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The present article aimed to present a brief bibliographical review regarding the categories gestation, maternity and congenital infectious diseases, specifically the cases involving Zika infection, cytomegalovirus and toxoplasmosis. Emphasis is given to the affections in Brazil and in the world, tracing a brief historical panorama of its emergence. The gestational period is extremely important with regard to the health of the baby, but it is also a complicated stage for the mother, considering the sociobiological process to which she has to adapt.

Hospital food service has an indispensable influence in the treatment process of in-patients by giving nutritious food. Hospital food service is a service based industry. Hospital food service is unique just because it serves food to the patients group. Patients get hospitalized to get treatment for their ailments and nutrition plays an extremely critical role in many disease conditions. The types of diets that are available in the hospital will not be available anywhere except in the hospital food service.

Current challenges in the clinical management of IUGR include accurate diagnosis of the truly growth restricted fetus, selection of appropriate fetal surveillance and optimizing the timing of delivery. This study was conducted to evaluate the role of umbilical artery Doppler and ductusvenosus Doppler in management of IUGR pregnancy and perinatal outcome. Total 80 patients who were presented to the in-patient and out-patient department of obstetrics and gynecology of SSKM and IPGME&R Hospital between 28-36 weeks POG with IUGR pregnancy were included in the present study.

Introduction: In Brazil, university hospitals have fundamental importance in the evolution of the Unified Health System (SUS) and in several areas that favor the improvement of the health conditions of the population. Thus, this article aims to analyze performance indicators of the Onofre LopesUniversitary Hospital, located in the northeast region of the country, before and after joining the management contract with the Brazilian Hospital Services Company (EBSERH).

When ASHAs were introduced in NRHM in 2005, their primary aim was to visit homes of newborns as the first program in UP operated through the ASHAs was the Comprehensive Child Survival Program in 2008. Since then, tracking of all deliveries and all the newborns are an integral part of the work of ASHAs in all the primary health care programs operated by the NHM in UP. The current study explores some of the crucial variables of the targeted activities of the ASHAs in absolute numbers in four districts of UP.

The health of professors interferes in the education process as a factor in social change. Objective: To synthesize and analyze the scientific knowledge already produced about the health of higher education professors of public institutions in Brazil. Method: Integrative review of scientific articles that answered the guiding question "How is the health of the university professor of public institutions in Brazil?". Eight databases with significance for the subject were selected for the search: PubMed - U.S.

The use of positron emission computed tomography in radiotherapy planning has increased over the last decade. In this study, we analyzed, through a bibliographic research, the use of positron emission computed tomography examination in radiotherapy of gliomas. The research was conducted from October to November 2017, in the databases of "VHL", "Science Direct", "Pubmed" and "Web of Science", through the married descriptors: Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography OR pet AND Radiotherapy AND Planning and was constituted of 14 articles published in the period from 2013 to 2017.

Sperm morphology is an important factor in analyzing male infertility. The assessment of the percentage of spermatozoa having an ideal morphology is done according to the WHO laboratory manual for semen analysis. Aim: To study the morphological defects of sperm with normal sperm counts. Materials and Methods: It is a prospective study. 86 cases with normal sperm count were included in the study. Morphology was analysed on Papanicolaou stained smears. The defects were categorized into: Head defects, neck defect, mid piece defect and tail defects.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex and heterogeneous clinical condition, which involves an inability to establish affective and interpersonal contact. The etiology of this disorder may be associated with hundreds of different genes, and the use of large-scale genome screening techniques such as Chromosome Analysis by Microarray (CMA) is usually required for its determination.

Stigma and the resulting discrimination exclude people with mental illness from activities that are open to other people. Distressing or disabling chronic mental illness challenges effective coping. This study looked to assess the self-experience stigma and adopted coping abilities. The Objectives are 1.To assess the self-experience stigma of chronic mentally ill patients.2.To assess the adopted coping abilities of chronic mentally ill patients. 3.