Morbimortalidade por doenças diarreicas agudas em crianças menores de 10 anos no Distrito Federal, Brasil, 2003 a 2012

Nursing diagnoses in hospitalized children

“…However, there has been a reduction in the occurrence of hospitalizations for diarrheal diseases in children in Brazil (20) , especially after 2006, when the rotavirus vaccine was implanted in the National Immunization Program. However, the scarcity of access to adequate basic sanitation in the study region is one of the factors limiting the decline of childhood diarrhea, remaining as a condition that leads to the hospitalization of children.…”

Spatial distribution for diarrhea hospitalization in São Paulo State

“…26 The fact that the Kernel maps do not coincide among the variables and the hospitalization rates due to diarrhea can be explained by the fact that this study only evaluates hospitalizations due to diarrhea, considering only the most severe cases. This does not mean that the occurrence of diarrhea, either untreated and treated as outpatients may not be more prevalent in areas with high Gini index, low IDH, high proportion of mothers with incomplete elementary schooling, and high percentage of children living with an income less than ½ minimum wage Oliveira and Latorre 27 identified a reduction in the tendency of hospitalizations and deaths due to diarrhea in children under one year of age from 1995 to 2005 in Brazil and especially in 13 capitals; Meneguesi et al 28 in a 10 year study (2003 to 2012) in Brasilia, DF also observed a reduction in morbidity and mortality in children under 10 years of age with a great reduction in the under 1 year old age group. This reduction may be due to rotavirus vaccination introduced in the Programa Nacional de Imunização (PNI) (The National Immunization Program) in March 2006, mainly in the 0-36 months…”

Variabilidade climática e internações por doenças diarreicas infecciosas em um município da Amazônia Ocidental brasileira

“…Graph 3 shows the time series of these variables during the study period. Outbreaks of diarrhea associated with extreme weather events have occurred worldwide, especially after flooding events and inundations 9,28,[36][37][38][39][40][41] . However, until then, no one knew how much these factors could contribute to the occurrence of infectious diarrheal diseases in this municipality with potential to cause hospitalization.…”

“…Diarrhea is among the leading causes of death in children under 5 years of age in poor countries, along with respiratory diseases. Morbimortality due to diarrhea is a public health problem in several regions of the world and is conditioned by several causes, but poverty, poor sanitation and climatic and environmental conditions favoring the transmission of pathogens are critical in the modulation, frequency and severity of this disease [1][2][3][7][8][9] .…”