Development and validity of a mobile application prototype for hospital shift handover.

Objective: To develop and validate a mobile application prototype for nursing shift handover in a hospital inpatient unit.

Methods: A methodological study of technological production, carried out from April 2020 to January 2022, for mobile application construction and validity through the Design Thinking methodology. The study involved the stages of prototype development and validity by experts.

Sexual violence against children and adolescents in Paraná State: geospatial analysis and main socioeconomic indicators.

Objective: Child sexual violence is a multidimensional problem of many contemporary societies, affecting people of all sexes, social stratum and age groups. Offenses involving children and adolescents are more serious, given their total or partial dependence on parents and caregivers. Information on child sexual violence in Brazil is found in raw form and without detail.

Use and Applicability of the Gail Model to Calculate Breast Cancer Risk: A Scoping Review.

Objective: To perform a scoping review of the applicability of the Gail model in different countries for different ethnicities.

Methods: The review was conducted based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist and search strategies based on the PICOS approach. The reviewed articles were included if they were published between 2013 and 2018 in English, Portuguese, or Spanish; were original articles available in full online; and described the use of the Gail model.

Do Donated Corneas Become Transplanted Corneas? The Causes of Discard in Southern Brazil.

Purpose: To analyze the number of discarded donated corneas and the causes associated with discard in southern Brazil.

Methods: This retrospective, cross-sectional, and analytic study of donor corneal discards and their associated factors and geospatial distribution was based on a macroregional strategy conducted from 2011 to 2015 in Paraná, southern Brazil. The dataset included all cornea donations from patients who died of cardiac arrest at ages between 3 and 70 years.

The Obesity and the Risk of Breast Cancer among Pre and Postmenopausal Women.

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide and the obesity is one of the factors related to the risk of breast cancer mainly in postmenopausal women. This study investigated the association between obesity in pre- and postmenopausal women with the development of breast cancer and the expression of estrogen, progesterone, HeR-2 and triple-negative (TN) receptors. Methods: A case-control study was conducted on 100 patients with recently diagnosed breast cancer and 400 age-matched controls.

Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer among Women Attending a Reference Service in Brazil.

Background: Cancer is a major public health problem. Early diagnosis and treatment are essential for reducing mortality. This study aimed to analyze factors associated with delay in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment among women attending a reference cancer service.

High risk pregnancies and factors associated with neonatal death.

Objective: To identify the factors associated with intra-hospital neonatal mortality based on the individual characteristics of at-risk pregnant mothers, delivery and newborns.

Method: This was a cross-sectional epidemiological study of live newborns delivered by women attended at the high-risk outpatient unit of a philanthropic hospital in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil between September 2012 and September 2013.

Results: Six hundred and eighty-eight women participated in the study.

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in pre- and postmenopausal women.

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) and its components among pre- and postmenopausal women, as well as the association between menopausal status and MS.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted at a reference cardiology outpatient clinic in a city located in Northwestern Paraná State, Brazil. A total of 958 medical records of symptomatic climacteric women evaluated between 2010 and 2014 were analyzed.

Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women in Brazil.

Purpose: To analyze risk factors for postmenopausal breast cancer.

Methods: The present casecontrol study included 600 women treated at a cancer center reference hospital in a municipality in the South of Brazil.

Results: Totals of 100 patients and 500 control subjects were evaluated.

Mammographic Screening of Women Attending a Reference Service Center in Southern Brazil.

Background: To investigate the prevalence of and factors associated with performance of annual mammography by women above 40 years of age.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted at an oncology reference service in Southern Brazil from October 2013 to October 2014 with 525 women aged 40 years or older.

Results: The prevalence of annual mammography was 54.

Treatment and Follow-up of Human Papillomavirus Infected Women in a Municipality in Southern Brazil.

Background: This study aimed toanalyze the risk behavior for cervical cancer (CC) and the human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and resolution among women who received care through the private healthcare network of a municipality in southern Brazil.

Materials And Methods: This descriptive and retrospective study was conducted with 25 women aged 20 to 59 years who received care through the private healthcare network and were treated at a specialty clinic in the period from January to December 2012 in a municipality in Northwest Parana, Southern Brazil. Data from medical records with cytological and HPV results were used.

Pregnancy after Bariatric Surgery: Obstetric and Perinatal Outcomes and the Growth and Development of Children.

