Introduction: According to a formal international recommendation, it is necessary and possible to predict pre-eclampsia to obtain more favourable maternal and neonatal results. Objectives: To assess the accuracy of maternal characteristics and average blood pressure as predictors of pre-eclampsia in the first trimester; to create an algorithm that can predict pre-eclampsia in the local population; and to compar...
Objective: To evaluate the frequency of birth defects in neonates treated at a public referral maternity hospital in Fortaleza. Methods: A clinical data approach was performed from medical records with suspected or confirmed congenital syndrome between 2010 and 2018. Results: We analyzed 47 medical records of newborns with congenital syndromes treated at the referred maternity hospital during this period, which...
Objetivo: estimar o consumo de medicamentos durante a amamentação e o risco para o lactente. Métodos: estudo descritivo, realizado em Unidade de Atenção Primária à Saúde com 130 lactantes. A coletade dados ocorreu por meio de formulário com perguntas objetivas, sendo analisados no Epiinfo. Resultados: usaram medicação durante a amamentação 73 (56,0%) lactantes. Os medicamentos mais utilizados foram antianêmico ...
Objective: to estimate medicine consumption during breastfeeding and the risk to the infant. Methods: descriptive study, carried out in a Primary Health Care Unit with 130 infants. The data collection was donethrough a form with objective questions, analyzed in Epiinfo. Results:73 (56.0%) nursing mothers had used medication during breastfeeding. The most used drugs were antianemics (n=48, 66.0%) and analgesic/a...
Objectives: Check the reliability and validity of Breastfeeding SelfEfficacy Scale - Short Form (BSES-SF) in Brazilian adolecent puerperal mothers who have recently given birth; and evaluate the association of scores of the BSES-SF with the socioeconomic and obstetric variables of the studied population. Methods: Methodological and quantitative study developed in a public maternity in Fortaleza involving 79 ado...
Objective: to estimate medicine consumption during breastfeeding and the risk to the infant. Methods: descriptive study, carried out in a Primary Health Care Unit with 130 infants. The data collection was done through a form with objective questions, analyzed in Epiinfo. Results: 73 (56.0%) nursing mothers had used medication during breastfeeding. The most used drugs were antianemics (n=48, 66.0%) and analgesic...
Objective: to associate the social determinants of health and quality of life of caregivers of children with cancer. Methods: a cross-sectional study conducted in a paediatric cancer centre in Fortaleza, Brazil, with 176 participants in November and December 2013. Data were collected using a questionnaire with social determinants of health, and quality of life was assessed using the World Health Organization Qu...
Objetivo: avaliar os efeitos do uso do álbum seriado como intervenção educativa na melhoria da autoeficácia materna na amamentação. Métodos: estudo quase experimental com 41 puérperas: Grupo Intervenção (n=20) e Grupo Controle (n=21) de uma maternidade pública. A intervenção consistiu na aplicação do álbum seriado “Eu posso amamentar o meu filho” no pós-parto imediato e contato telefônico após 15 dias. Para amb...
Objective: evaluating the effects of using a flipchart as an educational intervention in improving maternal self-efficacy in breastfeeding. Methods: a quasi-experimental study with 41 postpartum women: Intervention Group (n = 20) and Control Group (n = 21) of a public hospital. The intervention consisted of implementing the flipchart “I can breastfeed my baby” in the immediate postpartum and were contacted by t...
Objective: evaluating the effects of using a flipchart as an educational intervention in improving maternal self-efficacy in breastfeeding. Methods: a quasi-experimental study with 41 postpartum women: Intervention Group (n = 20) and Control Group (n = 21) of a public hospital. The intervention consisted of implementing the flipchart “I can breastfeed my baby” in the immediate postpartum and were contacted by t...