CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de NÃvel Superior / Objetivo. Analisar os Ãbitos maternos no Hospital Geral CÃsar Cals no perÃodo 2004 a 2008 quanto aos aspectos sociodemogrÃficos, assistenciais e a opiniÃo do comità de morte materna, constituindo o perfil epidemiolÃgico e clÃnico desta populaÃÃo. Metodologia. Estudo transversal, de carÃter descritivo e analÃtico de 70 Instrumentos de NotificaÃÃo de Ãbito de Mulher em Idade FÃrtil e de InvestigaÃÃo Confidencial do Ãbito Materno. Foram comparados os Ãbitos ocorridos por causas diretas e indiretas e aqueles ocorridos em pacientes provenientes de Fortaleza com aqueles de outros municÃpios. Foram empregados os testes qui-quadradro de Pearson e de Yates, teste exato de Fisher e teste nÃoparamÃtrico de Mann-Whitney. Considerou-se p< 0,05 como significativo. Resultados. A idade variou de 15 a 43 anos (mÃdia de 27,0  7,4 anos). Vinte e cinco (35,71%) eram procedentes da prÃpria Capital Fortaleza, e 45 (64,29%) de outros municÃpios. A maioria era de cor parda, vivia com companheiro, primÃparas ou secundÃparas. A maioria frequentou o prÃ-natal: elas iniciaram o prÃ-natal ainda no primeiro trimestre, mas realizaram menos de seis consultas. A maioria teve o parto por via abdominal com recÃm-nascidos vivos. A RMM foi de 227,37/100.000 NV (causas diretas 129,37/100.000 NV e indiretas 74,48/100.000 NV). As RMM geral e especÃficas (diretas e indiretas) apresentaram linhas de tendÃncia crescente ao longo dos anos avaliados. O tempo de internamento foi menor para os Ãbitos de causas diretas (p = 0,008) e para pacientes provenientes de municÃpios diferentes de Fortaleza (p<0,002). O inÃcio do prÃ-natal no primeiro trimestre foi mais frequente para as pacientes de fora da Capital (p = 0,027). Quanto a assistÃncia prÃ-natal, ao parto ou aborto e ao puerpÃrio, foi possÃvel realizar somente anÃlise descritiva para as pacientes da cidade de Fortaleza, segundo opiniÃo do Comità de Ãtica. ConclusÃes. A RMM no HGCC foi muito alta, com tendÃncia crescente. O tempo de internamento foi maior para as pacientes que evoluÃram para Ãbito por causas indiretas e de Fortaleza. Segundo o ComitÃ, a assistÃncia foi considerada inadequada para as pacientes provenientes de Fortaleza.

O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a distribuição espacial dos óbitos por tuberculose pulmonar e sua relação com indicadores sociais em São Luís-MA. Trata-se de um estudo ecológico em que foram considerados os óbitos ocorridos na zona urbana do município entre 2008 e 2012, segundo as causas A15.0 a A15.3 e A16.0 a A16.2 (CID-10), disponíveis no Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade. Procedeu-se inicialmente as análises univariada e bivariada das variáveis sociodemográficas e operacionais dos óbitos investigados. Para construção dos indicadores sociais utilizou-se a análise de componentes principais, sendo selecionadas variáveis das áreas de ponderação do Censo Demográfico de 2010. Recorreu-se à regressão linear múltipla, pelo método dos mínimos quadrados e à regressão espacial para análise da relação de dependência espacial entre os indicadores sociais e as taxas de mortalidade padronizadas pela idade por meio do Teste Global I de Moran. Utilizou-se ainda técnicas de estatística de varredura para a detecção de aglomerados espaciais e espaço- temporais dos óbitos nos setores censitários do município, sendo empregado o modelo discreto de Poisson. A geocodificação dos óbitos foi processada no TerraView versão 4.2.2, sendo considerados também nas análises os softwares Arcgis-versão 10.1, Statistica versão 12.0, OpenGeoDa versão 1.0, R versão 3.0.2 e SaTScanTM versão 9.2. Em todos os testes, foi fixado o nível de significância em alfa de 5% (p&lt; 0,05). Identificou-se 193 indivíduos que evoluíram para óbito por tuberculose pulmonar, com idade mediana de 52 anos, sendo maior percentual referente ao sexo masculino (n=142; 73,60%), raça/cor parda (n=133; 68,91%), estado civil solteiro (n=102; 53,13%), ensino fundamental completo (n=64; 33,16%) e com ocorrência do óbito no hospital (n=143; 74,08%). Observou-se que não ter assistência médica previamente ao óbito teve associação estatisticamente significativa com a realização de necropsia (p=0,001). Foram geocodificados 95% dos óbitos e as taxas de mortalidade por tuberculose pulmonar padronizadas pela idade variaram de 0,00 a 8,10 óbitos/100.000 habitantes-ano. Na construção dos indicadores sociais, duas novas variáveis surgiram, apresentando variância total de 73,07%. A primeira componente (56,75%) foi denominada indicador de bem-estar social e a segunda (16,32%), indicador de iniquidade social, que, na regressão linear múltipla, apresentou-se