The vaginal pessary is a conservative method for treating pelvic organ prolapse (POP). It is able to reduce symptoms with minimal complications improving quality of life (QOL). This study's hypothesis was that the use of pessaries decreases quantitative measures of Pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q) and improves women's QOL. The objective was to evaluate the effects of the use of ring pessary on the q...
Objective: to identify the conducts performed by nursing technicians before the newborn with pain in a neonatal intensive care unit. Method: it is an exploratory and descriptive study conducted in a public maternity in Fortaleza/CE, Brazilian Northeast, with 25 nursing technicians. Semi-structured interview was the used instrument, and the data were processed, analyzed and discussed according to the literature....