São Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina
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[This corrects the article doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2022.0281. R1.30082022].
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Understanding social determinants is crucial for implementing preventive strategies, especially for low birth weight (LBW)-a public health issue that severely increases the risk of morbimortality in children. ⋯ Our findings confirm previous investigations on LBW's multi-causality, showing that the gestational week could reduce up to 82% chances of a baby being born with ≤ 2,500 g. Its association with paternal education underlines the importance of comprehensive policies to protect newborns.
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Exposure to intimate partner violence and lack of asthma control in adults: a cross-sectional study.
Asthma is a chronic airway disease that affects 339 million people worldwide. It is a heterogeneous disease with different risks, including in family environments, where intimate partner violence occurs. ⋯ Women in situations of social vulnerability, with low income and poor education, with depression, severe asthma, and those who used aggression to resolve marital conflicts had a profile associated with a lack of asthma control.
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Observational Study
Prevalence and predisposing factors for fatigue in patients with chronic renal disease undergoing hemodialysis: a cross-sectional study.
Patients with chronic renal disease and undergoing hemodialysis are at a high risk for developing several complications. Fatigue is a common, troubling symptom that affects such patients and can contribute to unfavorable outcomes and high mortality. ⋯ Prevalence of fatigue is high in patients undergoing hemodialysis and is directly related to physical and general health.
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Meta Analysis
Photodynamic therapy for infected foot ulcers in people with diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.
Ulceration of the feet in patients with diabetes is a frequent complication that increases morbidity, mortality, hospitalization, treatment costs, and non-traumatic amputations. ⋯ International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) - CRD42020214187, https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=214187.