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Puerperal infection from the perspective of humanized delivery care at a public maternity hospital

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (4), 2007
This is an epidemiological, prospective and non-concurrent study of the cohort type about puerperal infection from the perspective of humanized delivery care, based on information from 5,178 records of patients who went through the experience of humanized delivery. The study aimed at describing the women...

Perspectives from a home based neonatal care program in Brazil's Single Health System

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (4), 2007
This study aimed to report aspects of how mothers undertake home care of their infants while the latter are kept in a neonatal home care program. It was based on a qualitative approach and institutional analysis related to the gender category was used as theoretical reference frameworks. Data collection ...

Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test: applicability and relation with the Glasgow Coma Scale

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (4), 2007
Restrictions in the application of the Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test and questionings about the relationship between conscience and post-traumatic amnesia motivated this study, which aims to identify, through the Glasgow Coma Scale scores, when to initiate the application of this amnesia test, a...

Hypothermia control in elderly surgical patients in the intraoperative period: evaluation of two nursing interventions

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (4), 2007
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy of two different nursing interventions regarding control of body heat loss, using blankets during the intraoperative period of elderly patients. METHODS: This was an experimental, comparative, applied, longitudinal prospective study with a quantitative approach. Eight...

Occupational accidents involving biological material among public health workers

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (4), 2007
This descriptive research aimed to recognize the occurrence of work accidents (WA) involving exposure to biological material among health workers at Public Health Units in Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil. A quantitative approach was adopted. In 2004, 155 accidents were notified by means of the Work Accident C...

Bibliometric study on nursing theses and dissertations employing a phenomenological approach: tendency and perspectives

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (4), 2007
This study aimed to analyze the scientific production of nursing dissertations and theses with a phenomenological approach published from 1981 to 2002. A descriptive, retrospective and bibliometric research was carried out. The material analysis, which is part of the database of the catalogue Information...

Family crisis in the context of bone marrow transplantation: an integrative review

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (4), 2007
This study presents an integrative literature review about the crisis experienced by relatives of bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients. The sample consisted of 25 publications, one of which came from Lilacs and 24 from Medline. The results evidenced that there were no experimental studies and that inter...