INTRODUCTION: Phototherapy has been universally most widely used way to treat neonatal jaundice, and the correct management, as well as adequate devices and lamps with continuous monitoring of their irradiances, are of ...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) represents a chronic disease of high prevalence, being the lifestyle of most new cases. Also, the perception that the diabetic patient has about his illness acts as a protection ...

There is a huge variety of therapeutic resources put into practice in the Communities, one of which is the recurrence of secondary health care outpatient clinics, which are marked by the comings and goings of people ...

Recent literature studies show a close correlation between obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The worldwide epidemic of obesity, an important risk factor for both, makes ...

Primary Care in Brazil has gone through several changes such as the creation of More Doctors Program in 2013 and the new National Policy on Primary Care issued on September 2017, during a controversial political and ...

Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the most common systemic rheumatic diseases, which epidemiological studies have shown an increase of the number of people out of work due to deformations caused by the disease. Early treatment ...

Dyslipidemia is characterized by abnormalities in the lipid profile. Risk factors associated with the development of dyslipidemia are very present in the daily lives of teenagers, having significant impact on the population ...

The diabetes mellitus is a serious disease that affects millions of people in the world. One of the most important chronic complications of this condition is the diabetic foot, which risk factors are preventable at primary ...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is defined as obstruction of air passage through the upper airways during sleep. The patient has repeated episodes of hypoxemia and hypercapnia, and because of those events, the ...