"Playing with Surgical Instruments (PlaSurIn)" game to train operating room novices how to set up basic surgical instruments: A validation study.

Background: Game-based training has been considered as an alternative modality to traditional training in different perioperative nursing fields.

Objectives: To describe the adaptation and validation process of "Playing with Tweezers", a Portuguese game developed for novices to set up basic surgical instruments on the Mayo stand or a back table.

Design: A validation study with three phases of translation, reconciliation, and evaluation (face, content, and construct validity).

Additional Improvement of Respiratory Technique on Vascular Function in Hypertensive Postmenopausal Women Following Yoga or Stretching Video Classes: The YOGINI Study.

Hypertension remains highly prevalent in postmenopausal women, along with vascular dysfunction and increased oxidative stress. In such context, regular exercises, yoga practice, and slow breathing have been recommended to treat hypertension. However, the effects of the multiple components of yoga, including the respiratory techniques involved in the practice, on hypertension and on vascular and endothelial function have never been evaluated.

Stress and Food Consumption Relationship in Hypertensive Patients.

Background: Stress is a state of threat to the balance of the organism, which can cause biological and psychological changes. In hypertensive patients, stress can interfere with blood pressure levels, influence on food choices and neglect of the diet.

Objective: This study aims to describe the relationship between stress and dietary intake of hypertensive patients.

Using a 3D printer in cardiac valve surgery: a systematic review.

Background: The use of the 3D printer in complex cardiac surgery planning.

Objectives: To analyze the use and benefits of 3D printing in heart valve surgery through a systematic review of the literature.

Methods: This systematic review was reported following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and registered in the Prospero (International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews) database under the number CRD42017059034.

Sexual Dysfunction in Women with Hypertension: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Purpose Of Review: We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in hypertensive women and compare sexual dysfunction between hypertensive and non-hypertensive women.

Recent Findings: Conducted a systematic review in the following databases: PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, IBECS, and Lilacs. We included articles evaluating the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in a woman and/or comparing sexual dysfunction between hypertensive and non-hypertensive women.

Clinical registry of cardiovascular surgeries in a university hospital.

Objectives: To create and implement a computerized clinical registry to verify in the short-, medium- and long-term the mortality and the incidence of significant surgical outcomes in adult patients submitted to cardiovascular surgeries.

Methods: This is a prospective, observational registry-based study aimed at documenting the characteristics of patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery.

Results: Variables were standardized according to international references from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), American College of Cardiology (ACC), Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons (MSTCVS) and the Department of Informatics of SUS (DATASUS).

Hypertension as a risk factor for female sexual dysfunction: cross-sectional study.

Objective: to evaluate the sexual dysfunction in hypertensive patients compared to normotensive patients.

Method: this was a cross-sectional study. Samples were composed of 54 hypertensive patients and 54 normotensive patients.

The cardiac profile and electrocardiographic standard of at-height workers.

Background: The Medical Control Program for Occupational Health establishes the required supplementary exams, according to the activity exercised by the worker and its inherent risks. The Regulatory Norm No. 35, recently deployed, stipulates that at-height workers must undergo electrocardiogram exams as an additional routine examination.

Diagnostic Accuracy of Prehospital Tele-Electrocardiography in Acute Coronary Syndrome.

Background: Tele-electrocardiography (tele-ECG) is a powerful ally in the screening of acute ischemic lesions.

Introduction: Evidence that confirms the correlation between the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) determined in the prehospital setting and the confirmation of the diagnosis in the hospital setting is scarce. This study compares the presumed diagnosis of ACS in the prehospital setting based on electrocardiographic changes, such as ST-segment deviation, with the diagnosis confirmed in a hospital setting.

Development of an Educational Game to Set Up Surgical Instruments on the Mayo Stand or Back Table: Applied Research in Production Technology.

Background: Existing research suggests that digital games can be used effectively for educational purposes at any level of training. Perioperative nursing educators can use games to complement curricula, in guidance and staff development programs, to foster team collaboration, and to give support to critical thinking in nursing practice because it is a complex environment.

