patients and methods medical records of patients were analyzed retrospectively. results of the six patients, 83.3% (n = 5) were male and 16.7% (n = 1) were female, with a mean age of 2.1 ± 0.49 years. the most common clinical signs were dyspnea (83.3%), fever (66.6%), and vomiting (66.6%). owing to supportive treatments and the combined steroid treatment, respiratory distress diminished and the...

OBJECTIVES to identify the knowledge of users of combined oral contraceptive about correct use, side effects and complications; to verify the correlation between knowledge about the method with age, education, family income and time of use. METHOD cross-sectional study performed in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, from March to July 2010, with 294 women. Data were collected through interviews. RES...

the effect of neuroloptics. carbamacepine and hensmliacepines in treatment of 8.3 patients with acute mania was studied. according to drug types. patients were divided into 5 groups: 1) lithium combined with ilubupridol. 2) lithium combined with one plxenoshiacine 3) lithium combined with two phenothiazines. 4) lithium combined with cubumazepine and 5) lithium combined with benzxliazepines no s...

objective: the aim of the current study was to examine the effectiveness of barkley's parent training program, working memory training and the combination of these two interventions for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd). methods: in this study, 36 participants with adhd (aged 6 to 12 years) were selected by convenience sampling. revision of the swanson, nolan and pel...

objective: although treatments with demonstrated efficacy exist for obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) researches on the effectiveness of combined treatment versus psychotherapy or drug treatment are controversial. the aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of metacognitive therapy (mct), fluvoxamine and the combination of mct with fluvoxamine treatment in treating patients with ocd. me...