Resumo Objetivo Identificar o perfil epidemiológico dos pacientes que evoluíram para óbito, caracterizar essas mortes segundo variáveis sociodemográficas e clínicas e analisar a relação entre a causa básica e a causa imediata do óbito em um hospital de ensino. Métodos Estudo quantitativo, ...
ABSTRACT Objective: Analyze risk factors for infection in kidney transplant recipients from deceased expanded criteria donors (DECD) in the first two years of follow-up. Method: This is a prospective cohort study with 466 patients from DECD who underwent kidney transplantation in 2015 and 2016 in Brazi...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to assess the prevalence of colonization and infection by multidrug-resistant bacteria in patients undergoing kidney transplantation and identify the rate of infection, morbidity and mortality and associated risk factors. Methods: a prospective cohort of 200 randomly included kidne...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to assess quality of life (QoL) and satisfaction with life (SWL) indices and verify whether the frequency of religious and spiritual experiences is associated with QoL and SWL in hospitalized octogenarians. Method: this is a cross-sectional study, with 128 octogenarians. World He...
Objective: to identify the prevalence of latent tuberculosis in patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis and associated factors. Method: a cross-sectional study conducted with 176 patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis. The tuberculin test was performed with the standardized an...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the factors associated with urinary tract infection occurrence in institutionalized elderly. Methods: this is a cross-sectional, analytical, quantitative study with 116 elderly people from a Nursing Home. Urinary tract infection diagnosis was carried out through urine cul...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the factors associated with urinary tract infection occurrence in institutionalized elderly. Methods: this is a cross-sectional, analytical, quantitative study with 116 elderly people from a Nursing Home. Urinary tract infection diagnosis was carried out through urine cul...
ABSTRACT Objective: to describe faculty member training as a strategy for the development of leaders and the promotion of continuous academic progress in teaching, research, and extension. Method: this reflection article presents a history of the highest academic degree obtained in Brazil, describing t...
ABSTRACT Objective: to demonstrate scientific evidence on incidence and factors associated with contrast-induced nephropathy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Methods: an integrative review carried out in the VHL, PubMed, VHL Regional Portal and SciELO databases, of articles pu...
