This article is an experiment report on the author's development of health care guideline manuals, focusing on a methodological description. These guiding manuals aim to support health care professionals to provide oral teaching to patients and family members, thus enhancing health education.

Our data provide the first experimental demonstration that N-acetylcysteine plus deferoxamine decreases oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction and limits inflammatory response and alveolar pathology induced by lipopolysaccharide in the rat.

This cross-sectional study was carried out at a university hospital to describe the nursing interventions most frequently performed in the clinical practice of an intensive care unit, based on nursing care prescriptions, and to investigate their similarity to the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC). The sample consisted of 991 hospitalizations of patients.Data were retrospectively collected from the computer database and analyzed through descriptive statistics and cross-mapping. A total of 57 different NIC interventions frequently used in the unit were identified; most of them in the complex (42%) and basic physiological (37%) domains, in the classes 'respiratory management' and 'self-care facilitation'. Similarity between the nursing care prescribed and nursing interventions/NIC was found in 97.2% of the cases. The conclusion is that the interventions/NIC used in the clinical practice of this intensive care unit reflects the level of complexity of nursing care, which is mainly directed at the regulation of the body's physical and homeostatic functioning. Descriptors Intervenciones de enfermería utilizadas en la práctica clínica de una unidad de terapia intensivaSe trata de un estudio descriptivo, transversal realizado en un hospital universitario con los objetivos de describir las intervenciones de enfermería más utilizadas en la práctica clínica de una unidad de terapia intensiva, con base en las prescripciones de enfermería y, analizar si son similares a las Nursing Interventions Clasification (NIC).La muestra constó de 991 internaciones de pacientes. Los datos fueron recolectados retrospectivamente, en base informatizada, y analizados por la estadística descriptiva y diseño cruzado. Se identificó 57 diferentes intervenciones/NIC frecuentemente utilizadas en la unidad; siendo la mayoría en el dominio fisiológico complejo (42%) y fisiológico básico (37%), en las clases de control respiratorio y facilitación del autocuidado. En 97,2% de los casos se encontraron similares entre las prescripciones de enfermería de la unidad y las intervenciones/NIC. Se concluye que las intervenciones/NIC utilizadas en la práctica clínica de la unidad de terapia intensiva reflejan el nivel de complejidad del cuidado de enfermería en esta unidad, destinándose, principalmente, a regular el funcionamiento físico y homeostático del organismo.

Objetivo: analisar o uso da hipodermóclise em pacientes com câncer em cuidados paliativos. Método: estudo transversal descritivo, com objetivo de descrever a experiência da utilização da hipodermóclise em pacientes sob cuidados paliativos, realizado em um hospital universitário do sul do Brasil. A amostra, por conveniência, abrangeu 80 pacientes que internaram em cuidados paliativos entre março/2014 e março/2015. A coleta de dados ocorreu mediante instrumento específico e a análise por estatística descritiva. Resultados: as neoplasias predominantes foram pâncreas 9(11,3%), intestino 8(10%), pulmão 8(10%) e gástrica 8(10%). Entre as indicações para hipodermóclise prevaleceram analgesia 63(78,8%), rede venosa precária 51(63,8%) e intolerância oral 38(47,5%). Dos 21 fármacos prescritos e administrados destacam-se morfina 76(95,0%), metoclopramida 49(61,3%), dipirona 39(48,8%), ondansetrona 29(36,3%) e dexametasona 12(15,0%). Ocorreram 105 punções e nenhuma complicação sistêmica. Considerações finais: a hipodermóclise mostrou-se uma terapêutica medicamentosa eficaz, segura e menos invasiva na prática clínica paliativista.

The objective of the study was to identify the complications in patients that have received a renal transplant. A Historical cohort performed in a university hospital from January/2007 through January/2009 with a sample of 179 patients; data collected retrospectively from the medical history of patients and submitted to statistical analyses. Mean age of patients was 43 (SD=13.7) years, 114 (63.7%) men, 95 (65.1%) non smokers and 118(66.93%) received the graft from a deceased donor. The main complications were rejection 68 (32.1%) and infection 62 (29.2%). There was statistical significance between rejection and median days of hospital stay (p < 0.001); days of use of central venous catheter (p = 0.010) and smoking status (p = 0.008); infection and central venous catheter (p = 0.029); median days of hospital stay (p < 0.001) and time of use of urinary catheter (p = 0.009). It was concluded that it is important to reduce the days of hospital stay and permanence of catheters, which may be considered in the planning of nursing care.

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nursing staff upsizing caused a positive impact on managerial and healthcare indicators and helped qualify care and improve work conditions for the nursing team.

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