Objective: To describe the process of developing an educational game to set up surgical instruments on the Mayo stand or back table as a resource to assist the instructor in surgical instrumentation training for students and nursing health professionals in continued education.

[Profile of patients seen at an outpatient hypertension facility: are there gender differences?].

The objective of this study was to find out whether there are gender dierences regarding socio-demographic characteristics and associated risk factors in adults monitored in an outpatient hypertension facility. Retrospective analysis of records of patients seen at the outpatient hypertension clinic in 2009-2010, in a hospital specialized in cardiology, in southern Brazil. All patients were beneficiaries from the Brazilian Unified Healthcare System (SUS).

[Ankle-brachial index: nurses strategy to cardiovascular disease risk factors identification].

Elevated risk of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events is associated with high prevalence of peripheral arterial disease, with assessment through the ankle-brachial index (ABI). This study aimed to demonstrate that the ABI and the Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire are tools to be used by nurses in prevention and/or treatment of CVD (cardiovascular disease). A cross-sectional study was carried out with patients from a cardiovascular clinic.

[Pain scale: implementation for patients in the immediate postoperative period of cardiac surgery].

A clinical intervention study was developed in a hospital specialized in cardiology in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, with the objective of evaluating the implementation of the pain scale in post-operative cardiac surgery patients. It was developed in four steps: pre-test on pain, training lecture for nursing staff, and, reapplication of the pre-test at 30 and 60 days. The test consisted of ten questions weighing one point each.

Cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in primary ovarian insufficiency: clinical and experimental evidence.

Objective: Women with primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) present an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. In this study we tested the hypothesis that POI in women under hormone therapy (HT) are associated with vascular vasodilatation attenuation and cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction and these impairments are related to changes in systemic antioxidant enzymes. Furthermore, the possibility that ovarian hormone deprivation can induce such changes and that HT cannot reverse all of those impairments was examined in an experimental model of POI.

Renal oxygen content is increased in healthy subjects after angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition.

Objective: The association between renal hypoxia and the development of renal injury is well established. However, no adequate method currently exists to non-invasively measure functional changes in renal oxygenation in normal and injured patients.

Method: R2* quantification was performed using renal blood oxygen level-dependent properties.

[Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of a questionnaire on what nurses know of heart failure].

This study aims to perform the cross-cultural adaptation and to verify the content validity and stability of Nurses' Knowledge of Heart Failure Education Principles to evaluate what Brazilian nurses know of heart failure. The process of cross-cultural adaptation involved translation, synthesis, back-translation, committee's proofreading and pre-test. The following psychometric properties were assessed content validity (face), reliability through internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha) and stability (Kappa coefficient).

Explanatory digital video disc with patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization.

The aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge of patients before outpatient diagnostic cardiac catheterization after viewing an explanatory Digital Video Disc, in a cardiology reference hospital. This cross-sectional study was carried out with patients undergoing their first cardiac catheterization and was performed from May to June 2009 in the hemodynamic sector. An instrument was used with questions (12) regarding the patients' understanding of the procedure.

[Adherence to appointments and medication treatment of patients from randomized clinical trials of the industry].

Historical cohort study that assessed the adherence rate of patients of randomized clinical trials (RCT) of pharmaceutical industry in cardiology to appointments and follow-up medical treatment. This study was conducted at the cardiology research unit in a public university hospital in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. High adherence was regarded as > or = 80%.

Sexual activity after myocardial infarction: taboo or lack of knowledge?

Background: Despite its clinical and social relevance, resumption of sexual activity after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a subject that is poorly addressed by healthcare providers and one that is given scant emphasis during hospitalization. Erectile dysfunction is a common complaint among cardiac patients, and these patients are in doubt regarding the safety of resuming sexual activity after a cardiovascular event.

Objective: To describe how well informed patients are in regard to acute an myocardial infarction (AMI) and what sort of guidance they receive regarding resumption of sexual activity.