Photobiomodulation for Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Reduction in Mastectomized Women on Hormone Blockers: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

To assess the impact of intravascular laser irradiation of blood (ILIB) on the primitive carotid artery (PCA) hemodynamic variables, specifically blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR), in mastectomized patients undergoing hormone blocker treatments. This study is a controlled, experimental, and randomized clinical trial. Patients were allocated into two groups: the experimental group (G1)-patients who received ILIB therapy using a 660 nm laser targeted at the PCA, and the control group (G2)-patients who did not receive ILIB therapy.

Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in monitoring health and cardiovascular diseases: survey study.

Objective: To analyze the implications of COVID-19 in the monitoring of health and cardiovascular diseases in health services.

Method: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, survey-type study with 798 adults, selected by snowball on social networks, between June and July 2020. Data were collected in an electronic form validated for this study.

Construction and validation of educational videos content for hypertensive children in times of COVID-19.

Objective: To build and validate two educational videos for hypertensive children about their disease and measures to cope with COVID-19.

Methods: Methodological study composed of five stages: 1) Analysis/Planning; 2) Modeling; 3) Implementation; 4) Evaluation/Maintenance and 5) Distribution. A committee of eight experts validated two educational videos for their content.

aPDT associated with sequestrectomy in the treatment of osteonecrosis in cancer patients with metastasis: Case report.

Introduction And Importance: Bisphosphonates are drugs that have demonstrated effectiveness in the prevention and treatment of bone metastases from malignant neoplasms and other diseases of bone metabolism and although they represent a risk factor for osteonecrosis.

Presentation Of Case: The present case depicts a patient with prostate neoplasia and metastases, referred to the dental department because he presented severe periodontal infection in the previous incisors of the mandible and was under treatment by intravenous zoledronic acid. A panoramic x-ray showed a marked bone loss with a periodontal infection that indicated the tooth exodontia of the affected teeth.

Device- and Nondevice-Guided Slow Breathing to Reduce Blood Pressure in Patients with Hypertension: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Background: Physiotherapy can include both device-guided slow breathing (DGSB) and nondevice-guided slow breathing (NDGSB) in the treatment of systemic arterial hypertension.

Objective: The aim of this study is to summarize the effects of DGSB on blood pressure levels of patients with hypertension based on the published literature to date.

Methods: A systematic search of all published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the effects of device-guided and nondevice-guided slow breathing in patients with hypertension, without language restriction, was carried out up to a publication date of January 2020 in nine databases: PubMed/MEDLINE, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), EMBASE, CENTRAL (Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials), Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature), Scopus, Web of Science, and Livivo.

Effect of an educational program for the knowledge and quality of blood pressure recording.

Objective: to evaluate the effect of an educational program on blood pressure recording for nursing professionals in relation to theoretical knowledge and the quality of these records.

Method: quasi-experimental study conducted in a hospital service located in the city of São Paulo. The theoretical knowledge of 101 professionals was measured using a validated questionnaire before and after the educational intervention; the quality of blood pressure records was evaluated using a validated form which was applied to 354 records in the pre-intervention period and 288 in the post-intervention period.

Association of blood pressure documentation with adverse outcomes in an emergency department in Brazil.

Objective: To associate blood pressure (BP) documentation with adverse outcomes in an emergency department (ED).

Methods: This is a retrospective observational study, and 642 records of patients admitted to the ED of a tertiary hospital in Brazil were used. We included medical records of patients of both sexes aged over 18 years, who were allocated in general wards in the period December 2015-June 2016.

Assessing healthcare professional knowledge, attitudes, and practices on hypertension management. Announcing a new World Hypertension League resource.

To assist hypertension control programs and specifically the development of training and education programs on hypertension for healthcare professionals, the World Hypertension League has developed a resource to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices on hypertension management. The resource assesses: (1) the importance of hypertension as a clinical and public health risk; (2) education in national or international hypertension recommendations; (3) lifestyle causes of hypertension; (4) measurement of blood pressure, screening, and diagnosis of hypertension; (5) lifestyle therapy counseling; (6) cardiovascular risk assessment; (7) antihypertensive drug therapy; and (8) adherence to therapy. In addition, the resource assesses the attitudes and practices of healthcare professionals for task sharing/shifting, use of care algorithms, and use of registries with performance reporting functions.

Blood pressure documentation in the emergency department.

Objective: To analyze the frequency of blood pressure documentation performed by nursing professionals in an emergency department.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional, observational, descriptive, and analytical study, which included medical records of adult patients admitted to the observation ward of an emergency department, between March and May 2014. Data were obtained through a collection instrument divided into three parts: patient identification, triage data, and blood pressure documentation.

Theoretical and practical knowledge of nursing professionals on indirect blood pressure measurement at a coronary care unit.

Objective: To determine and to analyze the theoretical and practical knowledge of Nursing professionals on indirect blood pressure measurement.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 31 professionals of a coronary care unit (86% of the Nursing staff in the unit). Of these, 38.

Factors that interfere the medication compliance in hypertensive patients.

Objective: To characterize the factors that interfere in drug treatment compliance in a group of individuals with arterial hypertension.

Methods: A non-experimental descriptive study that analyzed a sample of 80 patients diagnosed with arterial hypertension, who underwent medical treatment and were admitted to a university hospital during the period from March to May 2009. To collect data, the Instrument for Evaluation of Attitudes Regarding Taking Medication was applied.

Blood pressure measurement: arm circumference and cuff size availability.

To avoid inaccurate blood pressure (BP) readings, the American Heart Association (AHA) recommends cuff width (CW) encircling 40% of the arm circumference (AC) and cuff length at least 80-100%. This study aimed to identify inpatients AC, the corresponding cuff size and the cuff size availability. In total, 81 AC were measured in the right arm.

[Pharmacotherapy in the elderly: a review about the multidisciplinary team approach in systemic arterial hypertension control].

The greater prevalence of chronic diseases like systemic arterial hypertension among elderly people results in an increase of drugs use. Therefore, the incidence of a lot of drug-related problems (DRP) rises, and this leads to many health problems in the population. Based on literature, authors emphasize the multidisciplinary team approach (physicians, nurses and pharmacists) to activities directly related with pharmacotherapy for hypertension, granting elderly persons a better comprehension about taking care of their own health, to reduce DRP and achieve satisfactory adherence.

White coat hypertension and nursing care.

White coat hypertension is a clinical phenomenon characterized by elevated arterial blood pressure during a visit to the physician. In this study, we will review the key published studies related to this concept as they evaluate and compare morphological and behavioural characteristics between normotensive individuals, essential hypertension, and white coat patients. A definition of white coat hypertension, as well as information about its prevalence and factors contributing to it are also provided.

Assessment of the techniques of blood pressure measurement by health professionals.

Objective: To assess blood pressure measurement by health professionals of a public hospital in S o Paulo State.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews and direct observation were performed with a verification list according to the criteria reported by Perloff et al. One hundred and five health professionals took part in the study.