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Access to medicines exists when patients have continuous availability of essential medicines at affordable prices within a reachable physical location. With devolution of health services, access to essential medicines is meant to improve. The study sought to determine accessibility to essential medicines for the four major non communicable in Trans-Nzoia County. The study was conducted in five hospitals within Trans Nzoia County using qualitative and quantitative methods. Patients and key personnel were interviewed and secondary documents reviewed.

Objective: To correlate the levels of anxiety and self-esteem in high-risk pregnant women and their respective obstetric data. Methods and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, with an instrument of data descriptive-type quantitative approach. The study population consisted of 126 pregnant women referred to the high-risk unit of Agamenon Magalhães Hospital (HAM), in the period from April to June 2016.

A hanseníase é uma doença infectocontagiosa, causada pelo bacilo Micobacterium leprae, e manifesta-se através de sinais e sintomas dermatoneurológicos. O tratamento preconizado pela Organização Mundial de Saúde é a Poliquimioterapia (PQT), uma associação de Rifampicina, Dapsona e Clofazimina, dispensada de forma gratuita em toda a rede de atenção básica do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) de acordo com a forma operacional.

This paper deals with the memory of patients with skin marks left by disease. The study was motivated because of the reports made by such patients in medical consultations, whose memories presented demonstrate not only the suffering of physical pain, but the psychological pain caused by the social exclusion that these individuals end up due to prejudice. Therefore, the research corpusis constituted by the reports that we take as discourse for our analysis that we present as a doctoral thesis.

Research devoted to the discovery and identification of diseases in an automated way occur more frequently today. For such, the use of artificial intelligence is conditioned to the learning of the machine, allowing the computer to identify characteristics and learn from new cases, generating new models and identifying in a precise way what it was trained to do.

This paper presents results obtained from the determination of physico-chemical and microbiological parameters of rainwater used for human consumption. Eight rainwater samples were collected from reservoirs located in rural areas of the city of Condeúba located in the state of Bahia Southwest Region. The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the results obtained by the analysis of the maximum values allowed in accordance with the Order of consolidation No.

Loss of teeth renders the alveolar ridge edentulous. However, the deficiency of bone volume is often the reason restricting the use of implants for prosthetic rehabilitation. The availability of abundant bone in the mandibular symphysial region is being increasingly considered as a viable donor site.

Burnout is identified as a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and decreased personal fulfillment, occurring in nursing professionals due to continued exposure to situations with people with chronic diseases, work overload, among other situations. The present study aims to analyze the studies published in Periodicals about the theme Burnout Syndrome in nurses working in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Through an Integrative Review of the exploratory, descriptive literature.

Diclofenac classified pharmacologically as an anti-inflammatory non-steroidal (NSAID), is used to treat pain and inflammation, especially. It is found on the market in the pharmaceutical forms of suppository, ointment, gel and tablet. Quality control of this substance plays a large role in manufacturing, as it is of great value to identify and analyze the raw materials to be used as well as all inputs relevant to the drug development process. One of the tests that are used to determine the content of Diclofenac Sodium in tablets is the ultraviolet spectrophotometry technique.

Objective: To point out the importance of implementing SAE for quality care in the PACU in the immediate postoperative period (POI). Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive study with a quantitative approach. The study was carried out at the PACU of a referral hospital for urgency, emergency and trauma located in the city of Campina Grande - PB, with 127 patients who underwent elective orthopedic surgery.