To evaluate the chronic pain and analgesic use in elderly patients admitted to a teaching hospital. Cross-sectional, observational, non-experimental study with 100 elderly. Instruments for collection of demographic and health data, the Mc Gill evaluation scale and intensity of pain were used. The mean age was 71.1 years (SD + 7.4) and females prevailed in the sample (52%); 78% of the respondents reported severe...
This study was accomplished in order to identify the factors associated with prolonged intubation in patients who underwent cardiac surgery. This is a retrospective, analytical study, with a quantitative approach, performed in a large teaching hospital in the municipality of Uberaba (Minas Gerais). The data were collected from records of patients who underwent cardiac surgery. In order to identify the factors t...