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The objective of the study is to analyze partograph’s fulfillment as a safety instrument in obstetric care accomplished by healthcare professionals. Transversal, retrospective and documental study in a maternity school of Brazil. The sample was made of 263 partographs. The records were analyzed as complete, partial or with no record. The average age group was of 24.86 years old. At the identification, only the name was filled on all partographs. Only 25.9% had serology for HIV and syphilis noted. The variety of position was not registered on most of them.

The ankle and foot complex play a critical role in maintaining erect posture, as also in adaptation to supporting surfaces, in correcting postural sway in single limb stance, in shock absorption and in transition of ground reaction force (GRF) in order to aid the push off during normal gait1. Functional variance and minimal biomechanical alterations in the ankle and foot complex in turn alters the contact with the surface area and the peripheral sensory input in weight bearing posture2, 3.

Introdução: o câncer de mama é um relevante problema de saúde pública, pois é a neoplasia maligna mais incidente em mulheres na maior parte do mundo. Quanto ao tratamento cirúrgico, a mastectomia é a que acomete os aspectos psicológicos de mulheres diagnosticadas com câncer de mama. Objetivo: compreender os sentimentos vivenciados por mulheres mastectomizadas. Materiaise Métodos: Estudo qualitativo, realizado em uma entidade de referência na área de oncologia. Os dados foram analisadospor meio da técnica de Análise de Conteúdo Temática.

The present study aims to understand the expectation to get pregnant in HIV-positive women. This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, conducted in 2017 in a Specialized Reference Unit on Infectious and Special Parasitic Diseases (URE-DIPE), in Belém do Pará. A semi - structured script was used for the interview, aiming to understand the expectations to get pregnant and later the content analysis was performed according to Bardin. Ten HIV-positive women were interviewed. The research results together with the discussion were based on Bardin, divided into four categories.

Cancer is one of the biggest public health concerns in the world. In Brazil, itis the second largest cause of mortality in Brazil, according to the National Cancer Institute (INCA). The prostate cancer accounted for approximately 68.2 thousand new cases in the biennium 2018-2019. The diagnosis and response to treatment in prostate cancer is a significant challenge faced by oncologists and radiologists worldwide.

Understanding the different perspectives reaffirm the guidelines advocated in the Primary Care area, especially in identifying user satisfaction. The Basic Health Units in Brazil play a central role in guaranteeing the population access to quality health care. The present investigation is a narrative review of the literature that aimed to Analyze what has been produced in the scientific literature about the satisfaction of users in the services offered in Primary Care - Primary Health Care.

Congenital infections have a direct impact on the development of the fetus, and can cause several complications. Among them is toxoplasmosis, which has a high prevalence in Brazil’s northern region. It is noteworthy that, in 2015, the epidemic of Zika virus emerged in the country, causing several cases of microcephaly in newborns. Thus, both infections cause damage to fetus nervous system and sometimes there is a risk of occurring simultaneously.

This study aimed to build a Health Educational Technology (ET) on the systematization of dressings for the clinical treatment of wounds in a Municipal Health Unit. The ET was built based on the literature with information on the systematization of dressings for the treatment. of wounds. Training on wounds and coverages was performed and the ET prepared for the nursing team was presented, where the importance of using the ET in health was explained.

Objective: The purpose of our work is to report a rare case of hemorrhagic stroke (CVAD) during pregnancy in the second trimester of pregnancy and a favorable course for the mother and the fetus. Our Observation: We report the case of Mrs. NA, aged 42, with a history of poorly monitored hypertension and scarred uterus who was admitted to the emergency department for aphasia and right hemiplegia at the end of pregnancy. from 22 SA. Clinical and paraclinical assessments revealed haemorrhagic stroke with capsulo-thalamic hematoma and ventricular flood complicating severe super-eclampsia.

The objective of this research was to analyze the risks in 3D conformational teletherapy for breast cancer treatment by applying a risk analysis methodology. Treatment processes for breast cancer with 3D conformational teletherapy, image-guided radiotherapy and boost were included in the research. The stages that presented the highest risk percentages were the printing of the technical file (20%), other days of treatment (10.4%) and electron boost (13.3%).