Resultados: 11

Support surfaces for intraoperative pressure injury prevention: systematic review with meta-analysis

Objective: to evaluate evidence on effectiveness support surfaces for pressure injury prevention in the intraoperative period. Method: systematic review. The search for primary studies was conducted in seven databases. The sample consisted of 10 studies. The synthesis of the results was carried out desc...

Assessment of the quality of a software application for the prevention of skin lesions in newborns*

Objective: to assess the technical quality of a mobile application to support the nurse's decision to prevent skin lesions in hospitalized newborns, according to the Product Quality Model. Method: a methodological study for technological assessment. The 20 evaluators, divided into two groups, 10 nurse...

Measurement of wound area for early analysis of the scar predictive factor

Objective: to evaluate the use of the 2D-FlexRuler as a facilitating tool for the early calculation of the predictive scar factor of chronic wounds. Method: a descriptive study with a quantitative, experimental, longitudinal and prospective approach. The sample consisted of 22 outpatients. 32 chronic wo...

Application of the educational method of realistic simulation in the treatment of pressure injuries

Objective: to evaluate the use of realistic simulation as a strategy to promote teaching about pressure injuries. Method: This is a quasi-experimental study. A modified and translated version of the Pieper Pressure Ulcer knowledge test was applied. Kappa statistical analysis was used to assess the pro...

Risk factors for death of trauma patients admitted to an Intensive Care Unit

Objective: To analyze the risk factors for death of trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Method: Retrospective cohort study with data from medical records of adults hospitalized for trauma in a general intensive care unit. We included patients 18 years of age and older and admitte...

Trauma in elderly people: access to the health system through pre-hospital care

Objective: to identify the prevalence of trauma in elderly people and how they accessed the health system through pre-hospital care. Method: documentary and retrospective study at a mobile emergency care service, using a sample of 400 elderly trauma victims selected through systematic random sampling. A...

Cultural adaptation and validation of the Freiburg Life Quality Assessment - Wound Module to Brazilian Portuguese

Objectives: to adapt the Freiburg Life Quality Assessment - Wound Module to Brazilian Portuguese and to measure its psychometric properties: reliability and validity. Method: the cultural adaptation was undertaken following the stages of translation, synthesis of the translations, back translation, comm...

Assessment scale of risk for surgical positioning injuries

ABSTRACT Objective: to build and validate a scale to assess the risk of surgical positioning injuries in adult patients. Method: methodological research, conducted in two phases: construction and face and content validation of the scale and field research, involving 115 patients. Results: the Risk ...

Readmissions due to traffic accidents at a general hospital

AbstractObjective: to verify the occurrence and the causes of hospital readmissions within a year after discharge from hospitalizations due to traffic accidents.Methods: victims of multiple traumas due to traffic accidents were included, who were admitted to an Intensive Care Unit. Sociodemographic data,...

Nasal septum injury in preterm infants using nasal prongs

OBJECTIVE: to assess the incidence and risk factors associated with nasal septum injury in premature infants using reused and new nasal prongs. METHOD: the study was a cohort from an open therapeutic intervention. The sample included 70 infants with a gestational age inferior to 37 weeks, who used nasal ...