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Neurogenic Shock: Clinical Management and Particularities in an Emergency Room

Arq. bras. neurocir; 37 (3), 2018
Neurogenic shock has a strong impact in traumatology. It is an important condition, associated with lesions in the neuraxis and can be medullar and/or cerebral. In the last years, its pathophysiology has been better understood, allowing a reduction in the morbimortality with more precise and efficacious ...

The First Two Years of Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer: Initial Results of a Brazilian Public Hospital Dedicated to Neurosurgery

Arq. bras. neurocir; 37 (3), 2018
The dissemination of specialty hospitals throughout the urban centers has revolutionized the full spectrum of care for cardiology, oncology and orthopedics during the last decades. To centralize care, from translational and basic research to clinicians and surgeons, in the same dedicated institution lead...

Aspectos clínicos y microbiológicos de la peritonitis asociada a diálisis peritoneal en pacientes adultos con insuficiencia renal crónica en el Servicio de Urgencias

Rev. chil. infectol; 35 (3), 2018
Resumen Introducción: La peritonitis es la complicación más importante y frecuente de la diálisis peritoneal (DP), las infecciones bacterianas son las responsables en la mayoría de los casos, con sintomatología característica. Objetivo: Determinar los patógenos más frecuentes en peritonitis as...

Ketamine sedation for orthopedic procedures in a high complexity emergency service: a descriptive study

Rev. colomb. anestesiol; 46 (4), 2018
Abstract Introduction: Rapid recovery and low cost are among the benefits of ketamine for emergency sedation. It has been excluded as the first choice because of the associated adverse events. Objective: To describe the adverse events associated with the use of ketamine in a high-complexity emergency s...

Violência por parceiro íntimo: perfil dos atendimentos em serviços de urgência e emergência nas capitais dos estados brasileiros, 2014

Resumo: O estudo teve como objetivo descrever o perfil dos atendimentos a vítimas de violência por parceiro íntimo em serviços de urgência e emergência vinculados ao Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) e investigar diferenças entre os sexos. Foi realizado estudo descritivo com dados do inquérito que c...

Nurse liaison: a strategy for counter-referral

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.1), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the profile of the counter-referred patients by the "nurse liaison" and to describe the experience of the professionals who participated in the project. Method: intervention research, with twelve nursing nurses from a hospital and an Emergency Care Unit, and 26 nurses fr...

Adhesion to patient safety protocols in emergency care units

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.1), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate compliance of national patient safety protocols in Emergency Care Units (UPA) of the Paraná State. Method: From April until September 2016, the exploratory stage of the action research was conducted on stratified sampling with 377 patients of eight units, with use of...

Emergency care units and dimensions of accessibility to health care for the elderly

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the conception of the elderly and their caregivers about the accessibility to health mediated by the service in Emergency Care Units. Methodo: a qualitative study conducted with 25 elderly patients and caregivers at Emergency Care Units in a city of Paraná, using Grou...

Complicações em colonoscopia: experiência uni-institucional com 8968 pacientes

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 45 (4), 2018
RESUMO Objetivo: avaliar a incidência, características epidemiológicas, diagnóstico e evolução dos pacientes que retornaram às unidades de pronto atendimento (UPA) do Hospital Albert Einstein em São Paulo/SP com sinais e sintomas sugestivos de complicações até 30 dias após realização de co...

Comunicação da morte: modos de pensar e agir de médicos em um hospital de emergência

Physis (Rio J.); 28 (3), 2018
Resumo Este estudo objetivou compreender como os médicos lidam com o processo de comunicar a morte aos familiares em um hospital de emergência. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, embasada na antropologia interpretativa e médica. A coleta dos dados deu-se em um dos maiores hospitais públicos de eme...