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Compliance and effectiveness of nurse handover checklist category: new dimensions in patient safety

Introduction: - The procedures for handover-takeover are usually different depending on the workplace. It is one of the important and helpful methods to transfer the information between nurses. Methodology: - descriptive design was used in this study. Data collection was done from 5527 samples from the inpatient departments. Result: - study shows that the handing over taking over checklist helps to provide complete information of the patient to other staff.

Food introduction in infants from a maternal perspective

Food introduction is essential for good child growth and development as well as ensuring good feeding practices. Therefore, culturally widespread misguided habits may cause long-term damage in an infant’s growth and development, making it necessary to understand motherly vision on complementary feeding. Thus, through a transverse analytical research, both qualitative and quantitative in design, applied with 73 infant’s mothers in a referential pediatric ambulatory, it was possible to identify feeding mistakes made by parents regarding food introduction due to lack of proper information.

Reflections on tanatology for healthcare professionals working in intensive care: an integrative review

To identify in the scientific literature the importance of the studies of tanatology in the training of health professionals to work in intensive care. Materials and methods: This is an integrative literature review study, searching the LILACS, SciELO and PubMed databases. Inclusion criteria were full original articles available in full, in Portuguese and / or English, having some relationship with the study of tanatology and the academic or professional view of death and palliative care, published from 2010 to 2018.

Basic attention information system: support for decision on family health strategy management

O Sistema Único de Saúde brasileiro tem a atenção básica como primeiro ponto de atenção e principal porta de entrada do sistema aos usuários para a rede de saúde sendo a Estratégia de Saúde da Família o modelo de reorganização assistencial do país. Para registrar o trabalho que é feito na ESF é utilizado o Sistema de Informações de Atenção Básica que é um sistema do Departamento de informática do Sistema Único de Saúde idealizado para agregar e para processar as informações sobre a população visitada.

The evolution of fibrosis and atrophy and their relationship with visual outcomes in Asian persons with neovascular age-related macular degeneration

The authors are commenting on the study entitled “The evolution of fibrosis and atrophy and their relationship with visual outcomes in Asian persons with neovascular age-related macular degeneration” published by Cheung et al. in Ophthalmology Retina; 2019; 3 (12):4045-4055 Published online June 11, 2019.

Reflections on tanatology for healthcare professionals working in intensive care: an integrative review

To identify in the scientific literature the importance of the studies of tanatology in the training of health professionals to work in intensive care. Materials and methods: This is an integrative literature review study, searching the LILACS, SciELO and PubMed databases. Inclusion criteria were full original articles available in full, in Portuguese and / or English, having some relationship with the study of tanatology and the academic or professional view of death and palliative care, published from 2010 to 2018.

Characterization of patients with acute myocardial disease submitted to angioplasty in a private hospital

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) is one of the diseases with the highest incidence and mortality in the world and in Brazil. The death rate in the country reaches 183.3 / 100.000 inhabitants and represents a serious public health problem. The aim of this study is to know the profile of patients with AMI who underwent angioplasty in a private hospital in Teresina-PI in 2017. This is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach, performed at the Medical and Statistical Archives Service of a private hospital. reference in cardiac surgeries and emergency in Teresina-PI.

Basic network displacement and lack of knowledge users in Southeast Bahia

Pharmaceutical Care (PA) is a strong determinant for health care resolution, being an important indicator of the quality of care providedBut although it is a fundamental part of this assistance, it has rarely been considered as such and contemplated with initiatives to strengthen its management.This research aimed to evaluate users' knowledge about prescription and dispensation of medicines in the USF of a municipality in southwestern Bahia.Research with a descriptive, quantitative and exploratory cross-sectional approach conducted in the municipality of Tremedal (BA).Data collection was pe

Tratamento da gangrena de fournier utilizando laser de baixa potência: relato de caso

A Gangrena de Fournier é uma fasceíte necrotizante com etiologia polimicrobiana, que atinge o períneo e a genitália externa. O laser de baixa potência é uma terapia não invasiva e indolor, a qual realiza emissão de luz infravermelha ou vermelha. Destarte, o objetivo deste estudo é descrever a evolução da lesão por Gangrena de Fournier, através da utilização do laser de baixa potência.Materiais e Métodosocorreu através da abordagem descritiva, do tipo relato de caso.