[Quality of life in adults and elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis].

Objective: To analyze and compare quality of life (QoL) in adults and elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods: This was a cross-sectional quantitative study. The tools include the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36), the Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS-28), the Assessment Health Questionnaire (HAQ), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT).

[Continuing health educating: a strategy for the training of community health agents].

This article aimed to describe and analyze the training process of health community agents (HCA) by family health strategy nurses. It is a qualitative research with 17 individuals. Data collection was performed through semi-structured interviews and the analysis was made through the data analysis technique.

[Morphologic trachea alterations in intubated patients in function of intubation time].

This is a descriptive analytic study which aimed to describe the morphologic alterations of the trachea in intubated patients with cannulas of high-residual volume and low-pressure cuff, maintained on mechanical ventilation with lower pressure inside the "cuff" than the tracheal capillary pressure (20-30 mmHg) in function of intubation time. The study population consisted of 23 adult patients admitted at an Intensive Care Unit, who were intubated for periods ranging from 27 to 317 hours and died, needing necropsy to identify the cause of deaths. The observed alterations were limited to the tracheal mucous membrane, affecting only the epithelium tissue and the lamina propria.

[Kinesiotherapy prevents shoulder pain in hemiplegic/paretic patients on sub-acute stage post-stroke].

Background: Painful shoulder is considered the most common complication of hemiplegic/parethic (H/P) stroke patients. It is a negative factor for neuromotor recovery.

Purpose: To study the effects of kinesiotherapy treatment on shoulder pain prevention, and as a secondary endpoints, to analyze muscle strength of H/P shoulder looking at basic functional active mobility.