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Transmission of infectious diseases through mouth-to-mouth ventilation: evidence-based or emotion-based medicine?
Updated

Transmission of infectious diseases through mouth-to-mouth ventilation: evidence-based or emotion-based medicine?

Carlos Frederico Arend

Update

Transmission of Infectious Diseases through Mouth-to-Mouth Ventilation: Evidence-Based or Emotion-Based Medicine?

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05/09/2000 DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2000000100008
Acute myocardial infarction in the Brazilian State of São Paulo. In-hospital deaths from 1979 to 1996 and hospital fatality from 1984 to 1998 in the public health system
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Acute myocardial infarction in the Brazilian State of São Paulo. In-hospital deaths from 1979 to 1996 and hospital fatality from 1984 to 1998 in the public health system

Luiz Francisco Marcopito et al. Artur Jaques Goldfeder Simone Schenkman

OBJECTIVE: To determine the following parameters in the Brazilian State of São Paulo: 1) the percentage of deaths due to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) occurring in hospitals; 2) the percentage of deaths due to AMI occurring in public health system hospitals as compared with all in-hospital deaths due to AMI between 1979 and 1996; 3) the fatality due to AMI in public health system hospitals from 1984 to 1998. METHODS: Data were available on the Datasus Web site (the health information agency of the Brazilian Department of Health) that provided the following: a) number of deaths resulting from AMI in hospitals; b) number of deaths resulting from AMI in public health system hospitals; c) number of hospital admissions due to AMI in public health system hospitals. RESULTS: The percentage of in-hospital deaths due to AMI increased from 54.9 in 1979 to 68.6 in 1996. The percentage contribution of the public health system to total number of deaths due to AMI occurring in hospitals decreased from 22.9 in 1984 to 13.7 in 1996; fatality due to AMI occurring in public health system hospitals had an irregular evolution from 1984 to 1992 and showed a slight trend for increased frequency from 1993 to 1998. CONCLUSION: The percentage of in-hospital deaths due to AMI has been increasing. Deaths resulting from AMI in public health system hospitals have decreased when compared with the total number of deaths due to AMI in all hospitals. Fatality due to AMI in public health system hospitals did not decrease from 1992 to 1998.

  • Acute Myocardial Infarction
  • Epidemiology
  • ischemic heart disease
  • Mortality
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05/09/2000 DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2000000100005 Views 1
Updated

Lupus carditis

Creso A. Falcão et al. Norma Lucena Izabel C. Alves Ângela L. Pessoa Emmanuelle T. Godoi

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Lupus Carditis

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05/09/2000 DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2000000100007
Chest pain in the emergency room. Importance of a systematic approach
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Chest pain in the emergency room. Importance of a systematic approach

Roberto Bassan et al. Marcelo Scofano Roberto Gamarski Hans Fernando Dohmann … Lúcia Pimenta André Volschan Mônica Araujo Cristina Clare Marcelo Fabrício Carlos Henrique Sanmartin Kalil Mohallem Sergio Gaspar Renato Macaciel

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficiency of a systematic diagnostic approach in patients with chest pain in the emergency room in relation to the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and the rate of hospitalization in high-cost units. METHODS: One thousand and three consecutive patients with chest pain were screened according to a pre-established process of diagnostic investigation based on the pre-test probability of ACS determinate by chest pain type and ECG changes. RESULTS: Of the 1003 patients, 224 were immediately discharged home because of no suspicion of ACS (route 5) and 119 were immediately transferred to the coronary care united because of ST elevation or left bundle-branch block (LBBB) (route 1) (74% of these had a final diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction [AMI]). Of the 660 patients that remained in the emergency room under observation, 77 (12%) had AMI without ST segment elevation and 202 (31%) had unstable angina (UA). In route 2 (high probability of ACS) 17% of patients had AMI and 43% had UA, whereas in route 3 (low probability) 2% had AMI and 7 % had UA. The admission ECG has been confirmed as a poor sensitivity test for the diagnosis of AMI ( 49%), with a positive predictive value considered only satisfactory (79%). CONCLUSION: A systematic diagnostic strategy, as used in this study, is essential in managing patients with chest pain in the emergency room in order to obtain high diagnostic accuracy, lower cost, and optimization of the use of coronary care unit beds.