estatisticamente significante (R2 =23,86%; p=0,004), verificando-se posteriormente a existência de dependência espacial (Moran I=0,285; p&lt;0,001), sendo o Erro Espacial o melhor modelo explicativo. Foi possível evidenciar ainda que áreas de ponderação com alta e intermediária iniquidade social apresentaram as maiores taxas de mortalidade. Na análise de varredura espacial, identificou-se dois aglomerados espaciais, sendo um de alto risco relativo (RR=3,87; p&lt;0,001) e outro de baixo (RR=0,10; p=0,002), enquanto que a análise espaço-temporal evidenciou apenas um aglomerado de alto risco relativo (RR=3,0; p&lt;0,001) que ocorreu entre novembro de 2008 e abril de 2011. A investigação revelou áreas prioritárias para investimentos em tecnologias de saúde e um perfil de população fatalmente atingida pela doença, evidenciando aspectos importantes a serem considerados em termos de gestão e organização dos serviços de saúde para a equidade no acesso. / This study aimed to analyze the spatial distribution of deaths by pulmonary tuberculosis and the relation with social indicators, in São Luís-MA. It is an ecological study that considered deaths occurring in the urban area of the municipality, between 2008 and 2012, according to causes A15.0 to A15.3 and A16.0 to A16.2 (ICD-10), which are available in the Mortality Information System. It was initially used univariate and bivariate analyzes of demographic and operational variables from the investigated deaths. For the construction of social indicators, it was possible to use the principal components analysis, with variables selected from weighting areas of the Population Census, in 2010. It was utilized the multiple linear regression through the method of least squares and spatial regression to analyze the spatial dependence relationship between social indicators and standardized mortality rates by age, and with the Global I Test of Moran. Also, it was possible to use statistical techniques of scanning for detecting spatial-temporal and spatial clusters of deaths, in the municipality census tracts, and with the use of Poisson\'s discrete model. The geocoding of deaths was processed in TerraView version 4.2.2, and it was also considered, in the analysis, the softwares Arcgis version 10.1, Statistica version 12.0, OpenGeoDa version 1.0, R version 3.0.2 and SaTScanTM version9.2. It was fixed, in all tests, the level of significancein alpha of 5% (p&lt;0.05). It was identified 193 individuals who died due to pulmonary tuberculosis, with a median age of 52 years, with higher percentage for males (n=142, 73.60%), mulatto race (n=133, 68.91%), single marital status (n=102, 53.13%), complete primary school (n=64, 33.16%), and with deaths at the hospital (n=143, 74.08%). It was seen that having no medical care prior to death was statistically associated with the performance of necropsy (p=0.001). It was possible to geocode 95% of deaths, and death rates due to pulmonary tuberculosis standardized by age ranged from 0.00 to 8.10 deaths per 100.000 inhabitants a year. In the construction of social indicators, two new variables emerged and showed a total variance of 73.07%. The first (56.75%) was denominated indicator of social welfare, and the second (16.32%) as an indicator of social inequity, which was statistically significant in the multiple linear regression (R2 =23.86 %, p=0.004). It was verified the existence of spatial dependence (Moran I=0.285, p&lt;0.001), and the Spatial Error was the best explanatory model. It was also possible to show that weighting areas with high and intermediate social inequity presented the highest mortality rates. In the analysis of spatial scan, it was identified two spatial clusters, one of relatively high risk (RR=3.87, p&lt;0.001) and the other one of low risk (RR=0.10, p=0.002). On the other hand, the spatial-temporal analysis evidenced only a cluster of relatively high risk (RR=3.0, p&lt;0.001), which happened between November, 2008 and April, 2011. The research revealed priority areas for investments on health technology, and population profile fatally afflicted by the disease. It also pointed important aspects to be considered in terms of management and organization of health services for an equity access.

The presented master's thesis deals with the issue of storing and sharing data from medical imaging systems. This thesis, inter alia, consists of organizational and informatics aspects of medical imaging systems data in multicentric studies containing MRI brain images. This thesis also includes technical design of a web-based application for image data sharing including a web interface suitable for manipulation with the image data stored in a database.

