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RESEARCH
Incidents related to the Hickman® catheter: identification of damages
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1915-1920
01-01-2018
Abstract
RESEARCHIncidents related to the Hickman® catheter: identification of damages
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1915-1920
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0051
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Objective:
to identify damages resulting from incidents with the Hickman® catheter.
Method:
descriptive, retrospective, qualitative approach. The source of data were the notifications of incidents that occurred between January 2012 and May 2015, as well as the information available on the medical records of patients involved in incidents with the Hickman® catheter.
Results:
the incidents related to the Hickman® catheter with the greatest impact on patient care were obstruction, fracture and traction. All incidents caused damage to patients, in a greater or lesser degree, in the dimensions of physical damage and subjective damage.
Final considerations:
damage or potential risk of damage was present in all incidents analyzed. The need to revise cleaning and obstruction protocols for the maintenance of the permeability of Hickman® catheters was demonstrated.
Keywords:Central Venous CathetersDamage to PatientHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationNursing CarePatient SafetySee more -
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Sepsis-induced acute kidney injury: kidney protection effects by antioxidants
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1921-1927
01-01-2018
Abstract
RESEARCHSepsis-induced acute kidney injury: kidney protection effects by antioxidants
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1921-1927
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0469
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Objective:
To evaluate the antioxidant action of N-acetylcysteine and diosmin-hesperidin in an experimental model of sepsis-induced acute kidney injury in rats.
Methods:
The study used 20 Wistar adult male rats divided into the following groups: control (laparotomy with no induction of abdominal sepsis), sepsis (experimental model of sepsis with cecal ligation and puncture), N-acetylcysteine + sepsis and diosmin-hesperidin + sepsis. The evaluation contemplated physiological parameters (temperature, glycemia, and average blood pressure), kidney function (creatinine clearance), oxidative stress (urinary peroxides) and kidney histology.
Results:
The animals submitted to cecal ligation and puncture (sepsis) presented lower body temperature, lower average blood pressure, reduced creatinine clearance and increased urinary hydrogen peroxide levels. Treatment with diosmin-hesperidin improved kidney function and led to a reduction in the excretion of oxidative metabolites.
Conclusion:
The present study highlighted the protective antioxidant action of diosmin-hesperidin in the experimental model of sepsis-induced acute kidney injury.
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Social Representations of health care professionals on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1934-1939
01-01-2018
Abstract
RESEARCHSocial Representations of health care professionals on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1934-1939
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0001
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Objective:
To apprehend social representation of health care professionals on HIV/AIDS and to compare it with a subgroup of physicians.
Method:
Qualitative research based on the Theory of Social Representations. Free associations for the term HIV/AIDS were collected from 73 workers of public services specialized in HIV/AIDS, in Salvador-Bahia. The results were analyzed in the EVOC software.
Results:
For all health professionals, HIV/AIDS is associated with “prejudice, care, disease and prevention”, and for the subgroup of physicians it is associated with the term “prevention”. Health professionals represented HIV/AIDS similarly to society in general and, due to their normative character, prescribed attitudes typical of health care professionals.
Final considerations:
The findings show that, despite the advances in the health area regarding the treatment of AIDS, prejudice still persists. It is important to strengthen interdisciplinary actions focused on discussions on this theme during training, favoring the comprehensiveness of the assistance.
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Directly Observed Treatment: planning perspectives, improvisation and transfer of policy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1940-1948
01-01-2018
Abstract
RESEARCHDirectly Observed Treatment: planning perspectives, improvisation and transfer of policy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1940-1948
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0493
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Objective:
to investigate the possibilities of positive and negative association of improvisation and the understanding of what will be the planning by managers and coordinators of tuberculosis control programs, in a context of transference of the Directly Observed Treatment policy.
Method:
this is a qualitative study, developed through semi-structured interviews analyzed in the light of French Discourse Analysis.
Results:
there was a weakening of the constructive and operational planning process, which is at the mercy of political will and the need of putting out fires. This, in turn, along with achômetro (Brazilian popular expression used on unsubstantiated point of view or opinion that is based solely and exclusively on the intuition of the person who says it), composed the metaphor of improvisation in its negative perspective, understood by automatism and unsystematization process. Improvisation, however, emerged as a representation of innovation, creativity, and contextual change.
Final considerations:
both the planning and the transfer of public policies constitute processes that need to be strengthened and qualified in the field of public health.
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RESEARCH
Knowledge about HIV/AIDS and implications of establishing partnerships among Hornet® users
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1949-1955
01-01-2018
Abstract
RESEARCHKnowledge about HIV/AIDS and implications of establishing partnerships among Hornet® users
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1949-1955
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0409
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Objective:
To evaluate the knowledge of men, who have sex with men who use geolocation-based dating software, about HIV/AIDS, and the implications of establishing partnerships.
Method:
Descriptive study with 30 Hornet® users. The statements generated had statistical treatment in the IRaMuTeQ software, analyzed through the Descending Hierarchical Classification.
Results:
The sexual frequency in the last 30 days was 2.9 partners, of which 2.1 were found by the application, of which 63.3% reported having sex without condoms. There were four classes: Knowledge about HIV/AIDS prevention measures; PrEP/truvada as a measure of HIV/AIDS prevention; Risky behaviors in relation to HIV infection; Establishment of sexual partnerships through applications.
Conclusion:
Hornet users have insufficient knowledge about HIV prevention measures, especially when discarding the male condom. The relationships established through the application are permeated by high individual vulnerability and behaviors that have potential exposure to the risk of HIV infection.
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Project HOPE: American nurses in Brazil (1973)
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1956-1962
01-01-2018
Abstract
RESEARCHProject HOPE: American nurses in Brazil (1973)
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1956-1962
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0432
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Objective:
to describe the reality of nurses of Project HOPE and discuss the repercussion of their performance in relation to the reconfiguration of nursing in Alagoas State.
Method:
social-historical study, whose primary sources were documents filed in the Laboratory of Documentation and Research in History of Nursing, granted by this project; oral testimonies resulting from the transcription of interviews of US nurses and the VeNeta Masson's'logbook, coordinator nurse of the ship. The discussion of the data was based on Pierre Bourdieu's theory. The project was submitted to the Ethics Committee and approved by it.
Results:
The actions of the American nurses exposed the shortage of this type of professional in the area, as well as the precarious health conditions in the region.
Conclusion:
the symbolic capital of these nurses has contributed to the reconfiguration of the nursing field in Alagoas State.
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Hands hygiene and the use of gloves by nursing team in hemodialysis service
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1963-1969
01-01-2018
Abstract
RESEARCHHands hygiene and the use of gloves by nursing team in hemodialysis service
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1963-1969
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0476
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Objective:
to analyze the adhesion of the nursing team to the practice of hands hygiene (HH) and the use of latex gloves in a hemodialysis service.
Method:
this is a descriptive-exploratory study with a quantitative approach, performed between August and October 2016 in a hemodialysis service in the countryside of São Paulo State, Brazil, where the nursing team adhered to HH and the use of gloves. All ethical aspects have been contemplated.
Results:
there were 1090 opportunities for HH, with the adhesion rate being only 16.6%. Regarding the use of gloves, of the 510 opportunities observed, there was correct use in 45%, reuse in 25% and absence of latex gloves in 29% of the time.
Conclusion:
the rate of HH and adherence to gloves is far from ideal, contributing to the increased risk of infection for both the user and the professional.