Pressure injury prevention measures: overview of systematic reviews.

Objective: Summarizing the evidence from systematic reviews regarding the comparison the effectiveness of interventions to prevent pressure injuries.

Method: Overview of systematic reviews conducted in accordance with Cochrane guidelines. A search was performed in databases, repositories and systematic review registration sites.

Dressings and topical agents containing hyaluronic acid for chronic wound healing.

Background: Hyaluronic acid is synthesised in plasma membranes and can be found in extracellular tissues. It has been suggested that the application of hyaluronic acid to chronic wounds may promote healing, and the mechanism may be due to its ability to maintain a moist wound environment which helps cell migration in the wound bed.

Objectives: To evaluate the effects of hyaluronic acid (and its derivatives) on the healing of chronic wounds.

Effect of Photobiomodulation on Repairing Pressure Ulcers in Adult and Elderly Patients: A Systematic Review.

Evaluation of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) in the treatment of pressure ulcers in adults and the elderly. Systematic review, based on the recommendations of the handbook, proposed by Cochrane. The search was carried out in databases, records of randomized clinical trials, list of references cited in the selected articles, as well as a manual search in meetings and specialized journals.

Effectiveness of extracellular matrix dressings and topical agents in the treatment of leg ulcers: a systematic review protocol.

The objective of this review is to synthesize the best available evidence on the effectiveness of the application of extracellular matrix products as dressings or in topical form as treatment for venous, arterial and mixed leg ulcers, compared to compression therapy alone, any type of dressings and topical agents, or placebos in adults over 18 years in any care setting.

[Effectiveness of enteral nutritional therapy in the healing process of pressure ulcers: a systematic review].

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of enteral nutritional therapy (ENT) in the healing process of pressure ulcers (PU) in adults and the elderly.

Method: A systematic review whose studies were identified through the databases of Cochrane, MEDLINE/PubMed, SciELO, LILACS, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science, and manual searches. It included randomized clinical trials (RCTs) without delimiting the period or language of publication, which addressed adults and elderly patients with pressure ulcers in a comparative treatment of enteral nutritional therapy and placebo or between enteral nutritional therapy with different compositions and dosages.

[Adolescence in the perception of primary school teachers].

This qualitative research was performed with 11 primary school teachers at a state school in the city of Curitiba/Brazil, with the goal to identify how primary school teachers perceive adolescence. The information was collected by means of a Group Discussion strategy and organized in four theme-categories. The teachers' statements revealed the plurality of the adolescence process, stressing its uniqueness.