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O sucesso da amamentação depende de fatores psico-sócio-históricos e culturais da mulher, de seus familiares e do conhecimento técnico-científico dos profissionais de saúde. Objetivo: Descrever vivências de primíparas sobre o processo de amamentação. Método: Pesquisa qualitativa, descritiva e exploratória, realizada em Jequié, Bahia, Brasil, com 15 primíparas que estavam internadas numa maternidade filantrópica. Dados coletados pela entrevista guiada por um roteiro semiestruturado e analisados pela técnica de análise de conteúdo temática.

Objective: To investigate nursing diagnoses and interventions in patients with Hansen’s disease. Method: Descriptive study, evaluated 22 patients with Hansen’s disease attended at a University Hospital. It was used a form with sociodemographic and clinical aspects, Taxonomy II domains from the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International and Simplified Neurological Assessment. In the data compilation, the software Excel® 2013 was adopted and in the statistical analysis, the program Epi Info version 7.0.

Objective:This work aimed to describe the sociodemographic and economic profile and to analyze the quality of lifeof elderly people with chronic noncommunicable diseases. Methods:It is a descriptive and quantitative study. Thirty-eight elderly individuals diagnosed with chronic noncommunicable diseases took part in the research. For data collection, a sociodemographic and economic form and the Short-Form Quality of lifeQuestionnaire (SF-36) were applied.

The study aimed to understand the impacts on the social life of leprosy patients with leprosy reactions. This is a qualitative study, conducted at a university hospital located in a capital in northeast Brazil, in the period from December 2017 to January 2018, with five patients monitored in leprosy reaction. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview and subjected to content analysis.

Objetivo: Verificar o impacto do processo gestacional na força muscular respiratória. Materiais e Método: trata-se de um estudo do tipo transversal, analítico e quantitativo. O estudo foi submetido ao Comitê de Ética e Pesquisa da Faculdade Independente do Nordeste e aprovado conforme parecer: 2.824.919. A coleta de dados foi realizada em uma unidade hospitalar pública no município de Vitória da Conquista-BA. As participantes foram 30 gestantes, que se encontravam na unidade de saúde para realizar a consulta pré-natal.

A Infecção Hospitalar é um problema recorrente que vem ganhando destaque. Conhecer como a equipe multiprofissional realiza o controle de infecções possibilitou a investigação da adesão a estas e o levantamento de falhas as quais poderiam ser evitadas contribuindo para uma possível redução significativa das infecções.

Ideopathic Thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a hematological disorder characterized by isolated thrombocytopenia. The major causes of platelets consumption include immune thrombocytopenia, decreased bone marrow production and increased splenic sequestration. The onset may be acute or insidious, laboratory tests are useful at first visit. We present cases of ITP with clinical presentation, diagnosis and management.

Background: Arteriovenous fistula is the vascular access of the first choice in hemodialysis. Studies on the patency of the arteriovenous fistula and the influencing factors indicate that there is a high risk for access failure. The patency of arteriovenous fistulas is the primary determinant of the effectiveness of dialysis. Methods: Between April 2015 and July 2019, 161 patients (78 males, 83 females; mean age 61.1 years; range 35 to 75 years) who underwent AV fistula operation were retrospectively analyzed.

Syndrome Burnout is a set of physical, psychological and behavioral symptoms resulting from sustained exposure to occupational stressors that lead negative consequences for the individual as a whole. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the prevalence of syndrome Burnout in health professionals in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Private Hospital in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia. To that end, 33 health professionals answered, between January and April 2019, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) questionnaire and a sociodemographic questionnaire, analyzed by correlation test.

This is a descriptive study with quantitative approach that describes the epidemiological and socioeconomic profile of elderly people enrolled in an interaction and leisure project in the city of Fortaleza-CE-Brazil. Data were collected from August to October 2013 using a modified instrument, based on an original instrument of the Brazil Old Age Schedule - BOAS. The results showed that of the 24 elderly people interviewed, the majority were women (87.5%), retired (89%), had a low purchasing power (83.3%), and low level of schooling (58.3%).