  • Acute Myocardial Infarction
  • Chest Pain
  • Emergency room
  • Unstable Angina
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Permanent and temporary pacemaker implantation after orthotopic heart transplantation

Fernando Bacal et al. Edimar A. Bocchi Marcelo L. C. Vieira Neusa Lopes … Luiz Felipe Moreira Alfredo Fiorelli Roberto Costa Martino Martinelli Noedir A. G. Stolf Giovanni Bellotti José Antonio F. Ramires

PURPOSE:To determine the indication for and incidence and evolution of temporary and permanent pacemaker implantation in cardiac transplant recipients. METHODS: A retrospective review of 114 patients who underwent orthotopic heart transplantation InCor (Heart Institute USP BR) between March 1985 and May 1993. We studied the incidence of and indication for temporary pacing, the relationship between pacing and rejection, the need for pemanent pacing and the clinical follow-up. RESULTS: Fourteen of 114 (12%)heart transplant recipients required temporary pacing and 4 of 114 (3.5%) patients required permanent pacing. The indication for temporary pacing was sinus node dysfunction in 11 patients (78.5%) and atrioventricular (AV) block in 3 patients (21.4%). The indication for permanent pacemaker implantation was sinus node dysfunction in 3 patients (75%) and atrioventricular (AV) block in 1 patient (25%). We observed rejection in 3 patients (21.4%) who required temporary pacing and in 2 patients (50%) who required permanent pacing. The previous use of amiodarone was observed in 10 patients (71.4%) with temporary pacing. Seven of the 14 patients (50%) died during follow-up. CONCLUSION: Sinus node dysfunction was the principal indication for temporary and permanent pacemaker implantation in cardiac transplant recipients. The need for pacing was related to worse prognosis after cardiac transplantation.

  • cardiac transplantation
  • Pacemaker
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Constrictive pericarditis in a 19-month-old child
Case Report

Constrictive pericarditis in a 19-month-old child

José Carlos dos Santos Guitti

We report a case of chronic nonspecific constrictive pericarditis with myocardial involvement in a 19-month-old infant. The patient underwent total pericardiectomy and had irreversible hemodynamic instability. Constrictive pericarditis is rare in childhood. It may follow several processes, most frequently an infectious disease. The natural course of the disease consists of progressive myocardial dysfunction with atrioventricular valvular involvement. When diagnosis is established early in the course of the disease and treatment started immediately, the evolution is favorable in most instances.

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The results of the Campaign for evaluating sphygmomanometers accuracy and their physical conditions
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The results of the Campaign for evaluating sphygmomanometers accuracy and their physical conditions

Décio Mion Jr et al. Angela M. G. Pierin Débora Cristina Alavarce José Henrique da Cunha Vasconcellos

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the sphygmomanometers calibration accuracy and the physical conditions of the cuff-bladder, bulb, pump, and valve. METHODS: Sixty hundred and forty five aneroid sphygmomanometers were evaluated, 521 used in private practice and 124 used in hospitals. Aneroid manometers were tested against a properly calibrated mercury manometer and were considered calibrated when the error was <=3mm Hg. The physical conditions of the cuffs-bladder, bulb, pump, and valve were also evaluated. RESULTS: Of the aneroid sphygmomanometers tested, 51% of those used in private practice and 56% of those used in hospitals were found to be not accurately calibrated. Of these, the magnitude of inaccuracy ranged from 4 to 8mm Hg in 70% and 51% of the devices, respectively. The problems found in the cuffs – bladders, bulbs, pumps, and valves of the private practice and hospital devices were bladder damage (34% vs. 21%, respectively), holes/leaks in the bulbs (22% vs. 4%, respectively), and rubber aging (15% vs. 12%, respectively). Of the devices tested, 72% revealed at least one problem interfering with blood pressure measurement accuracy. CONCLUSION: Most of the manometers evaluated, whether used in private practice or in hospitals, were found to be inaccurate and unreliable, and their use may jeopardize the diagnosis and treatment of arterial hypertension.

  • blood pressure measurement
  • calibration accuracy
  • Sphygmomanometers
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05/09/2000 DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2000000100004
Editorial

Univentricular atrioventricular connection. Review of the current therapeutical possibilities

Edmar Atik

Editorial

Univentricular Atrioventricular Connection. Review of the Current Therapeutical Possibilities

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Arend CF. Transmission of infectious diseases through mouth-to-mouth ventilation: evidence-based or emotion-based medicine?. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2000;74(1):86-97.

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Arend, Carlos Frederico. Transmission of infectious diseases through mouth-to-mouth ventilation: evidence-based or emotion-based medicine?. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v. 74, n. 1, p. 86-97, Sep. 2000.

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Arend, C. F. (2000). Transmission of infectious diseases through mouth-to-mouth ventilation: evidence-based or emotion-based medicine?. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 74(1), 86-97.

