Influence of teaching a structured and humanized method of care on the perception of medical student attitudes in the doctor-patient relationship.

Introduction: The humanization of care can be defined, in a generic way, as the act of making an empathetic and respectful approach to patients. This study proposed to evaluate the perception of attitudes of medical students regarding the doctor-patient relationship, after implementation of teaching a humanized and structured care method.

Materials And Methods: Single-blind, randomized controlled experimental study that evaluated medical students in relation to patient care, based on a pre-post design, using the Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS).

Asthma-related deaths in Brazil: data from an ecological study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to present epidemiological data on hospitalizations and deaths related to asthma in Brazil over the past 11 years.

Methods: An ecological study was conducted on asthma-related hospitalizations and mortality in Brazil from 2013 to 2023, using data extracted from the Department of Informatics of the Brazilian Unified Health System and the Mortality Information System.

Results: Asthma-related deaths showed an increasing trend during the analyzed period.

Sonographic findings using the SAFE-A protocol in pre- and post-hemodialysis patients.

Background: Accurate assessment of relative intravascular volume is one of the cornerstones for the proper management of hospitalized patients requiring hemodialysis. Currently, the use of dynamic parameters such as bedside ultrasonography is recommended to support the assessment of the intravascular volume profile. This study aimed to prospectively evaluate findings of sonographic assessment of intravascular volume estimate (SAFE-A) protocol among hemodialysis inpatients with end-stage renal disease, before and after the hemodialysis sessions, and correlate these findings with the net ultrafiltrate (UFNET).