Specialized Pro-Resolving Lipid Mediators in Neonatal Cardiovascular Physiology and Diseases.

Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Unresolved inflammation plays a critical role in cardiovascular diseases development. Specialized Pro-Resolving Mediators (SPMs), derived from long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), enhances the host defense, by resolving the inflammation and tissue repair.

Skills Required in the Care of Cancer Patients Who Undergo Surgery in the Hospital-Home Transition.

It is essential to recognize what care is required by patients undergoing surgery in the transition from hospital to home to provide guidance for plans for release and follow-up and to achieve patient adherence to these plans. The objective of this study is to describe the skills required for the care of cancer patients who undergo surgery after hospital discharge. An exploratory-type descriptive approach was adopted, including 290 cancer patients who underwent surgery at a reference center in Bogotá, Colombia.

Association between Maternal Postpartum Depression, Stress, Optimism, and Breastfeeding Pattern in the First Six Months.

Early breastfeeding cessation is a major public health problem. Several factors can affect breastfeeding pattern, and psychological aspects have been poorly explored. We hypothesize that psychological factors and breastfeeding pattern have a relationship.

Finding myself as a cervical cancer survivor: A qualitative study.

Purpose: To determine the process and meaning of the experience of women with cervical cancer who had completed treatment within less than 5 years.

Methods: Qualitative study that included 13 women with cervical cancer, who participated after receiving a year of treatment. The data was collected by conducting 16 in-depth interviews that took place in participants' domiciles.

Development of student competencies for palliative care.

Aim: Identify the palliative care learning needs of healthcare students and determine the acceptability of an innovative learning strategy for palliative care named competencia para cuidar en el hogar-paliar (CUIDAR-PALIAR) aimed to increase students' competencies.

Methods: A single-group mixed methods design was used. A questionnaire was designed and semi-structured interviews were used to determine the palliative care competencies of undergraduate students; 90 students participated in the strategy.

Educational intervention (CUIDAR) in cancer patients treated with surgery: A quasi-experimental study.

Objective: To assess the effect of an educational intervention (CUIDAR) in cancer patients during the post-operatory, aimed to strength the competence to care patients at home in the dimensions knowledge, instrumental unicity, enjoy, anticipation and social relationships and interactions.

Methods: Quantitative quasi-experimental design with control and intervention groups, 192 patients who received surgery in the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología in Bogotá, Colombia. The intervention was conducted since the admission to the sixth week after release.

Looking for Control at the End of Life Through the Bond: A Grounded Theory on the Hospital Discharge Process in Palliative Care.

The hospital-to-home transition in palliative care is a vital process that requires continuity of care through the discharge process. However, little is known about the perceptions of patients with cancer and their family caregivers during this important palliative care transition in the Colombian health care context. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of the patient-family caregiver dyad in palliative care during the transition process between hospital and home in a health care institution in Bogota, Colombia.

Life after a gastrectomy: Experience of patients with gastric cancer.

Objective: To describe the experience of patients with gastric cancer who have undergone gastrectomy.

Method: Qualitative study with 17 adults who underwent total gastrectomy in a cancer care centre in Bogotá, Colombia. The approach was phenomenological using the analysis proposed by Colaizzi.

Effect of the programme Plan de egreso on chronically ill patients and their family caregivers.

Objective: To determine the effect of the programme Hospitalisation discharge plan for patients with chronic diseases and family caregivers to strengthen their home care competence -CUIDAR- and reduce the caregiver burden.

Method: Quasi-experimental study approach with intervention group. Participants were 62 patients and their caregivers who consulted with a health care institution in the city of Girardot (Colombia).

[Charging concept theoretical models disease chronic: a systematic review].

Objective: To describe the approach of cost of illness within the theoretical models of chronic non communicable disease (NCD).

Methodology: A systematic literature review was carried by defining observational parameters guided by the key words "theoretical, models" , "chronic disease" and "cost of illness" in 14 databases as Scielo, Medline, Science direct, Infotrac Health Reference Center Academic, including indexed publications of quantitative, qualitative, analysis and review articles, their publication language with an open time definition.

Results: 20 registered publications were found ranging from 2005 to 2012.

Development of a functional model of nursing care in cancer.

Objective: To propose and validate a functional model that permits addressing, guiding, and qualifying nursing care in the Colombian National Cancer Institute.

Methodology: Within the framework of the teaching-service work and as response to the priorities established by the National Cancer Institute, the need to have a model was determined to better understand the nursing work in the institution. For this purpose a study was conducted in three phases: 1) Analysis of the context, 2) Elaboration and analysis of the narratives of care, and 3) Development of the Functional Model of Nursing Care from the narratives.