Bonding strategies within different brackets and dental materials are still a challenge concerning adhesion and dental surface damage. This study compared the shear and tensile bond strength of orthodontic ceramic and metallic brackets to enamel, acrylic, and ceramic surfaces after thermal cycling. Dental surfaces were divided into three groups: enamel, ceramic, and acrylic. Each group received stainless-steel ...
Introduction: Febrile neutropenia remains a serious side effect of chemotherapy and is a major cause of morbidity andmortality, as well as healthcare resource, and may compromise the efficacy of antineoplastic treatments by delayingand dose reductions of chemotherapy. The data about oncological inpatients with febrile neutropenia is scarce on literature, so this study pretends to characterize this population in...
The incidence of nausea and vomiting in patients on treatments of chemotherapy is related with the emetic potential of the administered drugs. The knowledge of the emetic potential of the drugs and of the characteristics of that effect regarding to their peak and occurrence interval is important for the nursing cares. The control of the nausea and vomiting is unpredictable for each individual, so there is a nee...