Abstract Background Early severity estimates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are critically needed to assess the potential impact of the ongoing pandemic in different ...

Pregnancy in the older woman is a well-known risk factor for perinatal morbidity and mortality.

Background: Rigorous analysis of levels and trends in exposure to leading risk factors and quantification of their effect on human health are important to identify where public health is making progress and in which cases ...

Objective - To estimate the number of productive years of life lost to premature death due to coronary heart disease in Brazil and to report their trends over a 20-year period. Methods - The Brazilian Ministry of Health ...

Introduction We quantified the proportion and the absolute number of deaths attributable to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) using an estimation approach. Research design and methods ...

In order to identify prognostic factors for death among cancer patients with fungemia, an 18-month survey of fungemia in patients with cancer was undertaken in three hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, for the assessment of risk ...