ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the chemotherapy-associated symptoms and the strategies used for their management from the perspective of pediatric cancer patients' family caregivers. Methods: This is a descriptive study with qualitative data analysis. Data collection took place in a pediatric hospital...
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the impact of a quality improvement program in the reduction of errors related to vaccine administration. Method: an intervention study aimed at comparing outcome measures before (Phase I) and after (Phase II) the implementation of a quality improvement program. It was ...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the frequency and performance of the Canadian Adverse Events Study tracking criteria for the confirmation of surgical adverse events in adult patients. Method: a descriptive and retrospective study conducted in a public hospital in the state of Paraná from May to Novemb...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the risk factors in medication errors in a high-complexity chilean public hospital. Method: a research study with a quantitative approach; an exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional study, with retrospective temporal cuts. The study population consisted of 50 repor...
OBJETIVOS: avaliar a qualidade de vida das pessoas que apresentaram náuseas e vômitos induzidos por antineoplásicos e correlacionar a qualidade de vida com o potencial emetogênico do protocolo quimioterápico e com o dimensionamento do esquema antiemético. MÉTODO: estudo descritivo, quantitativo, r...
Objective: to verify the existence of elements that justify the use of pharmacogenetics by the Brazilian nurse. Method: this is a quantitative, cross-sectional, observational, descriptive study, whose final sample was 67 individuals. The participants were healthy at the time of the study and reported a ...
Objetivo: Objetivou-se realizar o estado da arte de publicações que relatem estratégias de como minimizar a constipação induzida pelo uso de opioides, de pacientes em cuidado paliativo. Método: Trata-se de um estudo exploratório através de uma revisão integrativa em quatro bases de dados de arti...
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the knowledge produced on Medication-Related Problems in the transitional care of the elderly from hospital to home. Method: Integrative review of the literature data, organized in six stages: guiding question; establishment of inclusion and exclusion criteria; extractio...
Objetivo: identificar os tipos de medicamentos mais utilizados por idosos hospitalizados e relacioná-los com o risco de desenvolvimento de lesão por pressão. Método: estudo descritivo e documental, realizado em um hospital de referência em traumas de Fortaleza, Ceará. A amostra constituiu-se por 48...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the drug interactions among institutionalized elderly. Method: retrospective and documentary study with a quantitative approach developed in two Long Stay Institutions for Elderly, located in northeastern Brazil. Drug interactions were identified by using Drug-Reax® sof...