Background Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are a major cause of mortality and morbidity in the developed world. By 2020, ACS will be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, largely due to substantial increases in ACS burden in developing countries. The developing world has been under-represented in international ACS registries. The Arabian Gulf area is a part of the developing world where little is known about the epidemiology of ACS. The first aim of the dissertation is to compare ACS patient characteristics, current practice patterns, and in-hospital outcomes in the Arabian Gulf area to a large multinational sample. Patients with an ACS suffer numerous clinical complications that worsen their prognosis. Cardiogenic shock (CS) is the most serious complication of ACS and the leading cause of in-hospital death. Despite advances in therapies; CS hospital mortality rates continue to exceed 50%. The second aim of the dissertation is to describe the characteristics of patients presenting with ACS complicated by cardiogenic shock, their management, and outcomes in a large multinational sample. In recent years, ACS has been increasingly affecting younger patients. While marked age-related differences have been observed in the risk of developing as well as the prognosis of ACS, few studies however examined time trends in the epidemiology of ACS in young adult patients. The third aim of the dissertation is to examine trends in frequency rates, patient characteristics, treatment practices, and outcomes in young adults hospitalized with an ACS. Methods Data from two large multinational registries of patients hospitalized with an ACS were used for this investigation. Nearly 65,000 patients were enrolled in the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) between 2000 and 2007, while 6,700 patients participated in the Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE) in 2007. Results Aim1: Patients in Gulf RACE were significantly younger and were more likely to be male, diabetic, and smoke Compared to GRACE. Patients in Gulf RACE were less likely to receive evidence based therapies. Short-term mortality rates were comparable between the two patient cohorts. Aim2: Compared to patients with no CS, patients with CS were more likely to be older, female, have a history of diabetes, and heart failure. Patients with CS were less likely to receive effective cardiac catheterization and adjunctive cardiac medications. In-hospital case-fatality rate of patients with CS were 59.4%. While in-hospital mortality declines over the study period, incidence rates only showed minor declines. Aim2: Baseline characteristics of patients < 55 years of age did not significantly change, while the use of evidence based therapies increased significantly during the years under study. Rates of short-term adverse outcomes and mortality significantly declined over time. Conclusions We observed marked regional differences in the risk profile, clinical management, and outcomes of patients with an ACS internationally compared to the Arab Middle East. Despite the encouraging trends in the use of evidence based therapies which have likely contributed to the improving trends in the prognosis of ACS, rates of development of ACS, as well as mortality due to ACS complications, remain high.

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Introduction: Cancer registries collect tumor-related data to monitor incident rates and support population-based research. A common concern with using population-based registry data for research is reporting timeliness. Data timeliness have been recognized as an important data characteristic by both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Yet, few recent studies in the United States (U.S.) have systemically measured timeliness. The goal of this research is to evaluate the quality of cancer data and examine methods by which the reporting process can be improved. The study aims are: 1- evaluate the timeliness of cancer cases at the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) Cancer Registry, 2- identify the perceived barriers and facilitators to timely reporting, and 3- reengineer the current reporting process to improve turnaround time. Method: For Aim 1: Using the ISDH dataset from 2000 to 2009, we evaluated the reporting timeliness and subtask within the process cycle. For Aim 2: Certified cancer registrars reporting for ISDH were invited to a semi-structured interview. The interviews were recorded and qualitatively analyzed. For Aim 3: We designed a reengineered workflow to minimize the reporting timeliness and tested it using simulation. Result: The results show variation in the mean reporting time, which ranged from 426 days in 2003 to 252 days in 2009. The barriers identified were categorized into six themes and the most common barrier was accessing medical records at external facilities. We also found that cases reside for a few months in the local hospital database while waiting for treatment data to become available. The recommended workflow focused on leveraging a health information exchange for data access and adding a notification system to inform registrars when new treatments are available.

