Profile of Technology-dependent Children in Ribeirão Preto-sp

A portA de entrAdA pArA o diAgnóstico dA tuberculose no sistemA de sAúde de ribeirão preto/sp puertA de entrAdA pArA el diAgnóstico de tuberculosis en el sistemA de sAlud de ribeirão

The front door of the Ribeirão Preto Health System for diagnosing tuberculosis Oliveira MF, Arcêncio RA, Ruffino-Netto A, Scatena LM, Palha PF, Villa TCS Rev Esc Enferm USP 2011; 45(4):893-8 www.ee.usp.br/reeusp/ The front door of the Ribeirão Preto Health System for diagnosing tuberculosis* O r ig in a l a r t ic l e A portA de entrAdA pArA o diAgnóstico dA tuberculose no sistemA de sAúde de r...

Cardiologic evaluation of children with suspected heart disease: experience of a public outpatient clinic in Brazil Pediatric Cardiology Outpatient Clinic, SUS and Department of Pediatrics, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

During initial evaluation of children on an outpatient basis, the index of suspected heart disease may be high, particularly if we consider that innocent murmur occurs in about 50% of the pediatric population. 1-3 This is the most common cause of referral to the pediatric cardiologist, with several reports of such experience published worldwide. Other causes like chest pain, breathlessness at r...

Profile of three Brazilian birth cohort studies in Ribeirão Preto, SP and São

We describe three birth cohort studies, respectively carried out in 1978/79 and 1994 in Ribeirão Preto, a city located in the most developed region of Brazil, and in 1997/98 in São Luís, a city located in a less developed region. The objective of the present report was to describe the methods used in these three studies, presenting their history, methodological design, objectives, developments,...

Breast Milk Micronutrients in Lactating Mothers from Ribeirão Preto (SP), Brazil

Breast milk is the ideal food for infants and should be consumed as the exclusive food for the first six months and then be complemented up to two years of age. The aim of this study is to determine breast milk’s content of macro and micronutrient in lactating mothers from the Ribeirão Preto (SP) region, in Brazil. A cross-sectional study was conducted with breast milk samples of 70 mothers fro...

Spatial and temporal patterns of tuberculosis in the city of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil from 1998 to 2002*