9 resultats
Over one million infants are born to HIV-1-infected women every year in Sub Saharan Africa. In Zimbabwe, annual births stand at 379,000 with approximately 48,000 infants being born every year to HIV-1-infected women on lifelong highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Concerns have been
Stroke is a frequent, serious and disabling condition. Spasticity interferes with the classic motor pattern and reflects reflex motor activities normally inhibited by the central nervous system. This term most frequently refers to a disorder that causes a speed increase dependent on the tonic
OBJECTIVES Main objective - To assess the safety of drugs used for IBD treatment both for pregnancy and for the offspring mainly focused on the risk of serious infections (from birth and in the first 4 years of life).
Specific objectives
- To know the risk of serious adverse events (including
Background
Clinical background - ischemia related and inflammatory conditions The pandemic of cardiovascular disease has immense negative effects on global population health and life expectancy. The most detrimental acute ischemic events are myocardial infarction and stroke. Organ failure caused by
1.1 BACKGROUND
Maternal haemorrhage is a significant cause of maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide. The incidence of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) with blood loss in excess of 1000ml is estimated to affect 10.5% of live births globally. This translate to a staggering number of 14 million women
Reperfusion Strategies in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Network - Sao Paulo Registry.
Preparation and implementation of the ST segment elevation myocardial network in Sao Paulo:
Initially, in 2009 a 24-hour central office for electrocardiogram (ECG) reading was installed at Hospital São Paulo -
Ischemic Preconditioning (IPC) refers to the phenomenon where a brief ischemia-reperfusion event to a tissue/organ can result in subsequent protection from a more severe ischemia-reperfusion event to that tissue/organ. There are many descriptions of IPC in animal models. Protection occurs in two
We will employ modern test theory (i.e., Rasch model) to refine the Stroke Rehabilitation Assessment of Movement instrument (STREAM), which will be called the refined version of the STREAM, R-STREAM).
We will devote three years to complete this project. In the first year, the item pool (about 45