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Professional manicurists/pedicurists constitute a group at risk of the transmission of infectious diseases. This study analyzed the occupational risks to which they are exposed, the biosafety practices that they undertake, and the serological markers for hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections. A validated questionnaire was administered to 163 of these professionals and 142 serum samples were obtained from two cities of Goiás state, Brazil.

Objective: to describe and analyze the perception of the multidisciplinary team about the principles that guide palliative care. Method: ethnographic study with qualitative analysis performed with 36 professionals who work in palliative care. Data collection consisted of recorded interviews, guided by a semistructured script and with the help of a field diary. The interviews were analyzed according to the technique of collective subject discourse where the statements present a group idea.

Introduction: The reported rate of infection in the burn units varies considerably. In the new Provincial Burn Unit in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba there is no data available on the infection. Objective: This study characterized the infection from a clinical and epidemiological point of view. Methodology: It was a descriptive, longitudinal and prospective study of adult burn patients with nosocomial infection hospitalized at the Burns Department of Santiago de Cuba from September 2011 to August 2013.

The number of cancer cases has increased considerably worldwide, especially since the last century, and is now one of the most important public health problems. Thus, it is necessary to collect epidemiological data regarding the profile of cancer patients users of the Rio Verde Cancer Hospital, with the aim of providing a knowledge, both for academics and the hospital itself, about the characteristics of the users, in order to finally identify possible failures in primary care and in the screening of certain types of neoplasms.

Objective: To analyze, from the literature, the scientific evidence on how communication in interpersonal relationships influences assistance in palliative care. Method: Systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis, performed using the EBSCO metabuscator and LILACS, PUBMED / MEDLI¬NE databases, Cochrane Library, SciELO and IBECS and academic google. The studies were published between 2015 and 2019, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, and selected using controlled descriptors, chosen from DECS / MESH.

O procedimento operacional padrão é uma metodologia essencial para o desenvolvimento da atenção básica, visto que o POP precisa ser criado e implantado para atender a demanda da população necessitada em casos de suspeita, diagnóstico e tratamento da sífilis. Objetivo: elucidar o conhecimento dos profissionais de saúde sobre a sífilis adquirida e a importância da implantação do procedimento operacional padrão, e como objetivos específicos identificar vantagens e desafios da implantação do procedimento operacional padrão em uma Unidade básica de Saúde.

To analyze the knowledge of nursing students through the construction of a methodology with gamification in the use of a board game about patient safety goals. This is an experience report about an educational action developed with eighth semester nursing students at the Metropolitan University Center of the Amazon in April 2019, located in the city of Belem-PA. A gamified board game was used, built based on the patient safety goals.

Tympanolplasty is a common surgery performed by Otolaryngologists worldwide. There are a great number of variations in the technique and method of tympanoplasty conducted by various surgeons. Study was performed to evaluate the anatomical and audiological outcomes of Type1 Tympanoplasty performed with a temporalis fascia and tragal cartilage graft on a total of 80 patients. Results of study were compared using using rate of graft uptake and hearing gain. 38 patients (95%) showed graft success and 2 patients (5%) showed graft failure in which temporalis fascia was used.

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.