Health Sciences

INTRODUCTION: Nasal cavity is a favourable site for the growth of fungus in immunocompromised individuals due to humid conditions. There was a sudden emergence of acute invasive fungal infection cases in the second wave of the COVID-19 in India. In the present epidemic, the aggressive nature of the disease in immunocompromised patients leads to the bony septal involvement resulting in non-iatrogenic perforation. The most common nasal sites involved in IFI post-COVID-19 infection were middle turbinate followed by middle meatus and then septum.

Background: Due to limited workforce at the referral or higher-level health facilities, there is a recommendation to shift task of prevention and control of some NCDs to lower level heath facilities. However, the preparedness of the workforce at primary health care facilities is poorly understood. Objectives: The aim of this study was to access the knowledge, practices and barriers on the treatment and management of asthma among health workers at the primary facilities (Level 2) in Bomet County. Methods: This study employed a cross-sectional study design.

As Doenças de Niemann-Pick caracterizam-se como distúrbios de armazenamento lisossômico e neurodegeneração progressiva. Há grande variabilidade de quadro clínico, mesmo dentro de um subtipo da doença, seja na idade de aparecimento da doença, como também tempo de vida e prognóstico. Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar as evidências científicas atuais para a abordagem diagnóstica e tratamento das Doenças de Niemann-Pick. A pesquisa caracteriza-se como revisão sistemática de literatura, e portanto um estudo secundário, realizado a partir da busca qualificada na literatura.

Coronal rehabilitation of endodontically treated posterior teeth is always a challenge for dental surgeons. Based on the minimally invasive principles of adhesive dentistry, endocrown restorations are gaining in popularity. The current clinical case is of a female patient, 65 years old, with antagonist second molars endodontically treated and old restorations showing undesirable esthetics and breakage due to malocclusion of the prostheses.

The rescue of ancestral knowledge on the use of medicinal plants, through local ethnobotanical studies, is emerging as an alternative in its rescue. The objectives of this study are: i) to identify the medicinal plant species that are part of the cultural heritage of some families; ii) to determine the uses and applications of medicinal species; iii) to propagate the species of greatest medicinal use and importance, to strengthen ancestral knowledge in the community. To this end, information was collected from 25 families in the area.

Para prevenir acidentes por mordeduras de cães que podem transmitir raiva ao ser humano, é necessárioobter dados epidemiológicos abrangentes que permitem a identificação de padrões de risco associados à sua ocorrência, considerando variáveis relacionadas à vítima, ao animal agressor e às circunstâncias em que ocorreu.

Introdução: A esquizofrenia é caracterizada como um conjunto de sinais e sintomas (síndrome) psiquiátricos que comumente eclodem nas fases da adolescência ou início da adultez, sendo reconhecida como uma das doenças de maior gravidade, uma vez que acarreta problemas importantes no decorrer da vida do portador - tanto na saúde mental como na saúde física e no convívio social.

Aseptic carton boxes are domestic waste normally found in milk juice boxes. These materials are composed of paper layers, aluminum, and polyethylene that grant to the material, among other characteristics, good resistance and durability. However, this composition also makes harder the recycling process of these packages due to the labor of separating the materials that integrate these boxes. Therefore, this work aimed to evaluate the resistance to weather in bike baskets made from aseptic carton boxes.

Objective: To verify the use of non-pharmacological measures for the relief of pain in childbirth in the city of Ponta Grossa, as well as to identify the profile of women assisted in the gravidic-puerperal period. Methods: Quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive study, carried out in the Maternal and Child Care Network of the city with 379 puerperae through the project "Good practices in labor and birth care". Results: The age of the women was predominantly between 23 and 32 years old.

Background: The posterior cerebral artery (PCA) is a vessel of the Circle of Willis. Variations are observed in the first segments of the PCA and its branches, especially in the thalamoperforating arteries (TPAs) and in the artery of Percheron (AP). Anatomical presentation of these arteries is of relevant clinical importance for safer neurosurgical approaches. Objective: To identify the most frequent PCA and TPA patterns and the morphometry of P1 and P2 branches in human brains from the Northeastern region of Brazil. Methods: Specimens of human cadavers from Northeast Brazil were isolated.