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Teleconsultation as an advanced practice nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic b...

ABSTRACT Teleconsultation can be classified as an advanced practice nursing that requires nurses’ clinical reasoning based on a consistent theoretical framework to use in the nursing process. Our study conducted a theoretical-reflective analysis, based on Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model of Nursing and Chick-Meleis’ Transition Theory, about the contribution of teleconsultation as an advanced practice nursing in ...

Diretrizes Brasileiras de Hipertensão Arterial – 2020

Violências relacionadas ao trabalho e variáveis associadas em profissionais de ...

Resumo A violência ocupacional é um agravo ao qual os profissionais de saúde estão cotidianamente expostos. O objetivo deste artigo é identificar a prevalência de violência no trabalho (verbal/física) e as variáveis relacionadas em profissionais de enfermagem atuantes em oncologia. Estudo transversal, em que a agressão física ou verbal foi avaliada por meio do autorrelato. Analisou-se a relação entre as variáve...

Blood pressure control of hypertensive patients followed in a high complexity c...

Abstract Introduction: Arterial hypertension is a disease that has a high impact on cardiovascular mortality and morbidity; however, it is still insufficiently controlled. Objectives: To assess hypertension control in patients seen at a specialized clinic and to identify associated variables. Method: Cross-sectional study involving the analysis of medical records from 782 patients treated in a highly complex ou...

Hypertensive crisis: clinical characteristics of patients with hypertensive urg...

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess patients with hypertensive crisis, classified as urgency, emergency or pseudocrisis, and identify the associated variables. Methods: We evaluated a total of 508 patients (57% women; 56.3±13.8 years old) with hypertensive crisis (diastolic blood pressure of 120mmHg), aged 18 years or over, seen at the emergency department of a public general hospital. Results: The prevalence of hype...

Shift work of nursing professionals and blood pressure, burnout and common ment...

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the influence of shift work on blood pressure, the presence of burnout and common mental disorders in nursing professionals. Method: A cross-sectional study. Burnout was assessed by the Maslach Burnout Inventory, and Common Mental Disorders by the Self-Reporting Questionnaire. Casual blood pressure measurement and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) were performed. Results...

Hypertension is the underlying cause of death assessed at the autopsy of indivi...

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze hypertension and its relationship with the causes of death identified by the autopsy. Method: Cross-sectional study analyzed 356 participants belonging to the Brazilian Aging Brain Study Group, over 50 years of age, autopsied at the Sao Paulo Autopsy Service between 2004 to 2014. A clinical interview was conducted with the informant of the deceased. Hypertension was defined by rep...

Hypertension in patients admitted to clinical units at university hospital: pos...

ABSTRACT Objective To characterize hypertensive patients after admission to hospital considering the current status, compliance to treatment, habits and lifestyle, and knowledge and beliefs about the disease. Methods This was an exploratory study with 265 hypertensive patients admitted to a medical inpatients unit of a university hospital. Data were collected in an interview over the telephone. The level of sig...

Chronic and asymptomatic diseases influence the control of hypertension treatme...

Abstract OBJECTIVE To identify the association between blood pressure control and the following variables: a) bio-social and lifestyle characteristics of hypertensive patients; and b) factors related to the antihypertensive treatment. METHODS This is an exploratory study with 290 people with hypertension from primary care. We used a specific instrument, self-administered, with 21 questions on factors that can h...

The control of hypertension in men and women: a comparative analysis

Abstract OBJECTIVE To compare men and women who have hypertension with reference to the following: high blood pressure, biosocial variables, habits and life styles, mental disorders, and social support networks. METHOD 290 hypertensive patients (women, 62.1%) were evaluated. The assessments involved the following: measuring blood pressure with an automatic measuring device, evaluating social status through the ...