Resultados: 10

Clinical evolution of adult, elderly and very elderly patients admitted in Intensive Care Units

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 19 (6), 2011
This study compared clinical outcomes among adult, elderly and very elderly patients admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) located in São Paulo, Brazil. This retrospective, longitudinal and comparative study included 279 adult (≥18 and <60 years), 216 elderly (≥60 and <80 years) and 105 ve...

Factors associated with death and readmission into the Intensive Care Unit

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 19 (4), 2011
This study identifies the factors associated with death and readmission into the Intensive Care Unit. This is a longitudinal prospective study of 600 adult patients admitted in general Intensive Care Units of four hospitals in São Paulo, Brazil. The multiple regression analysis showed that patients with...

Patient destination after discharge from intensive care units: wards or intermediate care units?

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 18 (2), 2010
This study characterizes patients hospitalized in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of hospitals that have intermediate units (IU) regarding their demographic and clinical data and identifies factors related to discharge from these units. This prospective longitudinal study involved 600 adult patients hospital...

Indicators of healthcare results: analysis of adverse events during hospital stays

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 16 (4), 2008
This quantitative, retrospective study aimed to characterize adverse events (AE) in Intensive Care Units (ICU), Semi-Intensive Care Units (SCU) and Inpatient Units (IU), regarding nature, type, day of the week and nursing professionals / patient ratio at the moment of occurrence; as well as to identify n...

Predictors of nursing workload in elderly patients admitted to intensive care units

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 16 (2), 2008
The age of patients is a controversial issue in admission to intensive care unit (ICU). The aim of this study was to compare severity and nursing workload of elderly patients with 60-69, 70-79, and e"80 years of age and to identify predictors of nursing workload in elderly patients. A cross sectional stu...

Recursos humanos das unidades de terapia intensiva do município de Säo Paulo

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 7 (5), 1999
O estudo teve como objetivo investigar aspectos das UTIs do Município de Säo Paulo no que se refere à composiçäo da equipe assistencial, características da equipe de enfermagem e a caracterizaçäo dos enfermeiros. Os dados foram coletados através de 47 questionários distribuídos em 32 hospitais...

Educaçäo continuada da equipe de enfermagem nas UTIs do município de Säo Paulo

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 6 (3), 1998
Este estudo é parte de um projeto maior sobre os recursos estruturais das UTIs no Município de São paulo, incluindo a análise de sua estrutura física, recursos humanos, materiais e equipamentos. Os aspectos relativos às atividades de educaçäo continuada da equipe de enfermagem são analisados nes...

Seguimento dos enfermeiros egressos dos cursos de especializaçäo em enfermagem em cuidados intensivos

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 6 (3), 1998
O presente estudo busca analisar a contribuiçäo trazida pelos Curso de Especializaçäo em Cuidados Intensivos realizados na Escola de Enfermagem da USP, cujos objetivos foram: 1) caracterizar a trajetória dos enfermeiros quanto à continuidade do trabalho em UTI; 2) avaliar a contribuiçäo oferecida...