Delay in care seeking at health facilities for malaria related fever results into mortality of several children under five years. Both hospital and home-based care practices have contributed to delay in seeking care at the health facilities. However, few studies have investigated how home-based practices contribute to the delay.
Objective: to describe through evidence of nursing practices literature on patient safety in blood transfusions. Method: this is a descriptive, qualitative research, through Integrative Literature Review (RIL), in the databases LILACS, SCIELO and BDENF-BIREME, in the period from 2013 to 2018. We analyzed the data according to the technique and Bardin. The search resulted in 07 articles, emerging 4 thematic categories.
Delirium is a change in attention or awareness associated with changes in cognition, which occurs over a short period of time, may originate from cortical and subcortical dysfunctions, due to problems in the concentrations of neurotransmitters, responsible for cognitive function, behavior and mood. This study aimed to analyze the specialized literature regarding the incidence, evaluation and treatment of delirium in pediatric critical care.
Young foreigners entering university are more susceptible to behavioral changes. The study aimed to determine the changes in eating habits and oral hygiene, before and after arrival in Brazil, of foreign academics from African countries, from a Brazilian university of international nature. This is an exploratory, descriptive and qualitative study, conducted with African academics from different courses and semesters. After consent and completion of the questionnaire, the content analysis technique was applied.
Background: Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV is one of the strategies to prevent pediatrics HIV infection.Poor male partner involvement in option B+Prevention of mother to child transmissionservices is one of the factors contributing to reduced effectiveness of the PMTCT services and hence failure to achieve the elimination of maternal to child transmission of HIV. Therefore, this study was assessedmale partner involvement in the option B+ PMTCT services and its associated factors, Eastern zone, Tigray, North Ethiopia.
Introduction: The number of elderly patients with advanced Chronic Kidney Disease has increased worldwide. Objective: To characterize socio-demographic, clinical aspects, and functional capacity of elderly patients affected by the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Methods: A cross-sectional study, carried out in seven dialysis units, between March 2015 and November 2016. Sample was composed of 103 lives.
Objective: to identify through evidence in the literature the nurses’ performance in front of a child victim of violence for children. Method: This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, Integrative Literature Review type (RIL), SCIELO databases, BIREME and LILACS, including article published during the period from 2010 to 2016. After the selection of the sample presented-if categories from reading, to be discussed. Results: to 16 articles, emerged 2 categories, the nursing consultation in relation to the cases of child violence; Challenges in the role of the Nurse.
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) has been used as a new non invasive therapeutic approach for the treatment of bacterial, fungal and viral infections of the oral cavity. The results show that the use of laser as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal treatment favors repair and has proven action in pathogenic periodontal strains, but many studies show that its use does not bring additional benefits to the periodontal procedures. The present study aims to evaluate through a literature review the efficacy of photodynamic therapy in non-surgical periodontal therapy.
It is an integrative review, whose objective was to analyze the demand and use of health services by adolescents. The research was made with articles published from 2013 to 2018, in the English, Portuguese and Spanish languages, through the BVS and PubMed, using the descriptors: adolescent; access to health services; adolescent health services; patient acceptance of health care and health services. Twelve articles were included in the final sample. The percentage of demand and use of health services varied from 22% to 94%.
Objectives: In several medical schools, empathy levels decrease along the years, and there is no measure of agreeableness in medical schools. This study aimed to evaluate agreeableness as empathy marker in medical students, in a short version of a personal traits questionnaire, and to compare with other personal characteristics and other students at different times of medical graduation. Methods: We applied the self-report Big Five Inventory (BFI-10) to 200 medical students in one Brazilian medical school, set in 5 cohorts from 1st to 6th year.