This transversal study aimed to analyze factors related to, and defining characteristics of, Impaired Tissue Integrity in persons with vascular ulcers, and compare the mean of these factors between the groups presenting different degrees in the severity of tissue compromise. The study was undertaken in F...
Introduction: Venous ulcers are a public health problem that affect quality of life (QOL) and are determined by socioeconomic context, health assistance and lesion characteristics. Aim: To compare the QOL of patients suffering from venous ulcers in Natal/Brazil with patients in Evora/Portugal. Method: Co...
Objetivo: Analisar os aspectos contextuais da mensuração da pressão arterial na prática clínica e compreender os fatores que determinam este fenômeno. Método: Revisão de literatura realizada nas bases de dados LILACS, MEDLINE e IBECS. Foram selecionados 15 artigos segundo critérios de inclusão:...
O estudo objetivou verificar o conhecimento dos profissionais de enfermagem de unidades de terapia intensiva(UTIs) sobre o processo transfusional. Consistiu em uma pesquisa descritiva de abordagem quantitativarealizada na UTI do Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes (HUOL), entre julho e agosto de 2008, c...
Objetivou-se no estudo avaliar a efetividade de estratégias não-farmacológicas para o alívio da dor de parturientes no trabalho de parto. Ensaio clínico do tipo intervenção terapêutica antes e após, realizado em uma maternidade pública de Natal/RN - Brasil, com 100 parturientes na aplicação d...
The research aims at identifying strategies of coping with AIDS used by mothers of HIV positive children to live better with their children's disease. The method used was a descriptive qualitative study. Thirty-three structured interviews were conducted with HIV positive women voluntaries and registered ...
This descriptive study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Non-Pharmacological Strategies (NFS) on pain relief of parturients as part of a research instrument to be utilized in a Doctoral Dissertation. In order to evaluate the NFS, the Analogous Visual Scale (AVS) was used on 30 parturients attended a...
Descriptive study that proposed to compare the qualitative and quantitative behavior of the pain in lateral posterior thoracotomy patients. The sample was consisted of 18 individuals with an average age of 44 years. The instruments used were physiotherapy evaluation form, numerical pain scale and McGill ...
