Resultados: 6

Performance of scores in the prediction of clinical outcomes in patients admitted from the emergency service

Objective: to evaluate the performance of the quickSOFA scores and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome as predictors of clinical outcomes in patients admitted to an emergency service. Method: a retrospective cohort study, involving adult clinical patients admitted to the emergency service. Analysis ...

Risk factors for death of trauma patients admitted to an Intensive Care Unit

Objective: To analyze the risk factors for death of trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Method: Retrospective cohort study with data from medical records of adults hospitalized for trauma in a general intensive care unit. We included patients 18 years of age and older and admitte...

Predictors of well-being and quality of life in men who underwent radical prostatectomy: longitudinal study

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify socio-demographic, clinical and psychological predictors of well-being and quality of life in men who underwent radical prostatectomy, in a 360-day follow-up. Method: longitudinal study with 120 men who underwent radical prostatectomy. Questionnaires were used for charac...

Use of adductor pollicis muscle thickness in hospitalized or ambulatory patients: a systematic review

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the use of the Adductor Pollicis Muscle Thickness (APMT) as an anthropometric parameter and prognostic indicator in hospitalized or ambulatory patients. Method: systematic review carried out the Web of Science, SCOPUS and Lilacs databases. Results: Twenty-three studie...

Risk prediction and impaired tactile sensory perception among cancer patients during chemotherapy

ABSTRACT Objectives: to estimate the prevalence of impaired tactile sensory perception, identify risk factors, and establish a risk prediction model among adult patients receiving antineoplastic chemotherapy. Method: historical cohort study based on information obtained from the medical files of 127 pa...

Association between poor clinical prognosis and sleep duration among breast cancer patients

ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the association between clinical progression and the quality and duration of sleep in women with breast cancer. Method: longitudinal study, with 114 participants, conducted in a hospital in Brazil. The instruments used were: questionnaire for sociodemographic and clin...