Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis: is the clinical practice based on evidence?

Objective: To assess the surgical antibiotic prophylaxis.

Methods: This was a descriptive study performed at a public tertiary care university hospital gathering prescription, sociodemographic and hospitalization data of inpatients admitted in 2014 who used antimicrobial drugs. This data were obtained from the hospital electronic database.

Pedoenvironmental indicators of soil in Western Amazonia, Brazil.

This study aimed to ascertain what soil attributes may be an indicator of natural and anthropic pedogenic changes in top grassland (TG), low grassland (LG), ecotone zone (EZ), and forest (F) in Western Amazonia. Twenty samples of the diagnostic horizons were collected from the studied pedoenvironments: TG (A 0.0-14 and Bi 0.

Protocol for the use of legacy data and magnetic signature on soil mapping of São Paulo Central West, Brazil.

The demand for information on the soil resource to support the establishment of public policies for land use and management has grown exponentially in the last years. However, there are still difficulties to the proper use of already existing information for soil mapping. Here we aimed to establish a protocol for soil mapping using legacy data, magnetic signature and soil attributes evaluation.

Contributions of Jean Watson's theory to holistic critical thinking of nurses.

Objective: to reflect on the contributions of Jean Watson's theory to the nurses' holistic critical thinking.

Method: This is a theoretical reflection article, on which scientific productions about Jean Watson's human care theory, published in national and international periodicals, were based.

Results: Jean Watson's theory and its contribution to the nurses' holistic critical thinking; the interface of critical holistic thinking in teaching the nursing diagnosis process according to Watson's theory; contributions of critical holistic thinking to the nursing field.

Space-time variability of citrus leprosis as strategic planning for crop management.

Background: Citrus leprosis is the most important viral disease of citrus. Knowledge of its spatiotemporal structure is fundamental to a representative sampling plan focused on the disease control approach. Such a well-crafted sampling design helps to reduce pesticide use in agriculture to control pests and diseases.

The influence of citrus rootstocks on the relationship between the mite Brevipalpus phoenicis and citrus leprosis disease.

Background: Leprosis is one of the most serious citrus plant diseases. Leprosis-affected plants, especially sweet orange [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck], which is the most widely cultivated citrus fruit worldwide, show reduced photosynthetic capacity and severe defoliation.