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Aims: Consider the glycemic level of elderly octogenarians with diabetes mellitus when using oral hypoglycemic agents. Methods: Descriptive study carried out by reviewing data collected from patients treated on an outpatient basis at the Hospital da Universidade Católica de Brasília - HUCB. The patients were submitted to medical evaluation through an anamnesis in a first consultation, where diseases that had already been diagnosed and the medications that are taken under medical prescription were reported.

The production of biodiesel through the transesterification of vegetable oils and fats using homogeneous basic catalysts requires low acidity and moisture raw materials, which increases the cost of production and compromises the viability of the technology. On the other hand, the feasibility of biodiesel production using higher acidity and lowcost raw materials leads to an increase in the process investment cost due to the need to use equipment built with special steels.

The digenetic trematodes platyhelminth (flatworm) parasites (platyhelminth:Trematoda-Digenea) are pear-shaped, thick, fleshy worms, especially prevalent in the reticulum and rumen, while immature parasites in the small intestine mainly in the duodenum.

Objetivo: Avaliar a associação entre suporte social percebido, biomarcadores inflamatórios e os fenótipos de fragilidade em idosos longevos. Método:Estudo transversal, descritivo e quantitativo. Os idosos foram avaliados pelaInterpersonal Support Evaluation List, pelos biomarcadores inflamatórios: interleucina (IL) 10, IL-6, IL-4,IL-2, fator de necrose tumoral (TNF-α) e interferon gama (IFNy) e fragilidade.Foi realizada composição dos modelos de regressão logística múltipla.

Objetivou-se compreender as vivências e sentimentos do cuidador familiar e da equipe de enfermagem no processo de morte e morrer. Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa de literatura, por meio da BVS e suas bases de dados SCIELO e Pubmed publicados no período de 2008 a 2020. Utilizou-se 22 artigos, que atenderam aos critérios de inclusão, sendo submetidos à análise de conteúdo semântica.

Objective: to identify nursing diagnoses and complementary therapies in women with chronic low back pain. Methods: Study approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Universidade Federal do Maranhão(Federal University of Maranhão), opinion No. 3.180.211. Individual interviews were carried out, the Visual Analogue Scale was applied, specific tests for low back pain and complementary therapy sessions.

Objective: to characterize the epidemiology of pediatric occurrences attended by a mobile emergency service, including age group, sex andtype of occurrence, identification of symptoms and diseases and association of variables. Methods: the research is quantitative descriptive, carried out using data from attendance records in 2018, collected with a structured instrument and analyzed statistically. Results: there was a high number of clinical events (56.6%) and a higher incidence in school children (44.8%) and males (55.7%).

Resumo: Diabetes Mellitus tem sido considerado como um importante problema de saúde pública da atualidade. É classificado em tipo 1, 2, gestacional, além de outros tipos. No caso do diabetes diagnosticado durante a gestação, é fundamental se realizar o rastreamento e a confirmação diagnóstica em época oportuna e o mais precocemente possível. Objetivo: avaliar a incidência da diabetes gestacional entre mulheres atendidas nas Unidades Básicas de Saúde do Munícipio de Conceição do Araguaia – PA.

Background: Patient’s positive perception after periodontal treatment is one of the main factors for the success of the periodontal therapy. The aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate the perceptions of subjects regarding nonsurgical periodontal treatment over a period of 1 year. Materials and methods: Twenty-five subjects (42.14 ± 4.65 years) with moderate to severe periodontitis completed a questionnaire at two different times after a nonsurgical periodontal treatment: 30 days and 390 days.