Results: 1947

Repercussions of hospitalization due to fall of the elderly: health care and prevention

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To know the repercussions of the fall reported by the elderly and their caregiver during hospitalization in a public hospital in Florianópolis city from October to December 2014. Method: Exploratory research with a qualitative approach, conducted by depth interviews with 16 partici...

Clinical outcomes related to the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults - a cohort study

Abstract Introduction: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is a common complication found in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and is associated with increased mortality, length of hospital stay and mechanical ventilation (MV) time. Objective: To determine the incidence of VAP and its impact on the clini...

Prevalencia de prescripción inapropiada de terapia supresora de ácido en adultos hospitalizados en un hospital general de Bogotá

Resumen Objetivo: determinar la prevalencia de prescripción de terapia supresora de ácido (TSA) conformada por los inhibidores de la bomba de protones (IBP) y los antagonistas de los receptores H2 (AR-H2) en pacientes adultos hospitalizados en el Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá ...

The importance of dysphagia screening and nutritional assessment in hospitalized patients

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine frequency of dysphagia risk and associated factors in hospitalized patients as well as to evaluate nutritional status by using different methods and correlate the status with scores of the Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10). Methods: This was a cross-sectional study includ...

Factors associated with hospital admissions due to hypertension

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To study the temporality of hospital admissions due to arterial hypertension and its associated factors. Methods: An ecological study with secondary data on hospital admissions due to essential arterial hypertension - ICD 10, from the Hospital Information System, the Mortality Infor...

Ambulatory care sensitive hospitalizations after implementation of the master plan in Minas Gerais

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the rate of ambulatory care sensitive hospitalizations in groups of cities according to population size and to analyze its association with the coverage of the Family Health Strategy after the implementation of the Master Plan for Primary Health Care in Minas Gerais, Braz...

Hospital mortality in older patients in the Brazilian Unified Health System, Southeast region

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate factors associated with hospital death in older inpatients for specific diseases of the circulatory system in the Brazilian Unified Health System considering the risk-adjusted hospital mortality as an indicator of effectiveness. METHODS The data were extracted from the ...

Increase of 10% in the rate of adverse drug reactions for each drug administered in hospitalized patients

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVE: To assess the risk factors, incidence and severity of adverse drug reactions in in-patients. METHODS: This prospective study evaluated 472 patients treated at a teaching hospital in Brazil between 2010 and 2013 by five medical specialties: Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Geriatrics, Neuro...

Early psychiatric morbidity in a Brazilian sample of acute ischemic stroke patients

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVE: Stroke is a major public health problem worldwide, and its neuropsychiatric sequelae are frequent and disabling. Furthermore, there is evidence that these sequelae impair recovery. Brazil has the highest stroke rates in Latin America, but data on the frequency of neuropsychiatric disorders in ...

Hospitalizations for cancer in international migrants versus local population in Chile

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To compare cancer hospital morbidity among the local population and the immigrant population in Chile. METHODS This is a prevalence study based on the analysis of hospital discharges of all the health centers of Chile. Cancer hospital discharges were characterized in 2012 according...