Publications by authors named "Pamela Costa"
Objectives: to identify in the literature and summarize nursing care in a hospital environment directed to patients who suffered burns.
Methods: a scoping review, according to the JBI Reviewers' Manual recommendations, with a search in the MEDLINE, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus databases and in the Virtual Health Library portal, through articles published between 2016 and December 2021.
Results: of the total 419 articles found, nine were selected for analysis.
Effects of guided imagery relaxation in hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation patients: a quasi-experimental study.
Rev Bras Enferm
August 2022
Objective: To analyze the effects of the technique of virtual reality guided imagery in the vital signs of hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation patients.
Method: Quasi-experimental study with 35 participants who received an intervention using virtual reality guided imagery with progressive muscle relaxation, applied three times a week for four weeks in a referral hospital for transplants in the south of Brazil. Data collected included: temperature, arterial pressure, respiratory rate, heart rate, pain, and oxygen saturation, before and after each intervention.
Beyond arboviruses: A multicenter study to evaluate differential diagnosis of rash diseases and acute febrile illness cases in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
PLoS One
August 2022
Article Synopsis
- A significant portion of rash diseases (19%) and acute febrile illnesses (40%) in patients lack a clear cause, with the study focusing on identifying Parvovirus B19 and herpesvirus infections in these cases in Rio de Janeiro.
- The study included 114 participants (54 children and 60 adults), using various diagnostic methods such as real-time PCR and ELISA to assess viral infections.
- Findings indicated low prevalence rates of B19V and herpesviruses among patients, emphasizing the need for their consideration in laboratory diagnoses for unexplained RD and AFI cases.
In 2019, a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is transmitted via the airborne route, caused a new pandemic namely, "coronavirus disease 2019" (COVID-19). Although the effectiveness of face masks to prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is debated, no study has evaluated the virus-blocking efficacy of masks used by patients. We aimed to evaluate this efficacy of masks used by SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report here the draft genome sequences of two Brazilian strains of , a saxitoxin-producer (CYRF) and a non-saxitoxin producer (CYLP), with each strain comprising one assembled scaffold. We revealed differences in the compositions of gene members coding for membrane transporters and antioxidant activities between the strains.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: More than 11000 children in the United States with severe-to-profound hearing loss have cochlear implants. A 2002 investigation involving pediatric cochlear implant recipients identified meningitis episodes from January 1, 1997, through September 15, 2002. The incidence of pneumococcal meningitis in the cohort was 138.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In June 2002, the Food and Drug Administration received reports of bacterial meningitis in patients with cochlear implants for treatment of hearing loss. Implants that included a positioner (a wedge inserted next to the implanted electrode to facilitate transmission of the electrical signal by pushing the electrode against the medial wall of the cochlea) were voluntarily recalled in the United States in July 2002.
Methods: We identified patients with meningitis and conducted a cohort study and a nested case-control investigation involving 4264 children who had received cochlear implants in the United States between January 1, 1997, and August 6, 2002, and who were less than six years of age when they received the implants.