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In developing countries, every person aged 60 years or older is considered to be an elderly person, although it extends to 65 years in developed nations. The objective of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of the hospitalizations of elderly people in an emergency situation in the municipality of Coari. It is a cross-sectional, descriptive and exploratory study. Data collection took place between September 10 and 21, 2018, in the statistical sector of the Coari Regional Hospital.

Objective: to identify the relation between mortality rate by specific cause and atrazine concentration in drinkable water, pointing the crops that use this pesticide in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Method: ecological study. Were selected 19 RS cities that had atrazine concentration in the drinkable water in the period of 2016 and 2017 and in this way it was performed a search of the crops related to atrazine use. The data search occurred through the following databases: DATASUS, SISAGUA, SIGA and FEE.

In this study, the completeness of the information on adverse reactions and poisoning management contained in the package inserts of the ten drugs most involved in drug morbidity and mortality was assessed, according to the 36th Annual Report, published by the American Association of Poison Control Centers, in 2018. These sources of information were compared to those contained in the clinical database UpToDate®, on the same drugs.

Aims: Consider the glycemic level of elderly octogenarians with diabetes mellitus when using oral hypoglycemic agents. Methods: Descriptive study carried out by reviewing data collected from patients treated on an outpatient basis at the Hospital da Universidade Católica de Brasília - HUCB. The patients were submitted to medical evaluation through an anamnesis in a first consultation, where diseases that had already been diagnosed and the medications that are taken under medical prescription were reported.

The production of biodiesel through the transesterification of vegetable oils and fats using homogeneous basic catalysts requires low acidity and moisture raw materials, which increases the cost of production and compromises the viability of the technology. On the other hand, the feasibility of biodiesel production using higher acidity and lowcost raw materials leads to an increase in the process investment cost due to the need to use equipment built with special steels.

The digenetic trematodes platyhelminth (flatworm) parasites (platyhelminth:Trematoda-Digenea) are pear-shaped, thick, fleshy worms, especially prevalent in the reticulum and rumen, while immature parasites in the small intestine mainly in the duodenum.

Objetivo: Avaliar a associação entre suporte social percebido, biomarcadores inflamatórios e os fenótipos de fragilidade em idosos longevos. Método:Estudo transversal, descritivo e quantitativo. Os idosos foram avaliados pelaInterpersonal Support Evaluation List, pelos biomarcadores inflamatórios: interleucina (IL) 10, IL-6, IL-4,IL-2, fator de necrose tumoral (TNF-α) e interferon gama (IFNy) e fragilidade.Foi realizada composição dos modelos de regressão logística múltipla.

Objetivou-se compreender as vivências e sentimentos do cuidador familiar e da equipe de enfermagem no processo de morte e morrer. Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa de literatura, por meio da BVS e suas bases de dados SCIELO e Pubmed publicados no período de 2008 a 2020. Utilizou-se 22 artigos, que atenderam aos critérios de inclusão, sendo submetidos à análise de conteúdo semântica.

Objective: to identify nursing diagnoses and complementary therapies in women with chronic low back pain. Methods: Study approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Universidade Federal do Maranhão(Federal University of Maranhão), opinion No. 3.180.211. Individual interviews were carried out, the Visual Analogue Scale was applied, specific tests for low back pain and complementary therapy sessions.