Health Sciences

The quality of health is linked to different factors of which it is cited Patient Safety, including proper hand hygiene. This study aims to evaluate the available literature on the importance of hand hygiene in patient safety. This is an integrative review study from data published in journals from 2013 to 2017 and indexed consulted in BDENF system, LILACS, SciELO and MEDLINE in the period from March to July 2018, which the articles were selected, by crossing between the following descriptors: Nursing, Patient Safety and Clean hands.

Objective: to study the risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases in quilombola communities in Brazil. Methods: An integrative review of the publications constructed between the years 2009 and 2017, which was carried out through the Lilacs, Medline, Pubmed and MedCaribe databases, present in the Virtual Health Library. Results: 30 publications distributed through health descriptors and it was found that the main risk factors for CNCD are smoking, alcoholism and sedentary lifestyle, whose women, children and elders are the most vulnerable.

Objetivo: Analisar, através das produções científicas, os principais cuidados de enfermagem aos portadores de transtornos mentais em serviços substitutivos. Método: Estudo de revisão integrativa, realizada nas bases de dados LILACS, MEDLINE, SciELO e BDENF. Após a aplicação dos critérios de inclusão e exclusão, obteve-se o total de nove artigos completos, publicados entre 2013 a 2017. Resultados: Observou-se estudos predominantemente qualitativos, em que foram realizados com profissionais de enfermagem ou usuários dos serviços substitutivos.

Ameloblastomas are benign odontogenic neoplasms characterized by the proliferation of epithelial cells that have characteristics similar to those of the enamel organ. They are tumors that affect the gnathic bones that show faster growth and greater potential for recurrences than other odontogenic tumors. Two basic forms of distinct behavior are found: conventional (solid / multicystic) and unicistic. Unicystic ameloblastomas are more rare and less prone to recurrence than conventional ameloblastomas.

Introduction: Obesity has been discussed in different lines of research in recent years, as it is a chronic non-communicable disease characterized by excess body fat resulting from the prolonged imbalance between food consumption and energy expenditure, producing several deleterious health effects.

Introduction: The ureter is a channel responsible for carrying urine to the urinary bladder, through peristalsis and contractions, however, this channel can be affected by three types of constrictions, at the junction of the ureter with the renal pelvis called the ureteropelvic, from the edge of the pelvis to the passage of the iliac blood vessels called the abdominopelvic and at the intersection of the external iliac artery and the bladder wall called the vesicoureteral.

Objective: To improve the management of hemorrhagic complications during gravido-puerperium in order to reduce its lethality in the gynaecology and obstetrics department of Cocody’s Teaching Hospital. Patients and methods: This was a retrospective and descriptive study that involved women who died of hemorrhagic causes in the service during the period of gravido-puerperium as defined by the WHO. It covered a period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2017 at the Gynaecology and Obstetrics Department of Cocody’s Teaching Hospital.

The present study aimed to correlate the clinical and surgical anatomy of the radial artery with the superficial branch of the radial nerve, looking for injuries to this nerve in the literature through surgery of the mentioned vessel. Thus, the present study consisted of observational and descriptive research. Eleven upper limbs and a digital caliper were used to measure the distance between the radial artery and the superficial branch of the radial nerve (vasculonervous bundle). Dissections of the anterior, posterior, lateral and medial sides of the arm, forearm, and hand were performed.

This study aimed to estimate factors associated with suicidal ideation among male students from a public university in Brazil. This is a cross-sectional, analytical study conducted with 375 students from a federal university in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Data were collected in 2019, using a questionnaire composed of questions from validated instruments. The variable "suicidal ideation" was investigated by the question: "During the last 12 months, have you seriously considered a suicide attempt?".

Vertical transmission (TV) by the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is considered a public health problem since there are no possible interventions to prevent or reduce the risks of transmission. Vertical transmission can occur in the intrauterine period and the peripartum in the presence of risk factors. The objective of the research was to analyze the transmission of risk factors from mother to child and recommendations for infection with hepatitis C. The samples were taken from the national and international scientific literature in the databases of Pubmed, MEDLINE, and LILACS.