Background Heart failure (HF) is a severe and self-limiting syndrome. Its signs and symptoms are believed to predict poorer health-related quality of life scores, which are mainly influenced by deterioration in physical capacity. In the present study we try to analyze the influence of clinical and socioeconomic characteristics and physical capacity on the quality of life of people with HF diagnosis. Methods A longitudinal study was conducted over 2 years with patients diagnosed with HF. To evaluate the patients the method of face-to-face visit and telephone monitoring was used. In the evaluations were applied: the Clinical and Socioeconomic Characterization Questionnaire, the Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) for quality of life evaluation and the Veterans Specific Activity Questionnaire (VSAQ) for cardiopulmonary fitness analysis. Measures of central tendency, proportion, normality test, confidence intervals, comparison of data through paired Student t test and Wilcoxon or Mann Whitney test were performed and correlations were verified through Spearman coefficient. Results The study included 108 patients, most of them female (50.90%) and mean age of 66.62 ± 11.33 years. The median time of HF diagnosis was 5 ± 6 years, being Chagas’ disease the main etiologic cause for the disease (57.40%). As for the clinical condition, functional classes II (44.40%) and III (48.10%) of the New York Heart Association (NYHA) were the most frequent. There was a low cardiopulmonary fitness, with loss of capacity to perform daily activities (3 ± 1 to 3 ± 3) over the time of clinical follow-up. There was an increase in the MLHFQ instrument scores, from 50.98 ± 15.52 to 61.76 ± 19.95, over the analysis time. The analysis of correlations demonstrated that variables such as schooling, NYHA class, echocardiographic alterations and the drug profile have a significant relationship with the constructs of quality of life and physical fitness. Conclusion Individuals in HF have significant impairment of cardiorespiratory capacity and tend to present worsening of QL along the evolution of the disease.

ABSTRACT:The heart failure (HF) it's a self-limiting and severe condition, of varied etiology, with negative repercussions to the political-economic framework, and to health related life quality (HRLQ) of patients with HF, due to its standard symptoms and effects. Its's believed that due to the reduced cardiorespiratory competence coming for the HF, certain physical limitation levels would be expressed, impairing directly the HRLQ. To evaluate the physical limitation impact in the HRLQ of Heart Failure patients. Cross-sectional study, quantitative, descriptive and analytical character, conducted with patients treated at a Cardiology outpatient clinic from a university hospital. To evaluate the patients was used: characterization questionnaire Clinic and Socioeconomic, Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) and the Veterans Specific Activity Questionnaire (VSAQ). The data was managed in Microsoft Office Excel® 2010 program, double independent entry. Subsequently imported into Statistical Package for Social Science program (SPSS), version 21.0, which were conducted exploratory analyzes of data from the calculation of simple absolute and percentage frequencies for categorical variables and measures of centrality and dispersion for quantitative variables, as well as parametric testing Pearson correlation, since the normal distribution of variables. In the research were included 108 patients, with a predominance of female participants (50.90%), mean age of 66.55±11.41 years. Regarding the NYHA functional classification at level II (50%) and NYHA III (39.80%) were the most prevalent. The etiologies of HF was the most prevalent Chagas' Heart (50.90%). The MLHFQ showed negative impact of the IC under the HRLQ, which presented a total score of MLHFQ of 51.87±15.74 points. At the physical limitation the VSAQ resulted in an average of 3, 37±1, 41 with bigger impairment to the METS3 (45, 4%). The MLHFQ and VSAQ correlation presented itself negative, moderate to strong and significant (p<0, 01) it results for each domain being: physical (-0,523); emotional (-0.436); nonspecific (-0,411), and MLHFQ's total score (-0,562). It has been confirmed that the greater the degree of heart damage due to HF presents, the lower will be the patient's MET results confirming a physical limitation as a HRLQ's impairing predictor.

Objetivo: elencar condutas do técnico de enfermagem na atenção primária à saúde com base em revisão da literatura. Método: trata-se de uma revisão integrativa realizada entre abril e agosto do ano 2021, na Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde (BVS), Scielo e Pubmed/Medline, com uma amostra de 102 artigos. Resultados: destaca-se a atuação do técnico de enfermagem nas categorias: educação em saúde, gestão interdisciplinar, comunidade, integralidade e ações práticas em saúde, sendo suas condutas pautadas em grupos de apoio, percepção de risco, participação em programa saúde na escola, busca ativa, humanização, registros, feridas, medicamentos, sinais vitais, dentre outros. Conclusão: divulgar, conhecer, aprofundar e aperfeiçoar as condutas do técnico de enfermagem se faz necessário para uma assistência baseada em evidências, proporciona maior visibilidade e valorização desta categoria profissional. Ressalta-se que este artigo é pioneiro no assunto, de grande cunho para a enfermagem e poderá ser utilizado por gestores, profissionais e professores.

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ABSTRACT:Associations between generic and specific perceived health status have been little used in the clinical practice of the cardiovascular sciences. Describe the clinical and socio-economic profile of heart failure patients (HF) and correlate their perceived health status (PHS) (generic and specific) with clinical and socio-economic variables. Cross-sectional, quantitative and analytical study approved by the ethics committee -Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro (number 833.007). A sample of 91 individuals with different functional classes and etiologies of HF and who were in outpatient follow-up answered the following questionnaire: 1. Clinical and socioeconomic questionnaire; 2. Visual Analog Scale (VAS); 3. Minnesota Questionnaire (MLWHFQ). We studied 91 patients with HF; the majority was male (50.5%) married (52.7%), inactive (working condition) (83.51%), NYHA functional class IV (29.7%) hypertension etiology (46.2%). The VAS was correlated significantly (p <0.05) with the variables family income (r = 0.173) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (r = 0.221) and significant (p <0.01) comorbidities (r = 0.237) and medications (r = 0.475). Significant associations (p <0.05) were established between the VSA, gender, surgical procedure and NYHA functional class IV. All MLWHFQ domains were significantly associated (p <0.01) with the female gender and functional class IV. Perceived health status showed significant decline in all dimensions when compared to other published studies, demanding attention from the health professionals and new clinical strategies to manage heart failure.

Este artigo objetivou identificar as contribuições literárias mundiais da enfermagem, referentes ao enfrentamento de pandemias. Foi realizada uma revisão integrativa dos artigos publicados entre os anos de 2010 a 2020, nas bases de dados Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Base bibliográfica em História da Saúde Pública na América Latina e Caribe (HISA) e Índice Bibliográfico Español en Ciencias de la Salud (IBECS). A partir da seleção dos estudos foram criadas duas categorias temáticas para análise e discussão: "Contribuições da enfermagem com

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Ciprofloxacin and carbamazepine adsorption was studied using an activated carbon produced from leather residues (wet white shavings) and a commercially available activated carbon (Norit ROW 0.8) and the effect of pH level was studied. The activated carbon produced from wet white shavings showed better results due to its higher specific surface area, confirming that leather residues are a viable precursor for the preparation of activated carbons for the adsorption of these chemicals. The effect of pH on the AC adsorption capacity was not significant in the case of carbamazepine, however lower pH led to higher adsorption capacities for ciprofloxacin.