Health Sciences

Transforming patient care: A critical analysis of innovations in medical clinic development

The evolution of medical clinics is pivotal to the transformation of healthcare landscapes worldwide. This article provides a critical analysis of the innovations in medical clinic development, emphasizing how these changes not only enhance patient care but also ensure operational efficiency and sustainability. By dissecting the integration of technological advancements, architectural innovations, financial strategies, and regulatory compliance, this review highlights the multidimensional approaches necessary for successful clinic development.

Management in hospital dentistry: an exploratory study

The nursing professionals of the emergency room are fundamental elements in the work process of this sector, not only when they perform emergency care, but because their activities directly influence the reduction of secondary damage to Patients in emergency situations. In view of the above, the study aimed to analyze the quality of care provided by the nursing team to victims of traffic accidents. This is a qualitative-quantitative, exploratory study, using field research, based on the application of a semi-structured questionnaire. Data were collected in the month of April, 2016.

Risk of osteoporosis in smokers

The study was conducted on 2 groups including smokers group and nonsmokers control group at the outpatient clinic of Ibn Sina teaching hospital in Mosul during the period between 1/11/2010 and 1/5/2011. The first group consists of 100 subjects, and the second group also consists of 100 nonsmoker subjects matched for age and gender were kept as control group. The aim of this study was to assess whether there is an increase in the risk of osteoporosis in smokers compared to that in healthy age-matched control subjects.

Aids prevention in a virtual environment for homosexualmen

The objective of this study was to analyze aspects related to AIDS prevention in virtual homosexual male environments that focus on the exposition of the body. It was taken as a reference the idea that cyber-body is in cybersexuality, where the body of the other, virtualized, becomes only a place of visit, like a page on the Internet and sex between them is ideal. The methodological design used was of a qualitative nature, focusing both the analysis of the senses underlying ideas and their contextualization in the light of broader cultural meanings.

Spatial analysis of violence in adolescents: A tool for actions of prevention and reduction of inequalities

Objective: To analyze the correlation between the gross rates of general violence and year of occurrence and the spatial pattern of occurrence of reported cases of general violence against adolescents. Method: This is an ecological study with temporal trend, conducted from the records of the notification of cases of general violence against adolescents residing in the state of Pernambuco, in the period from 2009 to 2014, per municipality, obtained by the Health Information Systems Program (Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação in Portuguese).

Metabolic sindrome: pathogenesis, prevention and treatment

In connection with a change in the lifestyle of a person, energy requirements for fats have decreased due to a decrease in physical exertion.On the contrary, there is a predominance of intellectual and operator types of activity, which are provided by the energy of glucose (the brain uses only glucose as a source of energy).This led to the development of an energy imbalance - a deficiency of one energy source (glucose) against the background of an excess of another (fat).

Health related quality of life of hospitalized patients

An exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional study to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of hospitalized patients in a public university hospital. The unit has 31 beds and serves patients aged 14 and older, adults and elderly, of both sexes, for clinical and surgical treatment. It was elaborated an instrument for the data referring to sociodemographic characterization and clinical data. The WHOQOL-Bref instrument, abbreviated version, was used to evaluate HRQoL. The sample consisted of 110 individuals.

Heat generation by gut flora metabolism and host cells bio-energy feedback

Cells, obtain energy from organic molecules, this energy is derived from the chemical bond energy in organic molecules to produce ATP and heat energy. In these growth independent reactions, energy sources were converted to heat energy. In the world, first time the energy of microorganism is absorbed, released or transformed one into another mechanism equation was discovered by Shagj J (Rolex awards Jambalyn Shagj: Heat generation and accumulation in the mammalian and human large intestine).

Avoidable conditions of infant deaths and associated factors

Objective: to describe the avoidability of infant deaths and verify the associated factors. Methods: Time-series epidemiological study on infant deaths of the live births, from 2006 to 2014, in the city of Ponta Grossa - PR. Results: In the historical series studied, there were 609 deaths, of which 61.91% were considered avoidable. Deaths that could be prevented by adequate care for women during gestation and delivery and for newborns were responsible for 51.40% of all deaths. Regardless of other causes, avoidability was associated with birth weight and death in the neonatal period.

Relação entre incontinência urinária e qualidade de vida na pessoa idosa: revisão de literatura

O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a relação entre qualidade de vida e incontinência urinária na pessoa idosa. Trata-se de uma revisão de literatura, realizada a partir de consulta à Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde e às bases de dados SCIELO, Lilacs e BIREME, nos meses de fevereiro e março de 2018. Os critérios de inclusão para seleção da amostra foram: artigos publicados em inglês, português e espanhol, disponíveis na íntegra e publicados entre os anos de 2006 a 2017. Como critério de exclusão estão as monografias, dissertações, teses e editoriais.