This study represents an attempt to describe the extent and features of safe haven legislation in the United States, discuss implementation issues, and to examine if the legislation is reaching its intended target audience in order to answer the question, "Is safe haven legislation an efficacious response to infant abandonment?" Safe havens are designated locations where infants can be anonymously abandoned without fear of prosecution or incarceration. As of May of 2006, forty-seven states have passed such legislation, citing the need for an alternative to unsafe infant abandonment leading to an infant's death, and an alternative to infanticide (the killing of an infant within one year of its birth). Since the initial passage of this legislation in Texas in 1999, there have been more unsafe infant abandonments than accounts of safe haven abandonments. As this legislation provides for anonymous infant abandonment researchers cannot study the population of women actually utilizing safe havens. Therefore, the study of women seeking connection with safe havens in comparison to the population of women who have engaged in infant abandonment resulting in an infant's death is considered one of the sole viable sources of insight into this problem. The scope of the research is exploratory in nature and analyses are considered preliminary due to the lack of data that exists in this area and the relative newness of the legislation.A quantitative analysis of women likely to utilize safe havens reveals that they have a mean age of 19, are unmarried, have entered into prenatal care late, have disclosed their pregnancy to someone, and are currently dating the birthfather. The findings from this analysis were compared to those from a national linked birth and infant death dataset to ascertain if women seeking safe havens have similar biopsychosocial characteristics as those engaging in unsafe abandonment leading to an infant's death. Similar biopsychosocial characteristics were found including mother's age, marital status, late entry into prenatal care, disclosure of pregnancy, and dating status. A regression analysis was used to construct a biopsychosocial profile of women likely to abandon an infant. Findings suggest that legislators and those involved with safe havens have some knowledge of their target population, but are not effectively reaching this audience, nor promoting the existence of safe havens. They also appear to be utilizing research findings on infanticide inappropriately, in order to profile their target audience. This effectively limits the promulgation of education and early identification services that could prevent both safe haven and unsafe infant abandonments. This study concludes with policy reform recommendations.

The aim of the thesis is to analyze the role of the notary in the Czech legal order placing emphasis on the link between his activities and the civil process. The thesis is divided into three chapters. The opening chapter deals with the history of notary office and presents and clarifies the basic notary principles. It is also dedicated to the scope of their professional organisation. Chapter two represents the most extensive part of the thesis, where the relationship between notary and civil procedure is clarified. The first subchapter deals with the role of notary as a court commissioner within inheritance proceedings. While performing acts in the inheritance proceedings, his activities resemble to the field of activities of a judge, because notary carries out the whole proceedings from the moment of the authorisation given by court of first instance, including the decision on the merits. The second subchapter is dedicated to the role of notary while drawing up notarial deeds under which executory proceeding can be directly ordered and carried out. If the notarial deed meets all the requirements by law and contains the clause of execution, it represents a public document, which works in the executory proceedings as a mode for execution thanks to which the civil procedure can be skipped. This subchapter...

Introdução - O Registro de Câncer foi proposto para coletar, gerir e analisar dados de pacientes com câncer, e é considerado parte essencial de qualquer programa de controle de câncer. Os dados têm potencial para serem utilizados em investigação etiológica, prevenção primária e secundária, planejamento de cuidados de saúde e assistência ao paciente, sendo proposto para acompanhar os pacientes nos hospitais em que realizam o tratamento. Objetivo - Estudar a produção de informações nos Registros Hospitalares de Câncer e as condições para a sua utilização na pesquisa e gestão nos serviços de oncologia no Município de São Paulo. Para isso, foi analisada a base de dados disponível na FOSP e foram realizadas entrevistas com gestores de registro de câncer do município de São Paulo. Resultados e Discussão - A análise dos indicadores produzidos pela FOSP mostram a qualidade dos dados e as principais tendências entre pacientes atendidos em hospitais com RHC. Quando os gestores foram questionados sobre o que poderia melhorar a qualidade do RHC, três pontos foram os principais: a formação dos registradores, a melhoria das informações clínicas no prontuário e a possibilidade de calcular a curva de sobrevida dos pacientes. Em relação à produção de indicadores, foi observada a pouca compreensão entre os gestores sobre as suas definições técnicas e que utilizam os dados disponíveis no sistema da FOSP, mas não de forma rotineira. Conclusão - Os RHC mostraram-se heterogêneos e há dificuldade na produção da informação. Demonstrar aos gestores as informações disponíveis no RHC por meio de relatórios periódicos contendo as análises dos casos e os indicadores de qualidade pode sensibilizar a gestão sobre a potencialidade do uso das informações, e, com isso, gerar ciclos de melhoria no próprio registro de câncer, e, a partir de então, propor melhorias no serviço de oncologia. Aumentar a visualização do RHC pode ser uma forma de aumentar a credibilidade do serviço, e, assim, aumentar sua utilização / Introduction - The Cancer