arboviruses circulating in ... -
Alterações Auditivas em Crianças com Microcefalia e provável Infecção pelo Zika Vírus
(2016)Objetivos: Avaliar alterações auditi vas em crianças com microcefalia secundária a provável infecção congênita por ZIKV atendidas no Centro Integrado de Reabilitação (CEIR). -
Zika Virus, a New Threat for Europe?
(2016)Since its emergence in 2007 in Micronesia and Polynesia, the arthropod-borne flavivirus Zika virus (ZIKV) has spread in the Americas and the Caribbean, following first detection in Brazil in May 2015. The risk of ZIKV ... -
Advocacy Interventions to Reduce or Eliminate Violence and Promote the Physical and Psychosocial Well‐Being of Women who Experience Intimate Partner Abuse: A Systematic Review
(2016-01-04)This Campbell systematic review assesses the effects of advocacy interventions on intimate partner violence and women's wellbeing. The review summarizes findings from 13 studies. Physical abuse: After one year, brief ... -
Clinical Practice Guideline of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
(2016-08-16)There is no well-stated practical guideline for mechanically ventilated patients with or without acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We generate strong (1) and weak (2) grade of recommendations based on high (A), ...