Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcer: A Scoping Review.

To map the literature about photodynamic therapy in treating diabetic foot ulcers. Diabetic foot ulcers get constantly infected, thus culminating in hospitalizations and amputations. Photodynamic therapy is an antimicrobial treatment that may assist in the healing process.

Photodynamic therapy for infected foot ulcers in people with diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.

Background: Ulceration of the feet in patients with diabetes is a frequent complication that increases morbidity, mortality, hospitalization, treatment costs, and non-traumatic amputations.

Objective: To present a systematic review of the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus and infected foot ulcers using photodynamic therapy.

Design And Setting: A systematic review was performed in the postgraduate program in nursing at the Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira, Ceará, Brazil.

Skin lesions associated with the use of N95 respirators among health professionals in Brazil in 2020.

Objective: to investigate the prevalence of skin lesions and factors associated with the use of N95 respirators among health professionals in Brazil.

Method: cross-sectional study conducted with 11,368 health professionals using a respondent-driven sampling method adapted for online environments. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to investigate the association between the "skin lesions with the use of N95 respirators" variable and gender, professional category, workplace, training, COVID-19 diagnosis, and availability of sufficient and high-quality Personal Protective Equipment.

Virtual reality in pain relief during chronic wound dressing change.

Objective: To assess the effect of virtual reality in pain relief during chronic wound dressing change.

Method: This is an experimental study carried out with 17 participants, in a stomatherapy clinic in Ceará, Brazil, from June to December 2019, using the virtual reality glasses Oculus Go®. Sociodemographic and clinical information, as well as of lifestyle, and characteristics of the lesions were collected.

Creation and validation of a serial album for the prevention of Pressure Ulcer: a methodological study.

Objectives: to create and validate a serial album for Pressure Ulcer prevention in the hospital environment.

Methods: a methodological study with the production of the serial album and validation by 22 judges and 22 patients. The content was based on the integrative review and the reports of the World Health Organization.

STRUCTURAL BASES OF GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY CHANGES IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE: STUDY IN RATS.

Background: Gastrointestinal disorders are frequently reported in patients with Parkinson's disease whose disorders reduce the absorption of nutrients and drugs, worsening the clinical condition of patients. However, the mechanisms involved in modifying gastrointestinal pathophysiology have not yet been fully explained.

Aim: To evaluate its effects on gastrointestinal motility and the involvement of the vagal and splanchnic pathways.

Clinical and histopathological findings of cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19 patients.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) became pandemic since this is a disease with a high infection rate. The study's object is to identify clinical and histopathological findings of cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19 patients. The evidence was analyzed in PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane, Web of Science, and Scopus, with the search strategy (covid 19 OR covid-19 OR corona OR coronavirus OR sars-cov-2) AND (cutaneous or cutaneous manifestations OR), and 17 studies were included, involving 351 cases with COVID19 and skin manifestations.