RESUMO Objetivo: avaliar indicadores de resultado para mortalidade e grau de incapacidade dos pacientes na alta antes e após implantação da unidade de acidente vascular cerebral. Método: um estudo quantitativo, retrospectivo e transversal, realizado em um hospital público, que teve a unidade de acidente vascular cerebral implantada em 2011. Foram analisados 245 prontuários de pacientes admitidos de 29 de janeiro de 2011 a 28 de janeiro de 2012. Foram 63 pacientes nos seis meses antes da implantação da unidade de acidente vascular cerebral e 182 pacientes nos seis meses após. Utilizou-se na alta hospitalar pelos registros no prontuário a escala de Rankin modificada, possui sete graus (0 a 6) que mensura o comprometimento funcional, variando de "sem incapacidade" até "óbito". Para análise dos dados foi utilizado um software de análise estatística (SAS para Windows®, versão 9.3). Resultados: somando os indicadores 0 e 1 (sem incapacidade e ausência de incapacidade significativa) da escala de Rankin modificada, encontramos 6,72% antes e 42,86% depois da implantação, indicando condição de menor incapacidade na alta após a implantação. A mortalidade foi de 20,69% antes da implantação e 12,73% depois. Conclusão: houve redução do grau de incapacidade dos pacientes e da mortalidade após implantação da unidade de acidente vascular cerebral.

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Objective: This study aimed to assess attitudes, concerns, information and knowledge about vaccines among parents of preschool children attending kindergartens in a city in the interior of São Paulo, Brazil, using a self-administered questionnaire. Methods: Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study of knowledge and attitudes regarding vaccination among parents of children aged up to 72 months from public and private schools, between 2018 and 2019. Results: Among the 2,528 questionnaires, 1,261 were answered and grouped by respondents’ educational level. According to information, 96.6% of the children were up to date with vaccines. The prevalence of vaccine hesitancy was 5.0%. The lower the educational level, the lower was the income, the larger the number of household members, and the greater the lack of knowledge about vaccines. The higher the educational level, the lower was the vaccine hesitancy, and the greater the dissatisfaction with the information received. Conclusions: Generally, parents consider vaccines to be important for preventing diseases and to be safe, with their benefits outweighing the risks. Positive comments were accompanied by doubts, concerns, hesitancy, and inconsistencies. The level of educational attainment makes a difference in the access to information, medical care provided by pediatricians, and the feeling of obligation to vaccinate. Parents have vaccinated and still intend to vaccinate their children, but ensuring adequate levels of vaccination coverage will be a post-pandemic challenge.

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