Estamos vivendo uma epidemia de alergia alimentar? / Are we experiencing a food allergy epidemic?

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Effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention to reduce physical restraints in nursing home residents.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention to reduce the use of physical restraints in residents of nursing homes. DESIGN: Cluster-randomized controlled trial. SETTING: Forty-five nursing homes in Germany. PARTICIPANTS: Three hundred thirty-three residents who were being restrained at the start of the intervention. INTERVENTION: Persons responsible for the intervention in the nursing homes attended a 6-hour training course that included education about the reasons restraints are used, the adverse effects, and alternatives to their use. Technical aids, such as hip protectors and sensor mats, were provided. The training was designed to give the change agents tools for problem-solving to prevent behavioral symptoms and injuries from falls without using physical restraints. MEASUREMENTS: The main outcome was the complete cessation of physical restraint use on 3 consecutive days 3 months after the start of the intervention. Secondary outcomes were partial reductions in restraint use, percentage of fallers, number of psychoactive drugs, and occurrence of behavioral symptoms. RESULTS: The probability of being unrestrained in the intervention group (IG) was more than twice that in the control group (CG) at the end of the study (odds ratio=2.16, 95% confidence interval=1.05-4.46). A partial reduction of restraint use was also about twice as often achieved in the IG as in the CG. No negative effect was observed regarding medication or behavioral symptoms. The percentage of fallers was higher in the IG. CONCLUSION: The intervention reduced restraint use without a significant increase in falling, behavioral symptoms, or medication.

Quiste dentígero ubicado en rama mandibular: reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura / Dentigerous cyst located in ramus: report of a case and review of the literature

La cavidad bucal se ve afectada por una variedad de lesiones, dentro de las cuales se encuentran los quistes dentígeros, estos son los quistes de desarrollo más comunes de la mandíbula, frecuentemente asociados con terceros molares retenidos. Son los segundos quistes odontogénicos más comunes después de los quistes radiculares. El quiste deriva del epitelio reducido del esmalte que rodea la corona del diente. Por lo general son descubiertos cuando se toman radiografías para investigar la falta en la erupción de un diente. Afecta con mayor frecuencia al sexo masculino. Usualmente no hay dolor ni molestia asociados con el quiste a menos que se infecte secundariamente. El tratamiento del quiste se basa en la eliminación quirúrgica de la lesión. A continuación se describe un caso clínico de quiste dentígero ubicado en rama mandibular derecha, de gran tamaño y que se caracteriza por generar destrucción de gran parte de la misma

The oral cavity it's affected by a variety of injuries, one of them being the cysts dentigerous, these are the most common cysts of development of the jaw, frequently associated with third molars not erupcioned. They are the second cysts odontogenics more common after the radiculars cysts. The cyst derives from the limited epithelium of the enamel that is around the crown of the tooth. In general they are discovered when is X-ray radiographies are taken to investigate the lack in the eruption of a tooth. It affects with major frequency the males. Usually there is neither pain nor inconvenience associated with the cyst until it becomes infected secondarily. The treatment of the cyst is based on the surgical complete elimination of the injury. A clinical case of dentigerous cyst is described, located in the jaw right branch, of big size and that is characterized for generating destruction of great part of it