Background: Several outcomes of pregnancy after bariatric surgery are currently being studied.

Methods: This cross-sectional, retrospective study evaluated the obstetric and perinatal outcomes of pregnancies in 19 women who underwent bariatric surgery, as well as the growth and development of their children, in the Southern Brazil.

Results: Among these women, 11 children were born prior to surgery and 32 were born post-surgery.

Years of potential life lost due to breast and cervical cancer: a challenge for Brazilian public policy.

Background: The purpose of the article was to analyze the years of potential life lost (YPLL) of women who died from breast and cervical cancer in the State of Parana, Southern Brazil. This was a temporal trend study (2000 to 2010) about the coefficients of mortality and the years of potential life lost in women aged 20 to 70 years.

Materials And Methods: Data were obtained through the database of the Department of the Unified Health System (DATASUS) and the National Mortality Information System.

Variables that affect the satisfaction of Brazilian women with external breast prostheses after mastectomy.

Background: : In 2012, the breast cancer estimate worldwide stood at 1.67 million new cases, these accounting for 25% of all types of cancer diagnosed in women. For 2014, 57,120 new cases are expected, with a risk estimated at 56.

Population inquiry regarding mammography in postmenopausal women in southern Brazil.

This study was conducted to analyze the prevalence of non-performance of mammography, and associated factors, among postmenopausal women. This analytical, exploratory, cross-sectional study, of a domicile population inquiry type, was performed in the municipality of Maringa, Parana, Brazil. A total of 456 women were interviewed, aged 45 to 69 years, who presented with natural menopause and cessation of menstruation for at least twelve months.

[Climacteric symptoms and nutritional status of women in post-menopause users and non-users of hormone therapy].

Purpose: To analyze the climacteric symptoms, nutritional status and distribution of abdominal fat in postmenopausal women using or not hormone therapy.

Methods: exploratory analytical study of the population survey type in the urban area of Maringa, Parana, conducted on 456 postmenopausal women aged 45 to 69 years. Data collection was based on the urbanized census sector (368) of the municipality, according to the Brazilian Demographic Census.

[Heavy alcohol consumption among women].

This descriptive, exploratory study aimed to characterize women attending a Teaching Hospital in Northwest Paraná, for alcohol abuse in the years 1999 to 200, according to sociodemographic data of intoxication and associated with trauma and violence. Among 823 visits, the most frequent age range was from 20 to 49 years (58.32%).

[Factors associated with lack of Pap smear screening in a group of postmenopausal Brazilian women].

This study aimed to analyze risk factors for lack of Pap smear screening among menopausal women. This population-based study evaluated 456 women 45-69 years of age (mean 58.7; SD 5.

Seventeen years of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in a Southern Brazilian municipality.

We reviewed the records of 151 patients diagnosed with American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) from 1993 to 2009 in the municipality of Japura, Paraná, Brazil. Gender, age, occupation, place of residence, location of lesions, type and number of lesions were analyzed. The prevalence rate of ACL was 11.

[Hospitalization in an intensive care unit: how patients perceive it].

This qualitative study aims to understand how adult patients experience hospitalization in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), thus contributing to the improvement of care and a better adaptation to such a stigmatized environment. The data were collected in an ICU of a hospital in the southwest of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Ten patients were interviewed.

Pregnancy after bariatric surgery: implications for mother and newborn.

Background: The present study aimed to identify the implications for the mother and the newborn in pregnancies occurring after the bariatric surgery.

Methods: The present retrospective, exploratory cohort study was conducted to analyze the implications for the mother and the newborn in women of childbearing age (10 to 49 years) who became pregnant after undergoing bariatric surgery in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, during the period from 1999 through 2008.

Results: The study identified 32 women with the following characteristics: the majority of the women were Caucasian, slightly more than half were living with a partner, had some higher education, and most of them were without surgical complications.

[The experience of a family when approached for organs donation in case of cerebral death of a relative].

The objective of the study was to get in contact with the experience of a family that was asked to donate organs of a relative and the reasons that led them to authorize it or not. It was an exploratory research, with qualitative approach accomplished with relatives of individuals who presented cerebral death (CD) in a University Hospital of the municipal district of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, in the period from 2006 to 2008. The study allowed the analysis of the approaching process in case of CD, identifying through the family view, the needs of improvement in the approaching system and in the entire process, to provide a more humanized and holistic assistance.