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Factores personales, laborales y contextuales del profesional de enfermería que inciden en la presencia de un evento adverso

ResumenIntroducción. Un evento adverso se define como una situación inesperada que lesiona al paciente y es producto de la interacción con el equipo de salud y la institución. El objetivo del este estudio es describir la opinión de profesionales de enfermería sobre los factores personales, laborale...

Efecto letal agudo de los insecticidas en formulación comercial Imidacloprid, Spinosad y Thiocyclam hidrogenoxalato en obreras de Bombus atratus (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Rev. biol. trop; 64 (4), 2016
Resumen:Los efectos de los insecticidas sobre las abejas han cobrado gran atención a nivel mundial, sin embargo, son pocos los estudios sobre el efecto de estos agroquímicos en abejas Neotropicales. Bombus atratus es una especie neotropical, distribuida ampliamente en los Andes y es considerado un poli...

Diagnóstico macroergonómico de organizaciones colombianas con el Modelo de madurez de Ergonomía

Rev. cienc. salud (Bogotá); 14 (spe), 2016
Desde hace varios años se ha reconocido que, para aumentar el impacto de la Ergonomía en las organizaciones, es necesario tener un enfoque sistémico. Objetivo: presentar los resultados del diagnóstico macroergonómico realizado en cinco organizaciones colombianas con el Modelo de madurez de Ergonomí...

Analysis of effectiveness of a surgical treatment algorithm for basal cell carcinoma

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (6), 2016
Abstract BACKGROUND: Surgical excision is the treatment of choice for basal cell carcinoma and micrographic surgery considered the gold standard, however not yet used routinely worldwide available, as in Brazil. Considering this, a previously developed treatment guideline, which the majority of tumors w...

Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Focus on Latin America

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (6), 2016
Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, with an estimated prevalence of 1-2% in North America and Europe. The increased prevalence of AF in Latin America is associated with an ageing general population, along with poor control of key risk factors, including hype...

Acute Heart Failure Registry: Risk Assessment Model in Decompensated Heart Failure

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (6), 2016
Abstract Background: Heart failure (HF) is a highly prevalent syndrome. Although the long-term prognostic factors have been identified in chronic HF, this information is scarcer with respect to patients with acute HF. despite available data in the literature on long-term prognostic factors in chronic HF...

Cutoffs and cardiovascular risk factors associated with neck circumference among community-dwelling elderly adults: a cross-sectional study

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (6), 2016
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: In elderly people, measurement of several anthropometric parameters may present complications. Although neck circumference measurements seem to avoid these issues, the cutoffs and cardiovascular risk factors associated with this parameter among elderly people remain unkn...

Targeting stroke risk and improving outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation in Latin America

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (6), 2016
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: To examine stroke risk factors, including atrial fibrillation, management and prevention, and stroke outcomes across Latin America. DESIGN AND SETTING: Narrative review conducted at Piedmont Heart Institute, United States. METHODS: The PubMed, Embase and Cochrane dat...

Predicting death from kala-azar: construction, development, and validation of a score set and accompanying software

Abstract INTRODUCTION Early identification of patients at higher risk of progressing to severe disease and death is crucial for implementing therapeutic and preventive measures; this could reduce the morbidity and mortality from kala-azar. We describe a score set composed of four scales in addition to ...

Kidney stones: composition, frequency and relation to metabolic diagnosis

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (6), 2016
Nephrolithiasis is one of the most frequent urologic diseases. The aim of this paper is to study the composition and frequency of 8854 patient kidney stones and in a subset of them their metabolic risk factors to be related to their type of calculi. Physicochemical and crystallographic methods were used ...