Resultados: 34

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...

Características e fatores prognósticos de idosos internados por trauma

Objetivo: descrever características clínicas e fatores prognósticos de idosos internados por traumatismo. Método: estudo de coorte histórica, desenvolvido em hospital público com 266 idosos vítimas de trauma com idade ≥60 anos. Resultados: o tempo de internação foi de 8,81 dias (DP = 10,35), a...

The nursing actions before the right to worthy death of the hospitalized child

ABSTRACT Objectives: To describe the nursing actions facing the right to worthy death of the child and to analyze the (im) possibilities for promoting worthy death of the hospitalized child. Method: Qualitative approach based on the concept of a worthy death, with 16 members of the nursing team, who wo...

Prognóstico de recém-nascidos internados em unidades de terapia intensiva neonatal: revisão integrativa

Objective: The study’s purpose has been to identify the scientific knowledge about the prognosis of newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs). Methods: This is an integrative review that explored 11 articles from the following databases: PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, Web of Science, LILACS, Science D...

Palliative care need in patients with advanced heart failure hospitalized in a tertiary hospital

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 53 (), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the need for palliative care in patients with advanced Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) hospitalized in a cardiology ward. Method: Application of the World Health Organization Palliative Needs tool (NECPAL) with the assistant physician, patient and/or caregiver for evalu...

Autopercepção dos enfermeiros sobre sua comunicação de notícias difíceis aos clientes hospitalizados e familiares

Objetivo: analisar a dimensão imaginativa de profissionais de enfermagem sobre sua autopercepção ao comunicar notícias difíceis aos clientes e seus familiares. Método: abordagem sociopoética como método da pesquisa realizada de agosto a setembro de 2016, num hospital do Rio de Janeiro, após apro...

Predictors of well-being and quality of life in men who underwent radical prostatectomy: longitudinal study

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify socio-demographic, clinical and psychological predictors of well-being and quality of life in men who underwent radical prostatectomy, in a 360-day follow-up. Method: longitudinal study with 120 men who underwent radical prostatectomy. Questionnaires were used for charac...

Use of adductor pollicis muscle thickness in hospitalized or ambulatory patients: a systematic review

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the use of the Adductor Pollicis Muscle Thickness (APMT) as an anthropometric parameter and prognostic indicator in hospitalized or ambulatory patients. Method: systematic review carried out the Web of Science, SCOPUS and Lilacs databases. Results: Twenty-three studie...

Risk prediction and impaired tactile sensory perception among cancer patients during chemotherapy

ABSTRACT Objectives: to estimate the prevalence of impaired tactile sensory perception, identify risk factors, and establish a risk prediction model among adult patients receiving antineoplastic chemotherapy. Method: historical cohort study based on information obtained from the medical files of 127 pa...

Chronic hepatitis B and D: prognosis according to Child-Pugh score

ABSTRACT Objective: compare chronic hepatitis B patients to those superinfected with hepatitis D virus, according to Child-Pugh score regarding disease severity. Method: retrospective descriptive study, performed with 59 patients followed in the ambulatory, of which 22 (37.3%) were chronically infected...