Objectives: Chronic dyspnea, a distressing symptom in patients with complex chronic conditions, is linked to higher risks of mortality. This study aimed to identify nursing interventions that could improve self-management for complex chronic patients, thereby enhancing control over chronic dyspnea. The findings intend to guide nursing care strategies that promote self-management among this population. Methods: ...
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As emoções são impulsos para o agir, planos instintivos para lidar com a vida. Esta revisão sistemática da literatura tem como objetivo refletir sobre o contributo das emoções numa relação amorosa, visto que para um relacionamento ser saudável é importante aprender a exprimir tudo o que sentimos de forma correta, sem nos anular nem ir contra aquilo em que acreditamos. O contributo do amor próprio é notório dura...
Damage control surgery is one of the major advances in surgical technique in the past 20 years. The concept has developed in the trauma surgery context. It consists on the management of unstable patients in a fast, efficient and provisional way. The objective is an haemorrhage control, limiting contamination, and temporary closure of the abdomen. The defi- nitive repair is performed after patient stabilization....
Background: The appendectomy is the most frequently performed surgery in the Emergency Service. The introduction of the lapa- roscopic approach (LA) in the treatment of acute appendicitis has not received, in the surgical community, the same acceptance that it obtained in other acute conditions. With this work, the authors present the growing acceptance that the LA has been acquiring in the Surgical Service tha...