Construction and validation of an educational booklet for patients in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery: a methodological study.

Objective: to construct and validate an educational booklet for self-care of patients in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery.

Methods: methodological study, including bibliographic survey, construction of the booklet and validation with judges and the target audience. For validation with judges, the Health Educational Content Validation Instrument was used, and with the target audience, an instrument was used with questions related to organization, writing style, appearance and motivation.

Low body mass index is associated with a positive response during a head-up tilt test.

Background: To describe the association between body mass index (BMI) and a positive response during a head-up tilt test (HUT) in patients referred for an investigation of syncope.

Methods: Observational study of patients referred for the diagnostic evaluation of syncope. Patients were divided into four groups according to their BMI: <18.