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Introdução: O conhecimento assistencial das implicações do acidente escorpiônico revela a falta da conduta adequada dos enfermeiros responsáveis pelo atendimento e informações sobre a problemática, necessitando de uma educação continuada para estes profissionais. Objetivo: Analisar a assistência prestada pelos profissionais da equipe de enfermagem às vítimas de acidentes por escorpionismo em um hospital de referência no sudoeste da Bahia.

Introduction: This article deals with a comparison of glycerin and formalin application on the anatomical pieces in the teaching of the practice of human anatomy. It can be noted that formalization is the main form of conservation of anatomical bodies and parts, because of its low cost. Conservation techniques such as formaldehyde and glycerin are the most commonly used in anatomy laboratories. Objective: The objective of this work is to perform a comparison study of glycerinized and formalized anatomical parts in the teaching of the practice of human anatomy.

Piper aduncum L., has great impotence in folk medicine and agriculture (insecticide and fungicide) due to the presence of essential oil in its structures, being mainly in the stem and leaves. Despite the commercial importance of this species, little is known about its propagation mechanisms. In this context, the objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of different substrates on the rooting of P. aduncum cuttings, taken from different portions of the plant, opposing these results with the anatomical characteristics.

Objective: To make a clinical and epidemiological characterization of children with congenital heart disease submitted to cardiac surgery at a referral hospital in Paraíba and correlate these data with death. Materials and Methods: Quantitative, cross-sectional, retrospective study with 101 children. Categorical variables were presented in tables. To determinethe associations of dependence, the Fisher's exact Chi-Square test was used and analyses were run in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, adopting a significance level of 5%.

Radiotherapy treatment for left breast cancer may include the ipsilateral lung and especially the heart in the treatment fields. One way to minimize doses to these risky organs is to use the Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) technique, called deep breath holding. The objective of this study was to propose a standard operating procedure for the stages of simulation and tele-therapeutic treatment using the DIBH technique.

Objective: To evaluate the perception of educators and music therapists about the use of musical experiences to inclusion of children and adolescents with autistic spectrum disorder. Method: A descriptive-exploratory survey was carried out from March 2016 to March 2017, with 182 participants of which 63 Basic Education teachers, 59 Music teachers, 35 Professionals in Education (not teachers) and 25 Music Therapists.

Introduction: The nosocomial infections are responsible for long hospital stays, morbidity, and mortality and are costly to manage. While episodes of NIs are recognized in hospitalized patients worldwide, and in all age groups, higher incidences are found in resource-limited settings, especially in Africa. The healthcare workers, particularly nurses, play a critical role in the spread, prevention and control of NIs. However, in poor resource settings, limited studies have been conducted to ascertain this.

This study aimed to verify the perception of the patient safety culture from point of view of professionals in the health institutions. This is a systemic literature review study based on the guiding question. This is a systematic literature review study based on the guiding question. "What is the patient safety culture in health institutions by health professionals?". The survey article was conducted at the Virtual Health Library (VHL), applying the indicators “Quality in Health” and Patient Safety and Safety Culture”, in a way isolation and associated.

The purpose of this study is to draw on the existing literature of the strategic thinking. Then conduct a review of the studies that identified the obstacles of strategic thinking in Arab culture. This will enable to conclude with recommendations to draw the map of raising the level of strategic thinking. The urgent need to think globally instead confined internally then draw the lines which leads to this point. This study is the first theoretically based discussion to detail the specific obstacles required to pave the way to think strategically in Arab culture.

There are more than 200 Human Papilloma Virus serotypes, or commonly called HPV (Human Papillomavirus), they participate in a frequent number of pathologies that can affect various organs of the human body. Among high-risk HPVs, serotypes 16 and 18 can be highlighted, since most of them are associated with potentially pre-neoplastic lesions in certain anogenital carcinomas, with high tropism for cervical cells.