Health Sciences

Reflections on tanatology for healthcare professionals working in intensive care: an integrative review

To identify in the scientific literature the importance of the studies of tanatology in the training of health professionals to work in intensive care. Materials and methods: This is an integrative literature review study, searching the LILACS, SciELO and PubMed databases. Inclusion criteria were full original articles available in full, in Portuguese and / or English, having some relationship with the study of tanatology and the academic or professional view of death and palliative care, published from 2010 to 2018.

Basic attention information system: support for decision on family health strategy management

O Sistema Único de Saúde brasileiro tem a atenção básica como primeiro ponto de atenção e principal porta de entrada do sistema aos usuários para a rede de saúde sendo a Estratégia de Saúde da Família o modelo de reorganização assistencial do país. Para registrar o trabalho que é feito na ESF é utilizado o Sistema de Informações de Atenção Básica que é um sistema do Departamento de informática do Sistema Único de Saúde idealizado para agregar e para processar as informações sobre a população visitada.

The evolution of fibrosis and atrophy and their relationship with visual outcomes in Asian persons with neovascular age-related macular degeneration

The authors are commenting on the study entitled “The evolution of fibrosis and atrophy and their relationship with visual outcomes in Asian persons with neovascular age-related macular degeneration” published by Cheung et al. in Ophthalmology Retina; 2019; 3 (12):4045-4055 Published online June 11, 2019.

Reflections on tanatology for healthcare professionals working in intensive care: an integrative review

To identify in the scientific literature the importance of the studies of tanatology in the training of health professionals to work in intensive care. Materials and methods: This is an integrative literature review study, searching the LILACS, SciELO and PubMed databases. Inclusion criteria were full original articles available in full, in Portuguese and / or English, having some relationship with the study of tanatology and the academic or professional view of death and palliative care, published from 2010 to 2018.

Characterization of patients with acute myocardial disease submitted to angioplasty in a private hospital

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) is one of the diseases with the highest incidence and mortality in the world and in Brazil. The death rate in the country reaches 183.3 / 100.000 inhabitants and represents a serious public health problem. The aim of this study is to know the profile of patients with AMI who underwent angioplasty in a private hospital in Teresina-PI in 2017. This is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach, performed at the Medical and Statistical Archives Service of a private hospital. reference in cardiac surgeries and emergency in Teresina-PI.

Basic network displacement and lack of knowledge users in Southeast Bahia

Pharmaceutical Care (PA) is a strong determinant for health care resolution, being an important indicator of the quality of care providedBut although it is a fundamental part of this assistance, it has rarely been considered as such and contemplated with initiatives to strengthen its management.This research aimed to evaluate users' knowledge about prescription and dispensation of medicines in the USF of a municipality in southwestern Bahia.Research with a descriptive, quantitative and exploratory cross-sectional approach conducted in the municipality of Tremedal (BA).Data collection was pe

Tratamento da gangrena de fournier utilizando laser de baixa potência: relato de caso

A Gangrena de Fournier é uma fasceíte necrotizante com etiologia polimicrobiana, que atinge o períneo e a genitália externa. O laser de baixa potência é uma terapia não invasiva e indolor, a qual realiza emissão de luz infravermelha ou vermelha. Destarte, o objetivo deste estudo é descrever a evolução da lesão por Gangrena de Fournier, através da utilização do laser de baixa potência.Materiais e Métodosocorreu através da abordagem descritiva, do tipo relato de caso.

Memory and contemporary city: the feminization of old age

This essay results from a literature review and aims to reflect on the collective memory of older women about their social role. Thus, it assesses the importance of anchoring memory in a social context, in this case, the urban space and considers collective memory as a valuable resource for the reintegration of older women in the city and in claiming their social role. Individuals adhere to the space in which they live, this fact enables memories to be perpetuated and reconstructed over time.

Colostomia por acidente de trabalho: relato de caso

Objective: To report a case of occupational accident that resulted in ostomy-generating surgery. Case Detail: The worker was rescued by co-workers and removed by mobile emergency service to the referral trauma hospital of the municipality. Nursing Diagnosis and Prescription were determined to meet the affected needs. The work accident, in addition to being unexpected, suddenly and traumatically interrupts the worker's life, revealing the need for guidance on transient physical limitations, return to daily activities and in this case the programming of a new surgical intervention.