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Incidence of phlebitis associated with the use of peripheral IV catheter and following catheter removal

ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the incidence of phlebitis and its association with risk factors when using peripheral IV catheters (PIC) and following their removal - (post-infusion phlebitis) in hospitalized adults. Method: a cohort study of 171 patients using PIC, totaling 361 punctures. Sociod...

Effectiveness of personalized face-to-face and telephone nursing counseling interventions for cardiovascular risk factors: a controlled clinical trial

Abstract Objective: to evaluate the effect and gender differences of an innovative intervention involving in-person and telephone nursing counseling to control cardiovascular risk factors (arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, and overweight), improve health-related quality of life and strengthen self-e...

Home Delivery Medicament Program: access, inactivity and cardiovascular risk

ABSTRACT Objective: to verify causes of inactivity in the Home Delivery Medicament Program, as referred by users from a Primary Health Care Service in São Paulo, comparing them to the causes registered in the program and analyzing them in the theoretical model Concept of Access to Health. Methods: c...

Integrative review of factors related to the nursing diagnosis nausea during antineoplastic chemotherapy

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify factors related to the nursing diagnosis nausea among cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Method: integrative review conducted in four electronic databases (PUBMED, EMBASE, CINAHL and LILACS) using the key words: neoplasia, antineoplastic agents and nausea. Resul...

Nursing care missed in patients at risk of or having pressure ulcers

ABSTRACT Objective: to determine the nursing care missed as perceived by the nursing staff and its relation with the nursing care missed identified in the assessment of patients at risk of or having pressur ulcers. Method: descriptive correlation study. The participants were 161 nurses and 483 patients...

Risk factors for complications in peripheral intravenous catheters in adults: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

ABSTRACT Objective: analyze the risk factors linked to complications in peripheral intravenous catheters. Method: secondary data analysis of a randomized controlled trial with 169 medical and surgical patients placed in two groups, one with integrated safety catheter (n=90) and other using simple needl...

Adherence to immunosuppressive therapy following liver transplantation: an integrative review

ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the evidence available in the literature on non-adherence to immunosuppressive therapy among patients undergoing liver transplantation. Method: integrative literature review, including research whose sample consisted of patients aged over 18 years undergoing liver t...

Mineração de dados no enfrentamento da transmissão vertical da sífilis

J. health inform; 8 (supl.I), 2016
Este artigo objetiva identificar, por meio da Mineração de Dados, informações que auxiliem nas estratégias para o enfrentamento da transmissão vertical da sífilis em Curitiba-PR. Trata-se de estudo transversal, exploratório,bibliográfico e documental. Foi construída uma base de dados, provenien...

La combinación de dieta y programas de promoción de la actividad física intensivos son más efectivos que los cuidados habituales para prevenir la diabetes tipo 2 en personas de alto riesgo
Combined diet and physical activity promotion programs are more effective than usual care to prevent type 2 diabetes in people at high risk

Las lesiones cerebrales asintomáticas se asocian a un aumento de la incidencia de accidente cerebrovascular y de la mortalidad global
Asymptomatic brain injuries are associated with an increased incidence of stroke and overall mortality