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Pneumonia nosocomial, biofilme dentário e doenças periodontais

Periodontia; 29 (2), 2019
Classifica-se a pneumonia em pneumonia adquirida na comunidade e pneumonia nosocomial (PN). O desenvolvimento da PN ocorre no intervalo entre 48 e 72 horas depois de que os pacientes tenham adentrado ao ambiente hospitalar. Doenças periodontais (DP) são doenças infecciosas, assintomáticas, de caráte...

Generalidades y manejo inicial del shock
Generalities and initial shock management

El shock es un síndrome multifactorial que requiere un enfrentamiento sistematizado para su identificación, clasificación y tratamiento adecuado. A pesar de los avances en medicina, distintos estudios y series clínicas indican que la mortalidad puede llegar hasta un 50p or ciento. La única variable ...

Clinical and epidemiologic characterization of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus admitted to an intensive care unit in Colombia

Adv Rheumatol; 59 (), 2019
Abstract Objective: Describe the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: a retrospective study with medical records review of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) admitted to the ICU b...

Comparação dos aspectos funcionais da deglutição e indicadores clínicos em pacientes com traumatismo cranioencefálico em UTI

CoDAS; 31 (2), 2019
RESUMO Objetivo caracterizar e comparar os aspectos funcionais da deglutição e indicadores clínicos na população com traumatismo cranioencefálico (TCE) em unidade de terapia intensiva. Método Participaram do estudo 113 adultos com diagnóstico de TCE. As etapas de coleta de dados envolveram: a...

Assessment of clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with and without sepsis in intensive care units of a tertiary hospital

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective To describe the clinical and epidemiological features of patients with and without sepsis at critical care units of a public hospital. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out from May 2012 to April 2013. Clinical and laboratory data of patients with and without sepsis in th...

Factors associated to potential drug interactions in one Intensive Care Unit: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the factors associated to Potential Drug Interactions with High Alert Medications in the Intensive Care Unit of a Sentinel Hospital. Methods: a cross-sectional, retrospective study using a quantitative approach carried out at a Sentinel Hospital in Rio de Janeiro. The re...

Knowledge and adherence of the nurse to standard precautions in critical units

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the knowledge and adherence of nurses to the standard precautions in critical care units. Method: descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach, with the population of nurses from a university hospital in the Distrito Federal, Brazil. For data col...

The Palliative Care Screening Tool as an instrument for recommending palliative care for older adults

Abstract The objective of the present study was to evaluate the use of the Palliative Care Screening Tool (PCST) for the recommendation of palliative care among older patients admitted to an Intensive Care Unit, as well as to evaluate the prevalence of basic diseases, religion and agreement between the r...

Latido de vida: vivencias del paciente con enfermedad cardiovascular en una unidad de cuidado intensivo

Rev. cienc. cuidad; 16 (2), 2019
Objetivo: Conocer las vivencias del paciente con enfermedad cardiovascular durante su estancia en la unidad coronaria de cuidados intensivos, en una clínica de cuarto nivel del Norte de Santander, en el año 2017. Materiales y Métodos: Estudio cuali-tativo con enfoque fenomenológico; se usó la entrev...

Association between workload and absenteeism in nursing technicians

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify absenteeism of nursing technicians in an Intensive Care Unit and to verify the association between absenteeism and workload. Method: cross-sectional retrospective study of documentary source and quantitative approach. It was performed in an adult intensive care unit wi...