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Rehabilitation Specialist Nurse’s intervention in the family caregiver burden: ...

Introduction: Population aging leads to an increase in chronic diseases, such as dementia, resulting in a decrease in the ability to carry out activities of daily living, making the person dependent on a caregiver. It is mostly family members who take on the role of caregiver and situations of overload may arise, as they do not have training or qualifications to perform the role. Nurses have the role of helping...

Cardiac rehabilitation program in the functional capacity in person hospitalize...

Introduction: Decompensated heart failure leads to a decrease in functional capacity, so there is an urgent need for early implementation of a cardiac rehabilitation program. Objective: To evaluate the evolution of the functional capacity in person hospitalized for decompensated heart failure after the implementation of an aerobic and individualized physical training program, using the Short Physical Performanc...

Programa de reabilitação cardíaca na capacidade funcional da pessoa internada p...

Introduction: Decompensated heart failure leads to a decrease in functional capacity, so there is an urgent need for early implementation of a cardiac rehabilitation program. Objective: To evaluate the evolution of the functional capacity in person hospitalized for decompensated heart failure after the implementation of an aerobic and individualized physical training program, using the Short Physical Performanc...

Programa de reabilitação cardíaca na capacidade funcional da pessoa internada p...

A insuficiência cardíaca descompensada conduz a uma diminuição da capacidade funcional, pelo que urge a necessidade de se implementar precocemente um programa de reabilitação cardíaca. Objetivo: Avaliar a evolução da capacidade funcional da pessoa internada por insuficiência cardíaca descompensada após a implementação de um programa de treino físico aeróbio e individualizado, com recurso à Short Physical Perfor...

The intervention of rehabilitation nurse in promoting efficient decannulation o...

Introduction: Prolonged mechanical ventilation is associated with difficult ventilatory weaning and considered an indication for tracheostomy in intensive care. The presence of a tracheostomy, despite facilitating ventilator weaning, may originate other complications for the patient, so decannulation should be performed as soon as possible. Must, also, have an interdisciplinary approach and the rehabilitation n...

A Rehabilitation Nurse’s intervention in the family caregiver burden of the eld...

Introduction: The increase of aged population leads to an increase in chronic diseases, such as dementia, which is reflected in the decrease in the ability to carry out activities of daily living. Consequently, it makes the person dependent on a caregiver. It is mostly family members who assume the role of caregiver and situations of burden may arise, as they are not trained or qualified to perform the function...

Sociodemographic, lifestyle and anthropometric profile of vegetarian and omnivo...

Vegetarian and omnivorous diets in Portugal: Sociodemographic and anthropometri...

Sociodemographic, lifestyle and anthropometric profile of vegetarian and omnivo...

Nosocomial Infections. COVID-19: A Friend or Foe?

Introduction: Nosocomial Infections constitute a public health problem and bring excess avoidable costs associated with hospital admissions. Over the COVID-19 pandemics there was a shift in policies focusing on infection prevention and control programs. Methods: We postulate that such shift may have an indirect effect in the occurrence of nosocomial infections. We performed a retrospective study aiming to compa...