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Arend, Carlos Frederico. Transmission of infectious diseases through mouth-to-mouth ventilation: evidence-based or emotion-based medicine?. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia [online]. 2000, vol. 74, n. 1, [cited 2026-10-14], pp. 86-97. Available from: <https://journals.cardiol.br/en/article/transmission-of-infectious-diseases-through-mouth-to-mouth-ventilation-evidence-based-or-emotion-based-medicine/>. ISSN 0066-782X

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Marcopito LF, Goldfeder AJ, Schenkman S. Acute myocardial infarction in the Brazilian State of São Paulo. In-hospital deaths from 1979 to 1996 and hospital fatality from 1984 to 1998 in the public health system. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2000;74(1):43-6.

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Marcopito, Luiz Francisco; Goldfeder, Artur Jaques; Schenkman, Simone. Acute myocardial infarction in the Brazilian State of São Paulo. In-hospital deaths from 1979 to 1996 and hospital fatality from 1984 to 1998 in the public health system. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v. 74, n. 1, p. 43-46, Sep. 2000.

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Marcopito, L. F., Goldfeder, A. J., & Schenkman, S. (2000). Acute myocardial infarction in the Brazilian State of São Paulo. In-hospital deaths from 1979 to 1996 and hospital fatality from 1984 to 1998 in the public health system. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 74(1), 43-46.

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Marcopito, Luiz Francisco and Goldfeder, Artur Jaques and Schenkman, Simone. Acute myocardial infarction in the Brazilian State of São Paulo. In-hospital deaths from 1979 to 1996 and hospital fatality from 1984 to 1998 in the public health system. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia [online]. 2000, vol. 74, n. 1, [cited 2026-10-14], pp. 43-46. Available from: <https://journals.cardiol.br/en/article/acute-myocardial-infarction-in-the-brazilian-state-of-sao-paulo-in-hospital-deaths-from-1979-to-1996-and-hospital-fatality-from-1984-to-1998-in-the-public-health-system/>. ISSN 0066-782X

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Falcão CA, Lucena N, Alves IC, Pessoa L, Godoi ET. Lupus carditis. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2000;74(1):64-71.

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Falcão, Creso A.; Lucena, Norma; Alves, Izabel C.; Pessoa, Ângela L.; Godoi, Emmanuelle T.. Lupus carditis. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v. 74, n. 1, p. 64-71, Sep. 2000.

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Falcão, C. A., Lucena, N., Alves, I. C., Pessoa, L., & Godoi, E. T. (2000). Lupus carditis. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 74(1), 64-71.

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Falcão, Creso A. and Lucena, Norma and Alves, Izabel C. and Pessoa, Ângela L. and Godoi, Emmanuelle T.. Lupus carditis. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia [online]. 2000, vol. 74, n. 1, [cited 2026-10-14], pp. 64-71. Available from: <https://journals.cardiol.br/en/article/lupus-carditis/>. ISSN 0066-782X

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Bassan R, Scofano M, Gamarski R, Dohmann HF, Pimenta L, Volschan A, Araujo M, et al. Chest pain in the emergency room. Importance of a systematic approach. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2000;74(1):22-9.

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Bassan, Roberto; Scofano, Marcelo; Gamarski, Roberto; Dohmann, Hans Fernando; Pimenta, Lúcia; Volschan, André; Araujo, Mônica; Clare, Cristina; Fabrício, Marcelo; Sanmartin, Carlos Henrique; Mohallem, Kalil; Gaspar, Sergio; Macaciel, Renato. Chest pain in the emergency room. Importance of a systematic approach. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v. 74, n. 1, p. 22-29, Sep. 2000.

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Bassan, R., Scofano, M., Gamarski, R., Dohmann, H. F., Pimenta, L., Volschan, A., Araujo, M., Clare, C., Fabrício, M., Sanmartin, C. H., Mohallem, K., Gaspar, S., & Macaciel, R. (2000). Chest pain in the emergency room. Importance of a systematic approach. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 74(1), 22-29.

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Bassan, Roberto and Scofano, Marcelo and Gamarski, Roberto and Dohmann, Hans Fernando and Pimenta, Lúcia and Volschan, André and Araujo, Mônica and Clare, Cristina and Fabrício, Marcelo and Sanmartin, Carlos Henrique and Mohallem, Kalil and Gaspar, Sergio and Macaciel, Renato. Chest pain in the emergency room. Importance of a systematic approach. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia [online]. 2000, vol. 74, n. 1, [cited 2026-10-14], pp. 22-29. Available from: <https://journals.cardiol.br/en/article/chest-pain-in-the-emergency-room-importance-of-a-systematic-approach/>. ISSN 0066-782X

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Bacal F, Bocchi EA, Vieira MLC, Lopes N, Moreira LF, Fiorelli A, Costa R, et al. Permanent and temporary pacemaker implantation after orthotopic heart transplantation. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2000;74(1):09-12.

