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Objetivo: compreender a busca por cuidados de saúde no ciclo gravídico puerperal de mães de recém-nascidos prematuros hospitalizados. Metodologia: estudo descritivo com abordagem qualitativa com 14 mães de recém-nascidos prematuros internados em dois hospitais de Fortaleza-CE. Coleta de dados por meio de entrevista semiestruturada e análise a partir da técnica de análise de conteúdo temática, com fundamentação teórico metodológica utilizou-se o modelo de Sistema de Cuidado à Saúde de Kleinman (1980).

O presente manuscrito objetivou apontar a unidade federativa da região Nordeste do Brasil que mais registrou óbito infantil e analisar do mesmo o perfil epidemiológico das mortes do estado com maiores índices no período de 2015 a 2020. Metodologicamente trata-se de uma pesquisa epidemiológica, transversal, de caráter descritiva, baseada em dados secundários, dos quais, foram coletados os dados do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade e do Sistema de Nascidos Vivos do Ministério da Saúde, por meio do Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde.

Introduction: Photobiomodulation is a promising technique for pain management, whether local and/or systemic, due to the beneficial effects generated by the application of laser. Objective: To evaluate the clinical application of intravascular laser irradiation of blood (ILIB) and photobiomodulation (PBM-T), as a predictor of improvements and/or pain prevention and compare its effectiveness when combinated or not.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is considered a chronic and degenerative neurological condition that affects mainly elderly individuals, causing significant disabilities and decreased quality of life, the main cause of expenses for the patient, family, caregivers, and the health system. The objective of this study is to estimate the average annual cost per patient who undergoes PD treatment in the Brazilian public health system, and to identify whether the resources made available by public health are significant to make the treatment viable for these patients.

Work Capacity (WC) is a dynamic process that involves an interrelationship between human resources and work and is influenced by various factors, especially the work environment and working conditions, as well as the worker's lifestyle. Thus, a close and complex relationship between health and work is observed, and health is negatively affected when work activities are performed in inappropriate environments, which can precipitate or aggravate the reduction of WC, which represents a measure of functional aging and an indicator of worker health.

Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) is a serious problem for the health system. It is expected that PAD cases follow the increase of the prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, as well as other conditions that are known risk factors for this pathology. The impact on health expenses as well as on the social security system is undeniable, not to mention the stigma that the loss of a leg brings to the psychological status of the patient.

Introdução: A obesidade é definida pela Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) como acúmulo de gordura corporal de forma excessiva. Obesidade e a sarcopenia são entidades clínicas distintas, mas que podem coexistir, sendo denominada obesidade sarcopênica, atribuindo impacto negativo em relação à funcionalidade e a morbimortalidade do que qualquer uma das situações de forma isolada. A avaliação da presença de sarcopenia vem ganhando visibilidade clínica por sua fisiopatologia complexa que parece relacionar-se com condições clínicas adversas.

This study aimed to estimate prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms and associated factors in climacteric women assisted in Primary Health Care. Epidemiological study, analytical, performed with climacteric women assisted in Primary Health Care of Montes Claros and the coverage period was selected from August 2014 to August 2015. Sociodemo graphicquestionnairies, lifestyle, health conditions, obstetric characteristics and climatic profile were used. Anxiety was investigated by Beck Anxiety Inventory as well as depression by Beck Depression Inventory.

The objective was to verify the father's perception of breastfeeding in a rooming-in unit. This is a descriptive, qualitative research carried out in a maternity hospital in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. Twenty parents of newborns who had started breastfeeding were interviewed. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee. The average age of the parents was 33 years old, they lived in the capital, and had 1 to 3 children; the newborns were mostly female and were born with good vitality, and breastfeeding started in the first hours of life.

Objetivo geral: Conhecer a história da Enfermagem Forense. Objetivos específicos: Destacar as competências dos enfermeiros forenses e a importância desses profissionais para a saúde e segurança pública no Brasil. Método: Trata-se de uma revisão de literatura integrativa, com abordagem qualitativa. A pesquisa foi realizada a partir de buscas sobre o tema no período de janeiro a maio de 2019.