Cardiovascular adverse effects associated with the use of anti-HER2 in breast cancer treatment.

Cancer represents an important public health problem with increasing incidence, prevalence, and mortality, affecting the entire Western population, especially in developed and developing countries. The use of monoclonal antibodies has revolutionized the treatment of cancer, but this treatment can cause adverse cardiovascular effects (AE). The objective of this paper is to identify and classify AE in breast cancer patients in the use of Trastuzumab in two health institutions.

Management of primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma.

Background: Primary cardiac cancer is a rare event with various clinical presentations and often causes unexpected symptoms or sudden death. Case reports with this diagnosis are scarce.

Case Presentation: We present an unusual manifestation of leiomyosarcoma of the left atrium in a female patient, 33 years old.

The role of the pharmacist in the hospital discharge of cancer patients: an integrative review.

Introduction: Patients with cancer need care from a multidisciplinary team due to the complexity of the clinical picture and proposed treatment. Hospital discharge is a critical step, because pharmacotherapy changes may occur during hospitalization, leading to potential medication-related problems at home.

Objective: To identify publications which describe the activities performed by the pharmacist at the hospital discharge of patients with cancer.

rhEGF-Loaded Hydrogel in the Treatment of Chronic Wounds in Patients with Diabetes: Clinical Cases.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the healing process of chronic wounds treated with carboxymethylcellulose loaded with recombinant human epidermal growth factor in patients with diabetes. The case series consisted of 10 patients treated at the university hospital for 12 weeks. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 22.

Mapping of health services to urinary catheter users: challenges for the advanced nursing practice.

Objective: To map and to identify the material distributed in the health care network to urinary catheter users in a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Method: Quantitative, descriptive-exploratory study, carried out with supervisors and/or managers of health services and a unit of distribution of materials used by urinary catheter users. Data were collected using a questionnaire and an interview via electronic form and analyzed by descriptive statistics.