Prevalence of people with sickle cell disease and leg ulcers in Brazil: Socioeconomic and clinical overview.

Objective: To identify the prevalence of people with leg ulcers resulting from sickle cell disease, as well as to describe the clinical, social, economic, and demographic conditions of these people.

Method: Descriptive study, carried out at the Minas Gerais Hematology and Hemotherapy Center Foundation. The study population consisted of individuals over the age of 18 with a diagnosis of sickle cell disease in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Biofilm model on mice skin wounds.

Purpose: To evaluate a biofilm model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in excisional cutaneous wound in mice.

Methods: Preclinical, translational study conducted with 64 C57BL/6 mice randomly assigned to control and intervention groups. Evaluation was on days D0, D3, D5, D7 and D10 of wound making.

Patients who experience systemic lupus erythematosus and leg ulcer: phenomenological approach.

Objective: To understand the experience of a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and leg ulcers with cutaneous calcinosis.

Methods: An experience report based on the social phenomenology of Alfred Schutz, conducted with a young woman undergoing treatment in an outpatient service.

Results: The disease manifested itself in adolescence and brought emotional instability associated with body image concern and social isolation.

Microbiological profile of leg ulcer infections: review study.

Objectives: to analyze the microbiological profile of leg ulcers of patients treated at outpatient clinics and hospitals regarding the type of microorganism, microbiological selection of antibiotics, and techniques for the collection of culture material.

Methods: literature review performed on LILACS, IBECS, MEDLINE, and CINAHL databases, resulting in a descriptive analysis of 27 studies.

Results: 35.

Estimated costs in treating sickle cell disease leg ulcer.

Objective: To identify the costs of treating leg ulcers due to sickle cell disease from the perspective of the Unified Health System.

Method: An observational, descriptive, cost-effective economic assessment study conducted in a single center with ulcer patients. The data collected were extracted from the participant's medical records and recorded in a form prepared for this purpose.

Prevalence and Management of Urinary Incontinence in a Brazilian Hospital: A Prospective, Descriptive Study.

Unlabelled: Although urinary incontinence (UI) in hospitalized patients is a frequent health problem, research on the subject is limited.

Purpose: A prospective, descriptive study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of UI, care implemented among hospitalized adult patients, and impact of UI on quality of life (QoL) in a large private institution in Brazil.

Methods: All patients admitted during November 2018 who were at least 18 years of age, sufficiently conscious and oriented to answer questions, able to undergo skin inspection, and had the ability to urinate (ie, did not use an indwelling bladder catheter or have a nephrostomy, cystostomy, urostomy, or vesicostomy) were eligible to participate.

Factors associated with complex surgical wounds in breast and abdomen: a case-control observational study.

Objective: to identify factors associated with complex surgical wounds in the breasts and abdomen in outpatients.

Method: observational case-control study involving 327 patients, distributed into 160 cases (complex surgical wound) and 167 controls (simple surgical wound). Data were extracted from the medical records and a binary logistic regression model was used for analysis, considering a significance level of 5%.