SUMMARY INTRODUCTION Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent event among critically ill patients hospitalized in intensive care units (ICU) and represents a global public health problem, being imperative an interdisciplinary approach. OBJECTIV To investigate, through literature review, the AKI epidemiology in ICUs. METHODS: Online research in Medline, Scientific Electronic Library Online, and Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences databases, with analysis of the most relevant 47 studies published between 2010 and 2017. RESULTS Data of the 67,033 patients from more than 300 ICUs from different regions of the world were analyzed. The overall incidence of AKI ranged from 2.5% to 92.2%, and the mortality from 5% to 80%. The length of ICU stay ranged from five to twenty-one days, and the need for renal replacement therapy from 0.8% to 59.2%. AKI patients had substantially higher mortality rates and longer hospital stays than patients without AKI. CONCLUSION AKI incidence presented high variability among the studies. One of the reasons for that were the different criteria used to define the cases. Availability of local resources, renal replacement therapy needs, serum creatinine at ICU admission, volume overload, and sepsis, among others, influence mortality rates in AKI patients.

Objetivo: Relatar a experiência do processo de ensino-aprendizagem com foco no desenvolvimento de competências gerenciais entre residentes de enfermagem. Método: estudo do tipo relato de experiência, ocorrido nos meses de maio e junho de 2015. Foi realizado no Programa de Residência em Gerenciamento de Enfermagem em Clínica Médica e Cirúrgica da Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, a partir da organização do processo de ensino-aprendizagem, incutido a disciplina de Gerenciamento dos Serviços de Enfermagem II, onde se realizou Seminários Integrados dos conteúdos voltados ao desenvolvimento da gestão pautada em competências, utilizando-se discussão de material teórico e relato de situação problema. Resultados: Os resultados compreendem as competências gerenciais trabalhadas nos seminários, sendo elas: processo decisório, liderança, comunicação e administração e gerenciamento. O desenvolvimento desse tipo de método educacional proporcionou o resgate de conceitos teóricos e discussões sobre a prática gerencial com base na literatura atual. Conclusão: As competências gerenciais devem receber atenção especial nos currículos de enfermagem, principalmente quando somadas a métodos alternativos que proporcionem criticidade no processo ensino-aprendizagem.

Objective To investigate the levels of anxiety, depression and stress and their associated factors, among nursing professionals who make up the team working against COVID-19 of a University Hospital in the south of Brazil. Method Exploratory, descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted from May to July 2020. Results From the total number of professionals, 53.8% had anxiety; 38.4% depression; and 40.3%, stress. Age, length of service in the profession, job satisfaction and work shift showed a statistically significant association with depression, while the employment contract, length of service in the UH, length of service in the unit prior to the opening of the COVID-19 unit and satisfaction at work showed a significant association with stress. Conclusions The nursing professionals of the COVID-19 team have important levels of anxiety, depression and stress, and the factors associated with depression and stress have been identified.

Studies with a comprehensive analysis of the epidemiology of acute kidney injury (AKI) in intensive care units (ICUs) are still limited in developing countries. The aim of this study is to identify the incidence and risk factors of AKI in critically ill patients from a Brazilian ICU. We performed a retrospective analysis of the records of patients admitted to a single-centre adult ICU in Brazil between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2016. The KDIGO criteria were used to define AKI. Univariate and multivariate data analyses were carried out. We included 1,500 patients. The incidence of AKI was 40.5%, and the AKI dialysis rate was 13%. The predictors of AKI at ICU admission included hypertension [odds ratio (OR) = 1.44, p 0.017], high serum creatinine concentration [OR = 3.54; p < 0.001], low serum albumin concentration [OR = 1.42, p 0.015], high APACHE II score [OR = 2.10; p < 0.001] and high SAPS 3 [OR = 1.75; p < 0.001]. The incidence of AKI was high, and we identified the predictors of AKI among critically ill Brazilian patients. The results of this study may contribute to the implementation of targeted therapies.

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