OBJECTIVE: Performing a literature review about four technical aspects related to the colostomy irrigation: volume of water to be infused, postoperative moment to start the method's training sessions, maintenance of a 24-hour interval between the colostomy irrigations, and time spent for the execution of...
Malnutrition - as a fundamental aspect both in genesis as in healing of pressure ulcers - is the object of this update paper. Countless studies point out that malnutrition, immune function alterations, hypoalbuminemia, low hemoglobin levels, as well as low diet intake, as responsible for an increase in t...
O estudo objetivou analisar o custo mensal do uso de dispositivos e adjuvantes por estomizados. Trata-se de uma pesquisa retrospectiva, realizada em dois Ambulatórios de Especialidades, em São Paulo. Os dados foram coletados em 635 prontuários de pacientes estomizados adultos, atendidos em junho de 20...
Esta pesquisa objetivou realizar revisão sistemática da literatura relacionada ao uso de iodóforos tópicos no tratamento de feridas agudas. Os ensaios clínicos foram localizados por meio da Base de Dados Cochrane, utilizando-se os seguintes descritores: iodine, acute wound, treatment, healing, infec...
This study aimed to analyze the risk factors for the development of Pressure Ulcers (PU) in old people living in Long Staying Institutions. It is a prospective and cohort study carried out in four Institutions. A total of 94 old people composed the sample and were assessed during three consecutive months...
This study aimed to do a review of the literature regarding the use of topic iodine and/or compounds in the treatment of chronic wounds. The clinical trials were searched in the Cochrane database. Fourteen (58.3 percent) among 24 studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The articles were analyzed regard...
Este estudo objetivou verificar a prevalência da incontinência urinária em pacientes hospitalizados e identificar as associações estatísticas existentes entre os índices obtidos e algumas variáveis demográficas e clínicas daclientela. Os dados foram colhidos no Hospital Universitário da USP, j...
This study aimed to evaluate the inter rater reliability of the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH), in its version adapted to the Portuguese language, in patients with chronic leg ulcers. Kappa index was used for the analysis. After accomplishing ethical issues, 41 patients with ulcers were examined...
This study aimed to analyze what looking after physically disabled persons with spinal cord injury by trauma means to their caregivers and family members. The analysis of the testimony of eight caregivers, obtained in open interviews, which was methodologically based on the Social Representations Theory ...
Este estudo analisou a (re)construção das significações sobre a ostomia, o ostomizado, o cuidar em enfermagem e o papel profissional de 30 enfermeiros que utilizaram bolsa coletora, em experiência pedagógica, durante os Cursos de Estomaterapia. A análise dos depoimentos revelou dois grandes eixos ...
