OBJECTIVE: to analyze the occurrence of difficulty in the peripheral insertion of the central catheter and the presence of complications in the use of this device in hospitalized adults who received peripheral intravenous therapy through a short peripheral intravenous catheter and to identify whether there is an association between peripheral intravenous therapy and the presence of complications in the use of t...
ABSTRACT Objective: To estimate the incidence and degree of acute radiodermatitis at the end and after the end of treatment in women with breast cancer undergoing hypofractionated radiotherapy. Methods: Observational, prospective, and longitudinal study, conducted between March 2019 and January 2020, in a radiotherapy outpatient clinic. Results: Thirty-two women participated in the study, among whom, in the las...
Estudos têm revelado a relação entre a exposição a compostos ambientais e o desenvolvimento de danos hepáticos. Objetivo: identificar evidências de associação entre a exposição humana aos desreguladores endócrinos e a ocorrência de desenvolvimento de doença hepática gordurosa não alcoólica. Método: revisão integrativa de literatura, as buscas foram realizadas nas bases de dados eletrônicas Cochrane, PubMed, LIL...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify the occurrence of oncology teaching in undergraduate nursing curricula. Methods: descriptive study, which data was obtained from curriculum and from Pedagogical Course Projects available on the websites from Brazilian public institutions, between June and July 2020. Results: 143 undergraduate nursing courses were identified. From them, 132 nursing courses (corresponding to 89 ed...
Objetivo: avaliar a assistência prestada às mulheres vivendo com HIV/aids, focando a saúde sexual e reprodutiva. Método: revisão integrativa, cuja busca foi realizada no dia 20 de maio de 2021, nas bases de dados CINAHL, LILACS e PubMed. Adotou-se o referencial teórico de vulnerabilidade para discussão. Resultados: incluíram-se 25 estudos primários publicados de 2002 a 2021, nos idiomas português e inglês, e de...
Objetivo: Estimar a incidência e a distribuição de graduação de radiodermatite em pacientes com câncer submetidos à radioterapia nas regiões de cabeça e pescoço, mama e pelve. Método: Estudo prospectivo, longitudinal, quantitativo, realizado durante o período de 15 de março de 2016 a 4 de maio de 2017 com pacientes observados ao longo de cinco semanas de tratamento. O desfecho primário foi proporção de radioder...
We assessed safety and potential efficacy of a chamomile gel compared with urea cream to prevent acute radiation dermatitis in head and neck cancer patients. We assessed safety and potential efficacy of the chamomile gel in escalating concentrations of 2.50%, 5.00% and 8.35% of chamomile. Concentration of 8.35% was chosen for a randomized trial comparing chamomile gel (8.35%) with urea cream (n=24per group), fo...
Background Checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized advanced melanoma care; however, their cutaneous side effects have not been definitively elucidated. Objective To identify the prevalence of cutaneous toxicity in patients with melanoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors as monotherapy and/or in combination with chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. Materials and methods We performed a systematic review an...
ABSTRACT Objective: To estimate the incidence and distribution of the degree of radiodermatitis in cancer patients submitted to radiotherapy in the regions of head and neck, breast, and pelvis. Method: Prospective, longitudinal, quantitative study conducted from March 15, 2016 to May 4, 2017 with patients observed for five weeks of treatment. The primary outcome was the proportion of grade 1 or higher radioderm...
Objective: to describe the impact of radiodermatitis on body aesthetics in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy. Method: this is an exploratory descriptive case series study conducted at the radiotherapy outpatient clinic of a teaching hospital. Ten patients with head and neck cancer who underwent radiotherapy from 2015 to 2017 were included. Data collection was performed with an instrumen...