Aim: This study evaluates the impact of monitoring a primary quality indicator and the effect of training on improving the care and maintenance of vascular access devices.
Design: A prospective, quasi-experimental, multicentre study with 10 periodical cross-sections from 2017 and 2020.
Participants: Adult patients hospitalised over 24 h, with or without vascular access device, excluding those in emergency, psychiatry, outpatients or minor surgery units.
Phenolic compounds with a position ortho to the free phenolic hydroxyl group occupied can be tyrosinase substrates. However, ortho-substituted compounds are usually described as inhibitors. The mechanism of action of tyrosinase on monophenols is complex, and if they are ortho-substituted, it is more complicated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Up to 60% of hospitalised neonates may develop incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD). Our aim was to adapt the Clinical Evaluation Scale for Characterization of the Severity of Diaper Dermatitis to the Spanish population and to find out the nationwide frequency of IAD in hospitalized neonates.
Methods: Cross-cultural adaptation and assessment of content validity of the scale.
Unlabelled: The management of nursing care regarding patients' vascular access is a priority. This study determines the contribution of the variables involved in the quality of care and maintenance of vascular access (VA) devices in admitted patients in the Valencian Community.
Methods: Using the STROBE statement, an observational, cross-sectional study was conducted on 1576 VA devices.
Tyrosinase is a copper oxidase enzyme which catalyzes the first two steps in the melanogenesis pathway, L-tyrosine to L-dopa conversion and, then, to o-dopaquinone and dopachrome. Hypopigmentation and, above all, hyperpigmentation issues can be originated depending on their activity. This enzyme also promotes the browning of fruits and vegetables.
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