Heart Failure is characterized by a complex clinical syndrome in which the myocardium has an inability to adequately pump blood to meet tissue metabolic needs, or can do so only at high filling pressures. Thus, the aim of this study is to describe the Nursing Diagnostics in patients with Cardiac Failure described in the scientific literature. It is a descriptive, exploratory study, with a qualitative approach, in the modality Integrative Literature Review. In Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences and PubMed databases, including original articles, case studies and systematic review, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, published from 2014. Tabulation was used for data collection and analysis. Seven articles were searched and the following nursing diagnoses were highlighted: Harmful Comfort; Acute Pain; Disposition to Improve Comfort; Decreased Cardiac Output; Excessive Liquid Volume; Ineffective Respiratory Pattern; Intolerance to Activity; Fatigue; Anxiety; Sexual Dysfunction; Disabled Knowledge; Ineffective Cardiopulmonary Tissue Perfusion. It was concluded that heart failure is a complex pathology and that the use of the systematization of nursing care only enhances the quality of service and benefits the patient, because from the nursing diagnostcs it is possible to prescribe evidence-based interventions.

Objetivo: Levantar evidências científicas na literatura do período de 2014 a 2018, sobre a vivência dos enfermeiros que trabalham em unidade de terapia intensiva diante do processo de morte. Métodos: Trata-se de uma Revisão Integrativa da Literatura, realizada nas bases de dados LILACS, SCIELO e BDENF, com a utilização dos descritores: Unidade de Terapia Intensiva; Enfermagem; Morte; e Morrer. Resultados: A amostra final constitui-se em 13 artigos. Foram identificadas duas categorias temáticas: 1) A inversão da ordem natural do ciclo de vida: os enfermeiros vivenciam o processo de morte na UTI com tristeza, impotência, angústia e choque, no entanto precisam ser fortes frente a família para poder acolhê-las e confortá-las;  2) Quando a morte vence a tecnologia assistencial: é um evento que abate a enfermagem pois, apesar do uso de todos os recursos que a unidade possui, de nada vale para esses pacientes, restando o cuidado de enfermagem de conforto e alívio. Considerações finais: A vivência dos enfermeiros diante do processo de morte é permeada de sentimentos de angústia, estresse, impotência e cuidados para com o paciente antes, durante e pós morte, assim como, de conforto e apoio aos familiares e sua equipe.

Os fatores antropogênicos como deslocamento de populações, aglomerações e o processo acelerado e precário de urbanização em consonância aos fatores climáticos criam condições para aumento rápido de doenças transmissíveis, principalmente as de origem infecciosa. Este estudo corrobora com a ideia de que as variações do clima podem causar efeitos indesejáveis sobre o estado saudável do homem, de formato direto e/ou indireto. O objetivo da presente revisão foi investigar e analisar os estudos existentes na literatura acerca da relação existente entre as variantes climáticas e as doenças de origem infecciosa. Trata-se de uma revisão bibliográfica qualitativa, descritiva, do tipo Revisão Integrativa da Literatura, baseada em investigações científicas divulgadas entre 2015 a 2020. Efetuou-se buscas nas bases de dados: SciELO, LILACS e MEDLINE. A coleta dos estudos foi posta a um instrumento do formulário autenticado por Ursi e Galvão (2015) adaptado. Para análise das informações, foi utilizada a Análise de Conteúdo Temático de Bardin (ACTB). Identificaram-se no total 220 publicações, sendo 203 no MEDLINE, 14 no LILACS e 03 na SciELO. Amostra final foram de 13 produções. O quantitativo de pesquisas brasileiras acerca da temática foi inferior ao esperado, o que é capaz de ser justificado, talvez, pela escolha das palavras-chave. A temperatura, a umidade, a intervenção antropogênica entre outros, alteram ou influenciam de alguma forma na disseminação desta infecção, isto acende advertência para a importância de uma aproximação inter e multidisciplinar, mas partindo uma perspectiva ética sustentável e justa que permita a convivência digna e equilibrada com todos os seres vivos.

Aims: To verify the scientific evidence in the literature about nursing care after coronary transluminal angioplasty, from 2005 to 2019. Methodology: This is an Integrative Review, performed in the LILACS, MEDLINE and Google Scholar databases, including original and review articles, theses, dissertations and monographs published in Portuguese or English in the last 15 years (2005-2019). Data were collected using the Ursi’s instrument and data analysis was carried out by the use Bardin’s Content Analysis. Results: 06 articles were found and two categories emerged: Nursing diagnoses after coronary transluminal angioplasty and Nursing interventions after coronary transluminal angioplasty. The nursing process should be carried out in its entirety so that the results of nursing care are effective and the improvement of the quality of the services provided is continuous.   Conclusion: it is concluded that nursing actions are beyond bedside care, as they also include management services of inputs and human resources.

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Ananindeua city, State of Pará, North of Brazil, is a hyperendemic area for tuberculosis (TB), with a cure rate below the recommendation by the Brazilian Ministry of Health. We aimed to describe: (I) the TB incidence coefficient of Ananindeua municipality comparatively against Brazilian data; (II) TB treatment outcomes; (III) to compare the socioeconomic and epidemiological characteristics of abandonment versus cure outcome; and (IV) to evaluate the risk factors associated with TB treatment abandonment in Ananindeua city, from 2017 to 2021. This is a retrospective, descriptive, and cross-sectional epidemiological study which used secondary TB entries. Data were analyzed by linear regression, descriptive statistics, and associations were made using the Chi-square test and G-test, followed by univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Cure rates ranged from 28.7% to 70.1%, abandonment between 7.3% and 11.8%, deaths from the disease ranged from 0% to 1.6%, and drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB-DR) rates had frequencies from 0% to 0.9%. Patient transfer rates to other municipalities were between 4.9% and 12.5%. The multivariate analysis showed that alcohol is almost 2 times more likely to lead an individual to abandon treatment and use of illicit drugs was almost 3 times more likely. Individuals between 20 and 59 years of age were also more likely to abandon treatment almost twice as often. Finally, data obtained in the present report is of great relevance to strengthen epidemiological surveillance and minimize possible discrepancies between the information systems and the reality of public health in high endemicity areas.

The COVID-19 reached the pandemic level and in Brazil has already caused 100,477 deaths. This study is a Short Communication about the spatial distribution of deaths by COVID-19 in Brazil, from data from the Coronavirus Brasil platform. It was shown that Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Ceará, Pará, and Amazonas present the greatest lethality in Brazil, especially in the metropolitan regions. The distribution of deaths shows that it has already reached all regions of Brazil, with greater impact in some states. It was also possible, from the epidemiological bulletins, to identify that the deaths stand out in men above 60 years of age, with comorbidities such as heart diseases and diabetes.