BACKGROUND Thoracic surgery may cause reduced respiratory function and pulmonary complications, with associated increased risk of mortality. Postoperative physiotherapy aims to reverse atelectasis and secretion retention, and may include incentive spirometry. OBJECTIVES To review the evidence for incentive spirometry, examining the physiological basis, equipment and its use following thoracic...

Resumo Objetivo Analisar a produção científica referente às ações/Intervenções de Enfermagem no ambiente hospitalar relacionadas ao cuidado com crianças e adolescentes epidermólise bolhosa. Métodos Revisão sistemática, cuja busca se deu nas bases Cinahl, MEDLINE®/PubMed®, SCOPUS, LILACS SciELO, realizada período setembro 2020 janeiro 2021. Para busca, foram utilizados os descritores “epidermóli...

Resumo Objetivo Analisar o perfil epidemiológico e os fatores associados ao óbito por tuberculose HIV/aids no sistema prisional. Métodos Revisão integrativa, realizada em julho de 2020, cuja pergunta estudo palavras-chave foram delineadas meio da estratégia PEO. As buscas realizadas nas bases dados MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus, ASP, SocINDEX, Embase LILACS. A seleção estudos a extração dos feitas do...

Resumo Objetivo: Sintetizar evidências acerca do cuidar materno ao recém-nascido prematuro no domicílio e elaborar um framework que oriente a transição cuidado da maternidade para o domicílio. Métodos: Revisão integrativa literatura seguiu recomendações metodológicas responder à questão: “Quais são as científicas domicílio?”. Para seleção dos artigos, utilizou-se seis bases de dados: LILACS BDE...

BACKGROUND Medical-surgical or adult health nursing is a complex specialty that requires a wide-ranging literature to inform its research and practice. Several excellent qualitative aids exist for collection development for this field, but quantitative studies are few. While one bibliometric study of journals exists, no recent work had been done in this area. METHOD The Mapping the Literature...

OBJECTIVE Acute mastoiditis is an uncommon but challenging condition when it occurs in children with cochlear implant. The literature is scarce as to the management of this condition with regards to explantation. The objective of the study is to determine the need for explantation in patients with cochlear implants who suffer from acute mastoiditis. DATA SOURCES Online medical databases-PubMe...

BACKGROUND The work participation of people with chronic diseases is a growing concern within the field of occupational medicine. Information on this topic is dispersed across a variety of data sources, making it difficult for health professionals to find relevant studies for literature reviews and guidelines. AIM The goal of this project was to identify bibliographic databases and search ter...

Objective: Research was conducted to examine benefits to using non-invasive ventilation (NIV) or continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) early in the treatment of respiratory distress caused by pulmonary edema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. Limitations to successful NIV and CPAP therapy were evaluated to determine how prolonged initiation of treatment may lead to h...

BACKGROUND Eligible studies published before 31 Dec 2013 were identified from the following databases: Ovid Medline, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Scopus, Cochrane Library, CINAHL Plus, and Web of Science. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eligible studies published before 31, Dec 2013 were identified from the following databases: Ovid Medline, EMBASE, psycINFO, Scopus, Cochrane Library, CINAHL Plus, and Web of Scien...

QUESTION How have theorists and empirical researchers treated the human tendency to avoid discomforting information? DATA SOURCES A historical review (1890-2004) of theory literature in communication and information studies, coupled with searches of recent studies on uptake of genetic testing and on coping strategies of cancer patients, was performed. STUDY SELECTION The authors' review of ...