VIVIAN HELENA IIDA AVELINO DA SILVA
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LIM/49 - Laboratório de Protozoologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/38 - Laboratório de Epidemiologia e Imunobiologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/38 - Laboratório de Epidemiologia e Imunobiologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Aging and HIV infection(2011) AVELINO-SILVA, Vivian Iida; HO, Yeh-Li; AVELINO-SILVA, Thiago Junqueira; SANTOS, Sigrid De SousaIntroduction: Population aging has become a global phenomenon, and HIV infection among older individuals is also increasing. Because age can affect the progression of HIV infection, we aimed to evaluate the present knowledge on HIV infection in older patients. Methods: Literature review of the last 20 years. Results: Older HIV-infected patients have lower CD4(+) T cell counts, higher viral load and are more frequently symptomatic at diagnosis. The infection progresses more rapidly, with higher morbidity and lethality rates. However, older patients are more compliant to antiretroviral treatment; they experience a better virologic response, and treatment represents a positive clinical impact. Aging affects the complex interaction between HIV infection and the immune system. Both conditions contribute to the dysfunction of immune cells, including a decrease in the phagocytes' microbicidal capability, natural killer cells' cytolytic function, expression of toll-like receptors and production of interleukin-12. Chronic immune activation responsible for the depletion of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells in HIV infection appears to worsen with senescence. Older patients also exhibit a less robust humoral response, with the production of less avid and specific antibodies. Conclusion: Both HIV and aging contribute to immune dysfunction, morbidity and mortality. However, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is beneficial for older patients, and treatment of older patients should not be discouraged.
- Prediction of intensive care admission and hospital mortality in COVID-19 patients using demographics and baseline laboratory data(2023) AVELINO-SILVA, Vivian I.; AVELINO-SILVA, Thiago J.; ALIBERTI, Marlon J. R.; FERREIRA, Juliana C.; COBELLO JUNIOR, Vilson; SILVA, Katia R.; POMPEU, Jose E.; ANTONANGELO, Leila; MAGRI, Marcello M.; BARROS FILHO, Tarcisio E. P.; SOUZA, Heraldo P.; KALLAS, Esper G.Introduction: Optimized allocation of medical resources to patients with COVID-19 has been a critical concern since the onset of the pandemic.Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, the authors used data from a Brazilian tertiary university hospital to explore predictors of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission and hospital mortality in patients admitted for COVID19. Our primary aim was to create and validate prediction scores for use in hospitals and emergency departments to aid clinical decisions and resource allocation. Results: The study cohort included 3,022 participants, of whom 2,485 were admitted to the ICU; 1968 survived, and 1054 died in the hospital. From the complete cohort, 1,496 patients were randomly assigned to the derivation sample and 1,526 to the validation sample. The final scores included age, comorbidities, and baseline laboratory data. The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves were very similar for the derivation and validation samples. Scores for ICU admission had a 75% accuracy in the validation sample, whereas scores for death had a 77% accuracy in the validation sample. The authors found that including baseline flu-like symptoms in the scores added no significant benefit to their accuracy. Furthermore, our scores were more accurate than the previously published NEWS-2 and 4C Mortality Scores.Discussion and conclusions: The authors developed and validated prognostic scores that use readily available clinical and laboratory information to predict ICU admission and mortality in COVID-19. These scores can become valuable tools to support clinical decisions and improve the allocation of limited health resources.
- The pervasive association between political ideology and COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Brazil: an ecologic study(2023) SEARA-MORAIS, Gabriel J.; AVELINO-SILVA, Thiago J.; COUTO, Marcia; AVELINO-SILVA, Vivian I.Background Despite the unequivocal benefits of vaccination, vaccine coverage has been falling in several countries in the past few years. Studies suggest that vaccine hesitancy is an increasingly significant phenomenon affecting adherence to vaccines. More recently, during the COVID-19 pandemic, political views have emerged as an additional influencing factor for vaccine hesitancy.Methods In this ecologic study, we used information from publicly available databases to investigate the association between political ideology, depicted by the percentage of votes for the right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential elections of 2018 and 2022, and COVID-19 vaccination in Brazilian municipalities. The primary endpoint was the COVID-19 vaccination index, calculated as the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered up to September 2022 divided by the number of inhabitants in each municipality. The analysis was conducted using Pearson correlation coefficients and linear regression models adjusted for HDI, the percentage of male voters, the percentage of voters who were older than 50 years old, and the percentage of voters with a middle school education or less. In addition, we explored whether the effect of the percentage of Bolsonaro voters on the COVID-19 vaccination index was modified in different quartiles of HDI using an interaction term.Results Five thousand five hundred sixty-three Brazilian municipalities were included in the analysis. For both the 2018 and 2022 elections, the percentage of votes for Jair Bolsonaro was significantly and inversely associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake after adjustment for the sociodemographic characteristics of the voters (change in mean vaccination index in 2018 for each 1% increase in Bolsonaro voters-0.11, 95% confidence interval [CI]-0.13 to-0.08, p < 0.001; change in mean vaccination index in 2022 for each 1% increase in Bolsonaro voters-0.09, 95% CI-0.11 to-0.07, p < 0.001). We also found a statistically significant interaction between the primary predictor of interest and HDI scores, with a more significantly detrimental effect of the right-wing political stance in municipalities in the lower HDI quartiles (interaction p < 0.001 for the first HDI quartile; p = 0.001 for the second HDI quartile).Conclusion Our findings suggest that political ideologies have influenced COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Brazilian municipalities, affecting communities inequitably. The politicization of vaccines is a new challenge for vaccine programs. Strategies to face these challenges should include joint efforts from governments and civil society for a common public health goal.