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Bacal, Fernando; Bocchi, Edimar A.; Vieira, Marcelo L. C.; Lopes, Neusa; Moreira, Luiz Felipe; Fiorelli, Alfredo; Costa, Roberto; Martinelli, Martino; Stolf, Noedir A. G.; Bellotti, Giovanni; Ramires, José Antonio F.. Permanent and temporary pacemaker implantation after orthotopic heart transplantation. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v. 74, n. 1, p. 09-12, Sep. 2000.

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Bacal, F., Bocchi, E. A., Vieira, M. L. C., Lopes, N., Moreira, L. F., Fiorelli, A., Costa, R., Martinelli, M., Stolf, N. A. G., Bellotti, G., & Ramires, J. A. F. (2000). Permanent and temporary pacemaker implantation after orthotopic heart transplantation. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 74(1), 09-12.

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Bacal, Fernando and Bocchi, Edimar A. and Vieira, Marcelo L. C. and Lopes, Neusa and Moreira, Luiz Felipe and Fiorelli, Alfredo and Costa, Roberto and Martinelli, Martino and Stolf, Noedir A. G. and Bellotti, Giovanni and Ramires, José Antonio F.. Permanent and temporary pacemaker implantation after orthotopic heart transplantation. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia [online]. 2000, vol. 74, n. 1, [cited 2026-10-14], pp. 09-12. Available from: <https://journals.cardiol.br/en/article/permanent-and-temporary-pacemaker-implantation-after-orthotopic-heart-transplantation/>. ISSN 0066-782X

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Guitti JCS. Constrictive pericarditis in a 19-month-old child. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2000;74(1):51-4.

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Guitti, José Carlos dos Santos. Constrictive pericarditis in a 19-month-old child. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v. 74, n. 1, p. 51-54, Sep. 2000.

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Guitti, J. C. S. (2000). Constrictive pericarditis in a 19-month-old child. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 74(1), 51-54.

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Guitti, José Carlos dos Santos. Constrictive pericarditis in a 19-month-old child. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia [online]. 2000, vol. 74, n. 1, [cited 2026-10-14], pp. 51-54. Available from: <https://journals.cardiol.br/en/article/constrictive-pericarditis-in-a-19-month-old-child/>. ISSN 0066-782X

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Mion Jr D, Pierin AMG, Alavarce DC, Vasconcellos JHC. The results of the Campaign for evaluating sphygmomanometers accuracy and their physical conditions. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2000;74(1):35-8.

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Mion Jr, Décio; Pierin, Angela M. G.; Alavarce, Débora Cristina; Vasconcellos, José Henrique da Cunha. The results of the Campaign for evaluating sphygmomanometers accuracy and their physical conditions. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v. 74, n. 1, p. 35-38, Sep. 2000.

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Mion Jr, D., Pierin, A. M. G., Alavarce, D. C., & Vasconcellos, J. H. C. (2000). The results of the Campaign for evaluating sphygmomanometers accuracy and their physical conditions. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 74(1), 35-38.

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Mion Jr, Décio and Pierin, Angela M. G. and Alavarce, Débora Cristina and Vasconcellos, José Henrique da Cunha. The results of the Campaign for evaluating sphygmomanometers accuracy and their physical conditions. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia [online]. 2000, vol. 74, n. 1, [cited 2026-10-14], pp. 35-38. Available from: <https://journals.cardiol.br/en/article/the-results-of-the-campaign-for-evaluating-sphygmomanometers-accuracy-and-their-physical-conditions/>. ISSN 0066-782X

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Atik E. Univentricular atrioventricular connection. Review of the current therapeutical possibilities. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2000;74(1):03-4.

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Atik, Edmar. Univentricular atrioventricular connection. Review of the current therapeutical possibilities. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v. 74, n. 1, p. 03-04, Sep. 2000.

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Atik, E. (2000). Univentricular atrioventricular connection. Review of the current therapeutical possibilities. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 74(1), 03-04.

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Atik, Edmar. Univentricular atrioventricular connection. Review of the current therapeutical possibilities. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia [online]. 2000, vol. 74, n. 1, [cited 2026-10-14], pp. 03-04. Available from: <https://journals.cardiol.br/en/article/univentricular-atrioventricular-connection-review-of-the-current-therapeutical-possibilities/>. ISSN 0066-782X

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