Risk factors for postoperative pulmonary complications and prolonged hospital stay in pulmonary resection patients: a retrospective study.

Background: Postoperative pulmonary complications are the main cause of morbidity and mortality after pulmonary resection. This study was undertaken to determine the risk factors associated with postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) and length of hospital stay (LOS) in pulmonary resection patients in a tertiary teaching hospital in Brazil.

Methods: A retrospective data gathering from 196 patients who underwent pulmonary resection between 2012 and 2016 was conducted.

[Violence and health professionals in primary health care].

The professionals who work on primary health care are affected by violence as they deal with very diverse patients. This exploratory descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, aimed at determining the situations in which primary health care professionals suffer aggressions. Data were collected in 2007, and included all members of a primary health care unit.