Resultados: 13

Epidemiological behavior of suicide attempt in Colombian adolescents years 2016-2019: An ecological study

Abstract Objective: characterize the behavior of attempted suicide in adolescents in Colombia, and its associated epidemiological factors from 2016 to 2019. Method: quantitative, observational, descriptive, and ecological study. The sample was extracted from the database of the Integrated Social Protec...

Evaluation of Indicators of a Vascular Access Device Program led by Nursing Professionals in a High-complexity University Hospital in Colombia

Invest. educ. enferm; 40 (1), 2022
Objective. This work sought to evaluate result indicators of the specialized vascular access program led by nursing during the period between 01 January 2018 and 31 December 2019 at Fundación Cardioinfantil -Instituto de Cardiología (Colombia). Methods. This was a retrospective descriptive study based...

Characteristics, treatment, and nursing care of patients infected by Sars-CoV-2 hospitalized in intensive care units: multicenter study of colombian hospitals

Invest. educ. enferm; 40 (1), 2022
Objective. To describe the clinical characteristics, treatment, evolution, and nursing care of adult patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome who were positive for SARS-CoV-2 and hospitalized in intensive care units (ICUs) during the first peak of the pandemic in Colombia, 2020. Methods....

Covid 19 death analysis in Colombia

Introduction: This article shows an analysis of the evolution up until date (May 4-2021), of official coronavirus cases statistics (CC) and the total number of deaths (TND) due to SARS-CoV-2 in Colombia. Additionally, said information is shown in correlation to other variables such as Case Fatality Rate ...

Salud Pública y Bioética, Reflexiones sobre Sars-Cov-2 (Covid-19) en Colombia

The quick spread of the COVID-19 disease has generated the establishment of coordination mechanisms, control and lengthy actions by actors and/or agents, which has triggered border barriers between communities and people to curb the contagion. This situation has also produced fear of infection and a surv...

Acoso escolar en adolescentes: rol, tipo de violencia y determinantes

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 54 (), 2020
RESUMEN Objetivo Determinar la prevalencia del acoso escolar y sus factores determinantes en adolescentes escolarizados. Método Estudio de corte transversal analítico en una muestra de adolescentes provenientes de 20 instituciones educativas públicas de una ciudad de Colombia, seleccionados median...

Assessment of delirium in children admitted into the Intensive Care Unit: psCAM-ICU Tool

Av. enferm; 38 (2), 2020
Abstract Background: Delirium has been identified as a risk factor for the mortality of critically ill patients, generating great social and economic impacts, since patients require more days of mechanical ventilation and a prolonged hospital stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), thus increasing medica...

Health Status of the Elderly in Life Centers

Aquichan; 19 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the sociodemographic and health characteristics of the elderly in the Life Center programs in four municipalities of the department of Meta, Colombia. Materials and Methods: Descriptive study with quantitative variables, non-probabilistic design with selection of units...

Gender Inequalities in the Health Setting: The Case of Medicine

Aquichan; 19 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand relationships of power according to gender experienced in scenarios of professional performance by Colombian female physicians. Materials and Methods: Qualitative study with phenomenological approach, from in-depth interviews to 33 female physicians, ranging in age b...

Cross-cultural validation of the "DISABKIDS" questionnaire for quality of life among Colombian children with chronic diseases

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the cross-cultural validation process of the "DISABKIDS" questionnaire in Colombia, for both the children and adolescents' version and the parents' version, an instrument intended to measure the health-related quality of life of Colombian children and adolescents with chr...