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Hypertension is a chronic disease characterized by elevated blood pressure. Because it is a risk factor for important conditions such as renal failure, it should be carefully treated and controlled, and amlodipine is one of the drugs of choice for its pharmacological therapy. However, because its action occurs only in the arteries, some adverse effects may occur in the lower limbs of patients who use it. The objective was to perform the monitoring and pharmaceutical interventions in hypertensive patients using amlodipine, treated at a family health unit.

Introdução: O Acolhimento com classificação de risco é um instrumento para acolher cada usuário mediante o seu risco e gravidade, através de sinais e sintomas, escuta qualificada, norteado por fluxogramas. Objetivo: Conhecer a percepção dos responsáveis pelos usuários que necessitam de atendimento na emergência pediátrica sobre o acolhimento com classificação de risco. Metodologia: Trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratória, descritiva, qualitativa.

Identify, in scientific production, the main oral manifestations associated with sexually transmitted infections. This is an integrative literature review, with timeframe from 2009 to 2018, using the descriptors “Oral Manifestations” and “Sexually Transmitted Diseases” in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, LILACS and SciELO databases. Of the 12 articles selected, 25% were conducted in Brazil, 58.33% were published in dental journals and 66.66% aimed to evaluate the prevalence of oral manifestations associated with the human immunodeficiency virus.

The study aimed to analyze the scientific productions about Interprofessional Collaboration in Primary Health Care. This is an integrative literature review, conducted between September and December 2017 by two reviewers individually in the following databases: LILACS, MEDLINE, SciELO and BDENF. The following controlled descriptors were used: Interprofessional Relations and Primary Health Care. The keyword Interprofessional Collaboration was also used. The initial database survey generated 521 articles related to the study.

Objetivo: Identificar na literatura as evidências disponíveis sobre a qualidade de vida das mulheres vivendo com HIV/aids no Brasil. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo de revisão integrativa da literatura, com buscas de artigos nas bases de dados BVS, LILACS, SciELO e PubMed. Os critérios de inclusão foram estudos publicados na íntegra entre os anos de 2008 a 2018, nos idiomas inglês, português ou espanhol. Descartaram-se os artigos duplicados, monografia, dissertação, tese, capítulos de livros e outras revisões.

Obesity control is of public health interest in Brazil and the use of herbal formulations is an acceptable therapeutic resource as they are considered safe, effective and less harmful to health. In this context, the objective of the study was to evaluate the toxicity of six phytotherapeutic formulations with weight loss potential commercialized in the city of Vitória da Conquista - Bahia, using the bioassay Alliumcepa. Formulations marketed in capsules from six different manufacturers and the methodology performed in quintuplicate were analyzed.

With the twin objective of improving health of poor children and imparting formal education to these children, the Government of India started Mid-Day Meal Scheme in the government primary schools. The purpose of the government to a great extent has been an initiative to increase the attendance rate and also promote socialization values. Despite all achievements, many problems have been encountered in the implementation of this scheme. Some major drawbacks have also been identified.

Objective: To know the music perception of patients in the preoperative period. M: this is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study carried out in a hospital located in the Triângulo Mineiro region with 12 patients hospitalized, using a semi-structured interview as technique. Results: based on thematic content analysis and help of the Iramute Q software, two thematic units were constructed, entitled: Mediated Relation - music as a therapeutic element and Music and the transcendental dimension.

Although common in the tropics, leishmaniasis is a neglected disease. It is caused by the intracellular protozoan species Leishmania.The disease is transmitted by a phlebotomine vector and presents different clinical manifestations: cutaneous and visceral. The latter pose imminent risk of death depending on the clinical condition of the affected person. This research is a descriptive, integrative review about the quality of life of people living with leishmaniasis.

Parkinson's disease is primarily an extrapyramidal motor function disorder caused by severe degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Current treatment for Parkinson's disease is based on dopaminergic therapy to reverse the effects of striatal dopamine depletion induced by nigro-striatal pathway destruction. The study of new therapies for Parkinson's disease focuses on non-dopaminergic systems inside the basal nuclei that go beyond injured nigrostriatal pathways.