Registry has been designated to collect, manage and analyze the data of patients with cancer and it is considered the essential part to any program of cancer control. Data have potential to be used in etiological investigation, primary and secondary prevention, planning of healthcare to patient, being proposed to assist the patients at the hospitals where they had the treatment. Objects - The purpose is to study the production of information at the Cancer Registry Hospital (CRH) and the conditions to its using at the research and the management at the oncology service at the municipality of São Paulo. Results and discussion - The analysis of the indicators produced by FOSP show the data quality and the main tendency between patients attended in hospitals with CRH. When the managers where questioned about what could improve the CRC´s qualities three points were the main one: register´s education, improvement of the clinical information in the charts and the possibility to calculate the patient´s survival curve. In relation to production indicators, a manager demonstrated total lack of knowledge about the subject, the others answered that they used those which are available in the FOSP´s system but not as a routine. When the managers where questioned about what could improve the CRC´s qualities three points were the main one: register´s education, improvement of the clinical information in the charts and the possibility to calculate the patient´s survival curve. Conclusion - The CRH has been shown as heterogeneous and there are difficulties in production of information. To demonstrate to managers the available information in RHC trough periodic reports containing the cases analysis and the quality indicator might sensitize the management about the potentiality of using of information and generate improvement cycle in its own cancer register and from then on to propose improvements in the oncology services. To raise the visualization of RHC might be a way to increase the credibility of the service and thus increase its use

Introdução - O Registro de Câncer foi proposto para coletar, gerir e analisar dados de pacientes com câncer, e é considerado parte essencial de qualquer programa de controle de câncer. Os dados têm potencial para serem utilizados em investigação etiológica, prevenção primária e secundária, planejamento de cuidados de saúde e assistência ao paciente, sendo proposto para acompanhar os pacientes nos hospitais em que realizam o tratamento. Objetivo - Estudar a produção de informações nos Registros Hospitalares de Câncer e as condições para a sua utilização na pesquisa e gestão nos serviços de oncologia no Município de São Paulo. Para isso, foi analisada a base de dados disponível na FOSP e foram realizadas entrevistas com gestores de registro de câncer do município de São Paulo. Resultados e Discussão - A análise dos indicadores produzidos pela FOSP mostram a qualidade dos dados e as principais tendências entre pacientes atendidos em hospitais com RHC. Quando os gestores foram questionados sobre o que poderia melhorar a qualidade do RHC, três pontos foram os principais: a formação dos registradores, a melhoria das informações clínicas no prontuário e a possibilidade de calcular a curva de sobrevida dos pacientes. Em relação à produção de indicadores, foi observada a pouca compreensão entre os gestores sobre as suas definições técnicas e que utilizam os dados disponíveis no sistema da FOSP, mas não de forma rotineira. Conclusão - Os RHC mostraram-se heterogêneos e há dificuldade na produção da informação. Demonstrar aos gestores as informações disponíveis no RHC por meio de relatórios periódicos contendo as análises dos casos e os indicadores de qualidade pode sensibilizar a gestão sobre a potencialidade do uso das informações, e, com isso, gerar ciclos de melhoria no próprio registro de câncer, e, a partir de então, propor melhorias no serviço de oncologia. Aumentar a visualização do RHC pode ser uma forma de aumentar a credibilidade do serviço, e, assim, aumentar sua utilização / Introduction - The Cancer Registry has been designated to collect, manage and analyze the data of patients with cancer and it is considered the essential part to any program of cancer control. Data have potential to be used in etiological investigation, primary and secondary prevention, planning of healthcare to patient, being proposed to assist the patients at the hospitals where they had the treatment. Objects - The purpose is to study the production of information at the Cancer Registry Hospital (CRH) and the conditions to its using at the research and the management at the oncology service at the municipality of São Paulo. Results and discussion - The analysis of the indicators produced by FOSP show the data quality and the main tendency between patients attended in hospitals with CRH. When the managers where questioned about what could improve the CRC´s qualities three points were the main one: register´s education, improvement of the clinical information in the charts and the possibility to calculate the patient´s survival curve. In relation to production indicators, a manager demonstrated total lack of knowledge about the subject, the others answered that they used those which are available in the FOSP´s system but not as a routine. When the managers where questioned about what could improve the CRC´s qualities three points were the main one: register´s education, improvement of the clinical information in the charts and the possibility to calculate the patient´s survival curve. Conclusion - The CRH has been shown as heterogeneous and there are difficulties in production of information. To demonstrate to managers the available information in RHC trough periodic reports containing the cases analysis and the quality indicator might sensitize the management about the potentiality of using of information and generate improvement cycle in its own cancer register and from then on to propose improvements in the oncology services. To raise the visualization of RHC might be a way to increase the credibility of the service and thus increase its use