Objective: to analyze the scientific evidence about the factors influencing maternal near miss cases and possible guidelines for reducing maternal morbidity and mortality. Methods: integrative review with 2895 articles found and 17 selected articles. Results: the factors influencing the near miss cases were: delays in obstetric care; unprepared health team; precarious conditions of services; limited availabilit...
Objetivo: descrever as principais condições potencialmente ameaçadoras de vida de mulheres internadas em uma unidade de terapia intensiva materna e a associação destas com as variáveis sociodemográficas e obstétricas. Métodos: estudo epidemiológico analítico transversal, realizado com 560 mulheres internadas em uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva. Resultados: as condições mais prevalentes foram: utilização de hemo...
Objective: to describe the main potentially life threatening conditions of women hospitalized in a maternal intensive care unit and their association with sociodemographic and obstetric variables. Methods: a cross-sectional epidemiological study was carried out with 560 women admitted to an Intensive Care Unit. Results: the most prevalent conditions were: use of blood products and severe preeclampsia/eclampsia....
Objective: to describe the main potentially life threatening conditions of women hospitalized in a maternal intensive care unit and their association with sociodemographic and obstetric variables. Methods: a crosssectional epidemiological study was carried out with 560 women admitted to an Intensive Care Unit. Results: the most prevalent conditions were: use of blood products and severe preeclampsia/eclampsia. ...
The objective was to evaluate the admissions in a maternal ICU according to the established criteria of severe maternal morbidity and its maternal and perinatal repercussions. Analytical epidemiological study, cross-sectional. Data collection took place from August to December 2015 at the Maternity School Assis Chateaubriand (MEAC). The study population consisted of all the medical records of women who had been...
Depression is an important variable related to the worsening of quality of life in post-stroke patients. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of depression in patients after stroke. It is a cross-sectional study conducted between February and April 2013, 51 patients admitted to specialized stroke unit in a hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Hamilton Depression Rating Scale was applied to investigate d...
Background: Use “Women’s questionnaire” will allow the health - care professional to meet previously an area in which a woman gets better care during labour and delivery, enabling thus an implementa - tion of strategies for the care and promotion humanized childbirth. On exposed, this research aims to adapt the "Women’s Questionnaire" to the reality of assistance in Ceará. Method: methodological study adopted t...
Aim: To know the profile of women assisted in the family planning program and to verify the presence of reproductive risks. Method: This is an analytic, transversal study performed with 264 users of the family planning program of the public health system of the city of Fortaleza, Brazil, from March to June 2010. The data was collected through interviews and then submitted to a descriptive statistical analysis. ...
ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to identify the gynecologic and obstetric profile of imprisoned females in the State of Ceará. This is a documental retrospective study with a quantitative approach, performed in the Female Prison Institute of the State of Ceará with 672 medical files. Regarding age, 62.3% of the women were 31 years old. The most prevalent age bracket for menarche was 10 to 13 years, (5...
Objetivou-se caracterizar o perfil de pacientes pediátricos asmáticos usuários de um Programa de Atenção Integrada à Criança com Asma; verificar associações entre as crises asmáticas, presença de animais no domicílio e ocorrência do aleitamento materno. Estudo retrospectivo, documental, quantitativo que analisou 152 prontuários de crianças asmáticas do programa. A maioria das crianças estudadas era do sexo masc...