OBJECTIVE: to seek the best evidence available in the literature concerning the knowledge produced and related to the techniques of intermittent and indwelling urinary catheterization, so as to place the nursing care given to patients submitted to urinary catheterization on a scientific foundation and to...
AIM: to analyze whether nursing goals formulated for nursing diagnoses can be mapped to nursing outcomes classification and to identify the scales most appropriate to the outcomes mapped. METHOD: a descriptive study was developed in an intensive care unit. Data collection involved extraction of goals in ...
This study aimed to identify risk factors associated with surgical site infections in orthopedic surgical patients at a public hospital in Minas Gerais, Brazil, between 2005 and 2007. A historical cohort of 3,543 patients submitted to orthopedic surgical procedures. A descriptive analysis was conducted a...
Patients hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) may present risk for corneal injury due to sedation or coma. This study aimed to estimate the incidence of corneal injuries; to identify the risk factors and to propose a risk prediction model for the development of corneal injury, in adult patients,...
The applicability of the risk index for surgical site infection of the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (NNIS) has been evaluated for its performance in different surgeries. In some procedures, it is necessary to include other variables to predict. Objective: to evaluate the applicability of th...
Epidemias conseqüentes a ações de bioterrorismo e medidas de prevenção e controle dessas infecções têm preocupado não só os governantes, mas, também, profissionais de saúde em geral. Profissionais de saúde devem reconhecer precocemente essas doenças. Informações e atualizações sobre o t...
Este estudo epidemiológico, tipo coorte, näo concorrente, sobre infecçöes de sítio cirúrgico consequentes às artroplastias de quadril, baseado em informaçöes contidas em 305 prontuários de pacientes operados na Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte. Os objetivos foram determinar a taxa de incidência de...
