Nurses' perspectives on the use of telemonitoring in the management of people with diabetes and hypertension.

Objectives: to understand the perspective of nurses on the use of telemonitoring in the management of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension in primary care.

Methods: this qualitative research involved sixteen nurses from eight municipalities in Paraná. Data were collected between November 2022 and January 2023 through inperson or remote interviews, which were audio-recorded and subjected to content analysis.

Acoustic-pressure-driven ultrasonic activation of the mechanosensitive receptor RET and of cell proliferation in colonic tissue.

Ultrasound generates both compressive and shear mechanical forces in soft tissues. However, the specific mechanisms by which these forces activate cellular processes remain unclear. Here we show that low-intensity focused ultrasound can activate the mechanosensitive RET signalling pathway.

Label-Free Optical Transmission Tomography for Direct Mycological Examination and Monitoring of Intracellular Dynamics.

Live-cell imaging generally requires pretreatment with fluorophores to either monitor cellular functions or the dynamics of intracellular processes and structures. We have recently introduced full-field optical coherence tomography for the label-free live-cell imaging of fungi with potential clinical applications for the diagnosis of invasive fungal mold infections. While both the spatial resolution and technical set up of this technology are more likely designed for the histopathological analysis of tissue biopsies, there is to our knowledge no previous work reporting the use of a light interference-based optical technique for direct mycological examination and monitoring of intracellular processes.

Chronic diseases among women of reproductive age in primary care: prevalence and associated factors.

Objective: To analyze the prevalence and associated factors with chronic diseases among women of reproductive age in primary health care.

Method: Cross-sectional study conducted with 397 women of reproductive age living in northern Paraná, Brazil. Data were collected from July 2019 to September 2020.

Experiencing pregnancy in the context of lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome: a grounded theory.

Objective: To understand the meanings attributed to pregnancy in the context of Lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome by women and healthcare professionals.

Method: Qualitative research, using Symbolic Interactionism as a theoretical framework and Grounded Theory, a constructivist perspective. Data were collected between January and August 2022, through online interviews with 27 women with Lupus located on the social network Facebook and in-person or remote interviews with 12 healthcare professionals.

Pregnancy loss in women with systemic lupus erythematosus: Grounded Theory.

Objective: to learn the meanings attributed to pregnancy loss by women with Lupus.

Method: qualitative research, based on Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory. Data collection took place between January and August 2022 through in-depth interviews.

Adherence to Covid-19 vaccination during the pandemic: the influence of fake news.

Objectives: to understand how fake news has influenced adherence to Covid-19 immunization, from the perspective of health professionals.

Methods: a qualitative, descriptive-exploratory study was conducted in Campo Grande - MS. Twenty nursing professionals working in vaccine rooms or managing immunobiologicals participated through semi-structured interviews.

Tecnologias educacionais utilizadas para promoção do autocuidado de pessoas com diabetes mellitus: revisão integrativa.

Objective: To summarize the scientific productions that used educational technologies to promote self-care for people with diabetes.

Method: Integrative review carried out from October 2022 to January 2023, in the databases: LILACS; Scopus; Embase; PubMed/MEDLINE and CINAHL. The search was paired, and the sample consisted of ten articles.

Health care network for children with zika virus from the perspective of professionals.

Objective: To know the perspective of health professionals working in specialized care regarding the assistance offered to children with Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome in the Health Care Network.

Method: Qualitative study carried out in Campo Grande-MS through semi-structured interviews, between September and October 2020, with 12 professionals working in a reference service for people with physical and intellectual disabilities. Minayo's thematic analysis and the theoretical subsidies of the care model for chronic conditions were used for interpretation.

Educational intervention in social skills for Primary Care nurses.

Objective: to assess an educational intervention on social skills for nurses who work in Primary Health Care.

Method: a qualitative research-intervention study, carried out in the municipalities covered by the 17th Health Regional of Paraná. It was developed in three interrelated stages: exploratory, where meetings were held with the managers to define the groups and logistics for running the course; intermediate, developed in meetings with different groups of nurses, addressing selected topics; assessment, in which the nurses developed a personal plan to improve their social skills.

Quality of health care in Primary Care: perspective of people with Diabetes Mellitus.

Objectives: to identify how people with diabetes assess the care offered by Primary Care teams.

Methods: a cross-sectional study based on structured interviews with the application of the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness instrument to people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Data were submitted to statistical analysis.

Factors associated with demand for emergency medical services by people with hypertension and diabetes.

Objectives: to analyze the association between recurrence of emergency service visits due to lack of blood pressure and/or glycemic control with sociodemographic variables and disease registration in Primary Care.

Methods: quantitative study, which consulted medical records of people who attended these services two or more times for 26 months. Descriptive statistics and multiple logistic regression models were used in analysis.

