Rev. latinoam. enferm. (Online); 22 (2), 2014

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the risk of dysphagia and its relationship with the stage of Alzheimer's Disease, as well as the relationship between the risk of dysphagia and nutritional status and caloric intake in elderly people with Alzheimer's disease. METHODS: the sample consisted of 30 subjects of both gen...

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Rev. latinoam. enferm. (Online); 22 (2), 2014

OBJECTIVES: to identify the prevalence of the Nursing Diagnosis (ND) Risk for falls in the hospitalizations of adult patients in clinical and surgical units, to characterize the clinical profile and to identify the risk factors of the patients with this ND. METHOD: a cross-sectional study with 174 patien...

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Rev. latinoam. enferm. (Online); 22 (2), 2014

OBJECTIVE: to develop, validate the contents and verify the reliability of a risk classification protocol for an Emergency Unit. METHOD: the content validation was developed in a University Hospital in a country town located in the state of Sao Paulo and was carried out in two stages: the first with the ...

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Rev. baiana enferm; 6 (2), 1993

Este texto revisa os conceitos de Epidemiologia e de risco, como também sua aplicaçäo ao planejamento e à execuçäo de saúde, como forma de subsidiar a resposta social às necessidades de serviços de saúde. Em especial, propöe-se a adoçäo do instrumental epidemiológico do "enfoque de risco" c...