OBJETIVO: Avaliar as diferentes posições e situações anatômicas do apêndice em pacientes pediátricos com apendicite aguda. MÉTODO: Estudo observacional do tipo corte transversal, realizado em Agosto de 2015 a Julho de 2016, na Emergência Pediátrica do Hospital da Restauração, na cidade do Recife. A amostra foi composta por 56 pacientes na faixa etária de 7 a 13 anos diagnosticados com apendicite aguda. Os dados clínico-epidemiológicos dos participantes foram obtidos antes do procedimento cirúrgico. Durante a cirurgia, foram coletadas as características anatômicas do apêndice (posição, situação, comprimento e fase da apendicite). RESULTADOS: As posições encontradas foram pélvica (37,5%), retrocecal (28,6%), pré-ileal (10,7%), pós-ileal (8,9%), subcecal (8,9%) e paracecal (5.4%). Quanto à situação, a mais vista foi descendente (46,4%), seguida por ascendente (28,6%), interna (19,6%) e externa (5,4%). As principais manifestações clínicas observadas foram dor em fossa ilíaca direita, vômitos e náuseas, independentemente da posição. Verificou-se que a fase inflamatória da apendicite foi a mais frequente em todas as posições, exceto na subcecal com 60% dos apêndices na fase perfurada. No entanto, não houve associação estatisticamente significante entre a posição subcecal e a fase da apendicite complicada (p=0,367). CONCLUSÃO: A posição pélvica e a situação descendente foram as mais frequentes na população de estudo. Não houve associação estatisticamente significante da posição do apêndice com a fase da apendicite e nem com o quadro clínico.
OBJECTIVE: To understand the academic training of geriatrics residents and their supervisors regarding the sexuality of older adults, as well as practical approaches to the subject in their work routines. METHODS: This qualitative study was conducted with geriatrics residents and their supervisors at a public hospital in Recife, PE, Brazil in 2019 and 2020. RESULTS: A partial understanding of the respondents’ concept of sexuality was identified through statements that expressed confusion between sexual intercourse and sexuality, as well as a lack of knowledge about sexuality on an individual level. Although the respondents affirmed the importance of discussing the subject, they reported that they do not, except passively, depending on the patient’s questions, despite the fact that they perceive their patients’ difficulty in seeking out a health service to talk about sexuality-related issues. Finally, the lack of an approach to sexuality in geriatric consultations was linked with gaps in undergraduate and specialization programs about general care for older adults, resulting in a feeling of unpreparedness to face the taboos and prejudices associated with sexuality. CONCLUSION: Although professionals consider it important to address sexuality with patients, most of them do not do so in medical consultations due to a number of difficulties, including the lack of a protocol to follow, which leads to a passive approach. Therefore, professionals acknowledge the difficulty of addressing the subject and associate it with deficiencies in their academic training.
The relationship between spirituality/religiosity (S/R) and health has been longstanding, [1][2][3][4] with studies investigating the mechanisms by which faith leads to favorable clinical outcomes and how physicians should address this issue in medical practice. 5 Thus, it is necessary to differentiate the concepts of spirituality and religiosity in order to integrate them into clinical practices. Religiosity is a system of worship and doctrine that is shared by a group, 2,6,7 and it may be organizational (participation in a church or temple) or non-organizational (praying, reading books, watching religious programs). 1 Spirituality, on the other hand, is defined as the individual search for the meaning of life and its relationship with the transcendent, which may or may not include religious activity. 1,2,8,9 The relationship of S/R with quality of life has been well studied, [10][11][12] and, although it is difficult to define, the World Health Organization (WHO) has standardized the concept of quality of life as "an individual's perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and
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