Objetivo: comparar el tiempo de ejecución del baño en la cama a seco y con el tradicional, y observar los efectos sobre la saturación del oxígeno transcutáneo arterial y la frecuencia respiratoria, en pacientes críticos adultos. Método: estudio piloto de un ensayo clínico aleatorizado crossover, abierto, realizado con 15 pacientes críticos adultos. Cada paciente recibió el baño en la cama, a seco y de forma tra...
Objetivo: estimar a prevalência e identificar possíveis fatores associados à ocorrência do linfedema em mulheres submetidas a tratamento para câncer de mama. Métodos: estudo de prevalência, com 125 mulheres. Foi realizada entrevista e consulta ao prontuário utilizando-se de questionário. Realizou-se análise univariada e multivariada por meio da regressão logística. Resultados: encontrou-se uma taxa de prevalênc...
Objective: to estimate the prevalence and to identify possible factors associated with the occurrence of lymphedema in women undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Methods: a prevalence study with 125 women. An interview and a consultation of the medical record were carried out using a questionnaire. Univariate and multivariate analysis were performed through logistic regression. Results: a prevalence rate of ...
Objective: to estimate the prevalence and to identify possible factors associated with the occurrence of lymphedema in women undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Methods: a prevalence study with 125 women. An interview and a consultation of the medical record were carried out using a questionnaire. Univariate and multivariate analysis were performed through logistic regression. Results: a prevalence rate of ...
OBJECTIVE: to seek the best evidence available in the literature concerning the knowledge produced and related to the techniques of intermittent and indwelling urinary catheterization, so as to place the nursing care given to patients submitted to urinary catheterization on a scientific foundation and to prevent urinary tract infections. METHOD: the literature search was undertaken in the Pubmed and Cochrane da...
OBJETIVO: analisar se metas formuladas, a partir de diagnósticos de enfermagem, podem ser mapeadas por meio de resultados e identificar escalas apropriadas aos resultados mapeados. MÉTODO: estudo descritivo, realizado em unidade de terapia intensiva. A coleta envolveu extração das metas registradas em 44 prontuários, normalização de conteúdo, mapeamento de resultados, identificação das escalas apropriadas e val...
La aplicabilidad del Índice de Riesgo de Infección Quirúrgica del National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance-NNIS ha sido evaluada en cuanto a su desempeño en diferentes cirugías. En algunos procedimientos es necesaria la inclusión de otras variables de predicción. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la aplicabilidad del Índice NNIS para la predicción de la Infección de Sitio Quirúrgico en cirugías ortopédi...
Patients hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) may present risk for corneal injury due to sedation or coma. This study aimed to estimate the incidence of corneal injuries; to identify the risk factors and to propose a risk prediction model for the development of corneal injury, in adult patients, in an intensive care unit of a public hospital. This is a one year, prospective cohort study with 254 patien...
This study aimed to identify risk factors associated with surgical site infections in orthopedic surgical patients at a public hospital in Minas Gerais, Brazil, between 2005 and 2007. A historical cohort of 3,543 patients submitted to orthopedic surgical procedures. A descriptive analysis was conducted and surgical site infection incidence rates were estimated. To verify the association between infection and ri...
Epidemics due to bioterrorist actions and prevention and control measures of these infections have been worrying not only the policy makers but also health professionals in general. Health professionals have to recognize these diseases earlier. Information and updated studies about the issue are needed. This study is a literature review in the MEDLINE and LILACS databases, books and online information (from 199...