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La urgencia bajo la lupa: una revisión de la producción científica sobre servicios de emergencia en hospitales desde la etnografía

En este trabajo se presenta una revisión de la literatura científica de estudios etnográficos sobre los servicios de emergencias en hospitales, con el objetivo de sistematizar las investigaciones y los principales hallazgos de los trabajos, que se refieren al proceso de salud-enfermedad-atención-cuid...

Serviço fluvial de emergência: características e fatores relacionados à evolução clínica dos atendidos

O objetivo deste estudo foi descrever o perfil dos usuários e a assistência prestada pelo Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência (SAMU) fluvial em comunidades ribeirinhas amazônicas e identificar fatores relacionados à evolução dos pacientes durante o atendimento desse serviço. Trata-se de um...

Machine learning analysis to predict health outcomes among emergency department users in Southern Brazil: a protocol study

Rev. bras. epidemiol; 24 (), 2021
ABSTRACT: Objective: Emergency services are essential to the organization of the health care system. Nevertheless, they face different operational difficulties, including overcrowded services, largely explained by their inappropriate use and the repeated visits from users. Although a known situation, in...

The role of serum inflammatory markers, albumin, and hemoglobin in predicting the diagnosis in patients admitted to the emergency department with a pre-diagnosis of COVID-19

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992); 67 (supl.1), 2021
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: Serum inflammatory markers and albumin levels provide an assumption for the severity of COVID-19 infection. Our objective was to investigate the determinant role of serum inflammatory markers, albumin, and hemoglobin (Hb) in predicting the diagnosis in patients with a pre-diagnosis of...

Nurses and the Manchester: rearranging the work process and emergency care?

Rev. bras. enferm; 74 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the changing roles of nurses in labor division organization in hospitals from the Manchester Triage System implementation in an emergency hospital. Methods: this is an ethnographic study that used different production techniques and data analysis. Results: the Manches...

Fonoaudiología en sala de urgencias Perspectivades de una revisión documental

Revista Areté; 21 (1), 2021
Introducción. Las salas de urgencias son espacios con protocolos coordinados y actuaciones diagnósticas y terapéuticas secuenciales. Los profesionales de rehabilitación en urgencias aportan a la toma de decisiones sobre conductas de hospitalización o egreso, planes caseros, ayudas diagnósticas y re...

Leprosy case series in the emergency room: A warning sign for a challenging diagnosis

Braz. j. infect. dis; 25 (5), 2021
ABSTRACT Leprosy can be considered a dissimulated disease, mainly when presented as atypical cases leading to mistaken diagnosis at the emergency setting. Herein we report six patients referred to the emergence room with hypotheses of acute myocardial infarction and arterial and venous thrombosis, althou...

Correlation between venous blood gas indices and radiological involvements of COVID-19 patients at first admission to emergency department

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992); 67 (supl.1), 2021
SUMMARY The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between venous blood gas and chest computerized tomography findings and the clinical conditions of COVID-19 pneumonia. METHODS: A total of 309 patients admitted to the emergency department and subsequently confirmed COVID-19 cases was exa...

The use of assistance flow by nurses to the patient with chest pain: facilities and difficulties

Rev. bras. enferm; 74 (2), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the facilities and difficulties in the use by nurses of the care flow for patients with chest pain. Methods: descriptive analytical study, with a qualitative approach, conducted with 17 nurses from an emergency care unit in a municipality of the State of Ceara, in 2018. D...

Estresse e burnout entre profissionais de saúde de pronto atendimento durante a pandemia da covid-19

Ciênc. cuid. saúde; 20 (), 2021
RESUMO Objetivo: analisar o estresse percebido e a Síndrome de Burnout entre profissionais de saúde de unidades de pronto atendimento durante a pandemia da COVID-19. Método: estudo transversal, realizado com 55 profissionais de saúde de dois serviços de pronto atendimento localizados no Paraná (...