Assistance to families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Perceptions of the multiprofessional team.

Objective: to synthesize the care provided by health professionals, at different care levels, to the families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Method: a qualitative study, based on the Family-Centered Care philosophical theoretical framework and developed with 22 professionals from three multidisciplinary teams from the Health Care Network of a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The data were collected through two focus groups with each team, organized with the support of the Atlas.

Coping with the health condition from the perspective of people with HIV who abandoned treatment.

Objectives: to understand how people living with HIV who have abandoned treatment face their health condition.

Methods: a qualitative study, based on the Chronic Care Model theoretical precepts. Data were collected between April and August 2021, through interviews with 24 people registered in a specialized service in the Brazilian Midwest.

Prevalence of non-communicable chronic diseases and associated factors in deaf people.

Objective: To analyze the prevalence and factors associated with non-communicable chronic diseases in deaf people.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with 110 deaf people in Maringá-Paraná, selected using the snowball sampling technique. Data were collected from February to August 2019, using a structured instrument; and, in the analysis, multiple logistic regression was used.

Breastfeeding and diseases prevalent in the first two years of a child's life: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: to assess the association between breastfeeding and diseases prevalent in the first two years of a child's life.

Methods: a retrospective cross-sectional study that analyzed electronic medical records of 401 children. Data on birth, growth, breastfeeding and medical care in the first two years of life were collected.

Analysis of factors associated with hematopoietic stem-cell retransplantation: a case-control study.

Objective: to analyze the factors associated with the failure of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) in patients undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Retransplantation (HSCR).

Method: this study implemented a quantitative approach and was a case-control type which addressed patients undergoing HSCR. To do so, a paired sample of two controls was used for each case (2:1).

HIV/AIDS and the social determinants of health: a time series study.

Objective: To analyze the time trend, spatial distribution, and the cases of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome cases with social determinants of health.

Methods: Ecological and analytical study, carried out based on the cases of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome notified in a state in the Brazilian Midwest, from 2009 to 2018. The study used descriptive analysis, polynomial regression, and geospatial analysis.

From diagnosis to complications: experiences of those who live with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Objective: To understand how people with lupus experience the diagnosis and how they deal with complications arising from the disease.

Method: Qualitative study, whose data were collected between February and July 2019, through semi-structured interviews with 26 individuals and submitted to content analysis.

Results: Three categories emerged that show illness from lupus as a difficult experience, permeated by sadness, fear and suffering, which, in addition to being linked to society's lack of knowledge about the disease, negatively impacts the lives of those who experience it.

Performance benchmarking of microbubble-localization algorithms for ultrasound localization microscopy.

Ultrafast ultrasound localization microscopy can be used to detect the subwavelength acoustic scattering of intravenously injected microbubbles to obtain haemodynamic maps of the vasculature of animals and humans. The quality of the haemodynamic maps depends on signal-to-noise ratios and on the algorithms used for the localization of the microbubbles and the rendering of their trajectories. Here we report the results of benchmarking of the performance of seven microbubble-localization algorithms.

Perception of health professionals about shared care between primary care and home care.

Objective: to understand how health professionals perceive the shared care between the teams of Primary Health Care and Home Care Service.

Method: descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, carried out with 17 professionals, in the municipality of Campo Grande, MS. Data were collected from August to October 2019, through semi-structured audio-recorded interviews and submitted to content analysis.

Extrication techniques of entrapped car crash victims: a scoping review.

Objective: to summarize the extrication techniques of entrapped car crash victims with potential spinal injury.

Method: a literature review study, of scoping review type, using the MEDLINE/PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, Science Direct, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and gray literature data sources, without time frame, with studies that addressed extricating techniques extrication of entrapped car crash victims.

Results: a total of 33 studies were included that enabled identifying and summarizing the different types of extrication and respective devices for extrication of entrapped car crash victims, indicated according to injury assessment and the victim's clinical condition.

Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome: care in light of the Brazilian Unified Health System principles.

Objective: to know health professionals' perceptions about care actions provided to children with Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome and their families.

Methods: this is a qualitative study, carried out in a capital of center-western Brazil, based on the Unified Health System theoretical precepts. Data were collected in September and October 2020, through audio-recorded interviews with 12 health professionals from a specialized service and submitted to analysis of content, thematic modality.

Meaning of aging for caregivers of senile elderly people.

Objectives: to understand the meaning of aging for caregivers of senile elderly people.

Methods: qualitative study carried out with 12 caregivers of elderly people registered in the Home Care Service, adopting the Explanatory Model of Kleinman's Disease as a theoretical framework. Data were collected from April to June 2019, through semi-structured, audio-recorded interviews, carried out at home and submitted to content analysis.