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Concepção de velhice: um estudo com profissionais de saúde de um hospital universitário

Objetivo: Analisar a concepção de velhice dos profissionais de saúde que atuam no ambiente hospitalar. Método: Trata-se de um estudo exploratório descritivo, de abordagem qualitativa, realizado em uma Unidade de Clínica Médica de um Hospital Universitário no município de Vitória, Espírito Sant...

Increased antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae from a University Hospital in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION The spread of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli is a health threat, limiting therapeutic options and increasing morbimortality rates. METHODS: This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibility profile of 1805 Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates collected from Hospi...

Autocuidado dos pacientes com diabetes mellitus tipo 2 em seguimento ambulatorial
Self-care of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 in outpatient follow-up

Nursing (Ed. bras., Impr.); 21 (245), 2018
Objetivo: analisar as atividades de autocuidado de pacientes com diabetes mellitus tipo 2 em seguimento ambulatorial. Método: estudo quantitativo, descritivo e transversal realizado em um hospital universitário, em 2016. Participaram 163 pacientes que responderam o questionário de atividades de autocu...

Pediatric chronic patients at outpatient clinics: a study in a Latin American University Hospital

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 94 (5), 2018
Abstract Objective: To describe the characteristics of children and adolescentes with chronic diseases of outpatient clinics at a tertiary university hospital. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed with 16,237 patients with chronic diseases followed-up in one year. The data were collected thro...

People living with AIDS: Association between nursing diagnoses and sociodemographic/clinical characteristics

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between nursing diagnoses and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics in people living with AIDS. Method: Cross-sectional study with 100 people living with AIDS in a University Hospital. Data collection took place between January and July 2015, using...

Hepatite B e C em gestantes atendidas em um programa de pré-natal em um hospital universitário no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: estudo retrospectivo de rastreamento da soroprevalência

Arq. gastroenterol; 55 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B and C are diseases with high morbimortality and constitute a global public health problem. In Brazil, the prevalence is not homogeneous, oscillating among different regions, but it is estimated that currently about 1% of the population present chronic disease related to...

Alteración de signos vitales dentro de las 72 h previas a la activación de código azul en pacientes adultos hospitalizados de un hospital universitario

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (9), 2018
Background: Medical emergencies (ME) in hospitalized patients (cardiac and respiratory arrest, suffocation, asphyxia, seizures, unconsciousness) are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Most of these patients have signs of physiological deterioration prior to the appearance of the emergency. Ear...

Plasma rico em plaquetas no tratamento de úlceras venosas: série de casos

OBJETIVO: Avaliar a viabilidade do tratamento de úlceras venosas com o Plasma Rico em Plaquetas (PRP). MÉTODO: Estudo descritivo do tipo série de casos, realizado como piloto de um ensaio clínico, com amostra de três pacientes, alocados após a randomização, dois para intervenção e um para o con...

Hospitalization costs due to severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) in three Central American countries

Infectio; 22 (3), 2018
Objective: To estimate the direct medical costs of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) in children and adults from three Central American countries with a bottom-up costing approach. Methods: The costs of inpatients treatment were estimated through the retrospective bottom-up costing in a random...