- COVID-19 is not over and age is not enough: Using frailty for prognostication in hospitalized patients(2021) ALIBERTI, Marlon Juliano Romero; SZLEJF, Claudia; AVELINO-SILVA, Vivian I.; SUEMOTO, Claudia Kimie; APOLINARIO, Daniel; DIAS, Murilo Bacchini; GARCEZ, Flavia Barreto; TRINDADE, Carolina B.; AMARAL, Jose Renato das Gracas; MELO, Leonardo Rabelo de; AGUIAR, Renata Cunha de; COELHO, Paulo Henrique Lazzaris; HOJAIJ, Naira Hossepian Salles de Lima; SARAIVA, Marcos Daniel; SILVA, Natalia Oliveira Trajano da; JACOB-FILHO, Wilson; AVELINO-SILVA, Thiago J.Background Frailty screening using the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) has been proposed to guide resource allocation in acute care settings during the pandemic. However, the association between frailty and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prognosis remains unclear. Objectives To investigate the association between frailty and mortality over 6 months in middle-aged and older patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and the association between acute morbidity severity and mortality across frailty strata. Design Observational cohort study. Setting Large academic medical center in Brazil. Participants A total of 1830 patients aged >= 50 years hospitalized with COVID-19 (March-July 2020). Measurements We screened baseline frailty using the CFS (1-9) and classified patients as fit to managing well (1-3), vulnerable (4), mildly (5), moderately (6), or severely frail to terminally ill (7-9). We also computed a frailty index (0-1; frail >0.25), a well-known frailty measure. We used Cox proportional hazards models to estimate the association between frailty and time to death within 30 days and 6 months of admission. We also examined whether frailty identified different mortality risk levels within strata of similar age and acute morbidity as measured by the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score. Results Median age was 66 years, 58% were male, and 27% were frail to some degree. Compared with fit-to-managing-well patients, the adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence interval [CI]) for 30-day and 6-month mortality were, respectively, 1.4 (1.1-1.7) and 1.4 (1.1-1.7) for vulnerable patients; 1.5 (1.1-1.9) and 1.5 (1.1-1.8) for mild frailty; 1.8 (1.4-2.3) and 1.9 (1.5-2.4) for moderate frailty; and 2.1 (1.6-2.7) and 2.3 (1.8-2.9) for severe frailty to terminally ill. The CFS achieved outstanding accuracy to identify frailty compared with the Frailty Index (area under the curve = 0.94; 95% CI = 0.93-0.95) and predicted different mortality risks within age and acute morbidity groups. Conclusions Our results encourage the use of frailty, alongside measures of acute morbidity, to guide clinicians in prognostication and resource allocation in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
- Campaign, counseling and compliance with influenza vaccine among older persons(2011) AVELINO-SILVA, Vivian Iida; AVELINO-SILVA, Thiago Junqueira; MIRAGLIA, Joao Luiz; MIYAJI, Karina Takesaki; JACOB-FILHO, Wilson; LOPES, Marta HeloisaOBJECTIVES: Population aging raises concerns regarding the increases in the rates of morbidity and mortality that result from influenza and its complications. Although vaccination is the most important tool for preventing influenza, vaccination program among high-risk groups has not reached its predetermined aims in several settings. This study aimed to evaluate the impacts of clinical and demographic factors on vaccine compliance among the elderly in a setting that includes a well-established annual national influenza vaccination campaign. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 134 elderly patients who were regularly followed in an academic medical institution and who were evaluated for their influenza vaccination uptake within the last five years; in addition, the demographic and clinical characteristics and the reasons for compliance or noncompliance with the vaccination program were investigated. RESULTS: In total, 67.1% of the participants received the seasonal influenza vaccine in 2009. Within this vaccination-compliant group, the most common reason for vaccine uptake was the annual nationwide campaign (52.2%; 95% CI: 41.4-62.9%); compared to the noncompliant group, a higher percentage of compliant patients had been advised by their physician to take the vaccine (58.9% vs. 34.1%; p<0.01). CONCLUSION: The education of patients and health care professionals along with the implementation of immunization campaigns should be evaluated and considered by health authorities as essential for increasing the success rate of influenza vaccination compliance among the elderly.
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