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A exigência psíquica dos rituais de despedida diante da morte em uma UTI da COVID-19 (Sars - CoV - 2)

aSEPHallus; 15 (29), 2019
O presente artigo visa analisar como a pandemia da COVID-19 (Sars-CoV-2) vem impactando o trabalho do psicólogo intensivista na Casa de Caridade de Muriaé Hospital São Paulo (CCMHSP). A assistência psicológica da CCMHSP orienta-se pelo viés da psicanálise aplicada ao contexto hospital...

Percepção e dilemas éticos frente à decisão de não reanimação cardiopulmonar

Nursing (Ed. bras., Impr.); 22 (258), 2019
Objetivo: Analisar a percepção e os dilemas éticos da equipe de enfermagem frente à decisão de não ressuscitação cardiopulmonar. Método: Estudo descritivo-exploratório, com abordagem qualitativa. Amostra envolve critério por conveniência. Foram entrevistados 18 profissionais de uma unidade de...

Seasonal variation of clinical characteristics and prognostic of adult patients admitted to an intensive care unit

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate seasonal variations of clinical characteristics, therapeutic resource use, and outcomes of critically ill patients admitted to an intensive care unit. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study conducted from January 2011 to December 2016 in adult patients admitted to the inte...

Effect of Yoga on the Quality of Life of Nurses Working in Intensive Care Units. Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Invest. educ. enferm; 37 (3), 2019
Objective. The work, herein, sought to determine the effect of yoga on the quality of life of nurses working in intensive care units (ICU). Methods. This was a randomized controlled clinical trial of a preventive intervention of three weekly sessions of yoga exercises, which included aspects of meditatio...

Nurses’ Moral Sensitivity Regarding the Terminally Ill

Invest. educ. enferm; 37 (3), 2019
Objective. The purpose, herein, was to determine the moral sensitivity of nurses when caring for terminally ill patients. Methods. Descriptive study conducted in the city of Cartagena (Colombia) with the participation of 118 nurses with minimum experience of six months in caring for the terminally ill in...

O manejo não farmacológico do delirium sob a ótica de enfermeiros de uma unidade de terapia intensiva adulto

Objective: The study’s main purpose has been to identify non-pharmacological measures in the management of delirium described by nurses of an adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Methods: It is a descriptive exploratory study with a qualitative approach that was performed with nurses working at an ICU from...

A multivariate prognostic score for predicting mortality of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure and Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia

Rev. invest. clín; 71 (5), 2019
Background Severe hypoxemic respiratory failure (SHRF) due to Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) in AIDS patients represents the main cause of admission and mortality in respiratory intensive care units (RICUs) in low- and middle-income countries. Objective The objective of this study was to develop ...

Deuda calórica en una cohorte de pacientes hospitalizados en unidades de cuidado intensivo

Rev. chil. nutr; 46 (5), 2019
El soporte nutricional que se brinda a los pacientes críticos, constituye para la mayoría la única vía de acceso a través de la cual es posible cubrir sus requerimientos nutricionales diarios. Sin embargo, se ha identificado que la presencia de deuda calórica impide cubrir dichos requerimientos. Es...

The effect of high-dose vitamin c on biochemical markers of myocardial injury in coronary artery bypass surgery

Abstract Objective: To evaluate the effect of high-dose vitamin C on cardiac reperfusion injury and plasma levels of creatine kinase-muscle/brain (CK-MB), troponin I, and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Methods: This is a double-blind randomize...

Mortalidad y fracaso renal agudo en pacientes con ventilación no invasiva
Mortality and acute kidney injury in patients with noninvasive ventilation

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (5), 2019
Se efectuó un estudio prospectivo observacional, obteniendo datos clínicos y analíticos de pacientes ingresados en la unidad de cuidados intensivos del Hospital Reina Sofía, que precisaron de ventilación mecánica no invasiva. El estudio se llevó a cabo desde el 1 de enero 2013 al 31 de diciembre d...