Influence of simultaneous comorbidities on COVID-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome mortality in people with diabetes.

Objectives: This study analyzed the influence of 23 comorbidities on COVID-associated acute distress respiratory syndrome (CARDS) mortality in people with a history of diabetes mellitus.

Methods: An observational, analytical, cross sectional study was utilized to investigate data from 6723 health services in Brazil, comprising 5433 people with diabetes. Adjusted logistic regression models for demographic factors such as age, sex, and race were used to analyze the association between CARDS mortality and comorbidities.

Individual and mutual effects of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity on acute respiratory distress syndrome mortality rates in clinical patients: a multicentre study.

Patients with comorbidities are more vulnerable to severe clinical cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and COVID-19 require complex health care. To analyse the association between the individual and combined effects of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity on ARDS mortality rates among patients receiving clinical care. A multicentre study encompassing retrospective data analysis and conducted with 21,121 patients from 6,723 health services across Brazil, during the 2020-2022 time period.

Photodynamic therapy for infected foot ulcers in people with diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.

Background: Ulceration of the feet in patients with diabetes is a frequent complication that increases morbidity, mortality, hospitalization, treatment costs, and non-traumatic amputations.

Objective: To present a systematic review of the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus and infected foot ulcers using photodynamic therapy.

Design And Setting: A systematic review was performed in the postgraduate program in nursing at the Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira, Ceará, Brazil.

Virtual reality in pain relief during chronic wound dressing change.

Objective: To assess the effect of virtual reality in pain relief during chronic wound dressing change.

Method: This is an experimental study carried out with 17 participants, in a stomatherapy clinic in Ceará, Brazil, from June to December 2019, using the virtual reality glasses Oculus Go®. Sociodemographic and clinical information, as well as of lifestyle, and characteristics of the lesions were collected.

Clinical and histopathological findings of cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19 patients.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) became pandemic since this is a disease with a high infection rate. The study's object is to identify clinical and histopathological findings of cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19 patients. The evidence was analyzed in PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane, Web of Science, and Scopus, with the search strategy (covid 19 OR covid-19 OR corona OR coronavirus OR sars-cov-2) AND (cutaneous or cutaneous manifestations OR), and 17 studies were included, involving 351 cases with COVID19 and skin manifestations.

The teaching of sanitary surveillance in the training of nurses.

Objective: To investigate the teaching of sanitary surveillance in undergraduate nursing courses in Brazil, seeking to know how this theme is addressed during the training of nurses.

Method: The universe of study was composed of Political-Pedagogical Projects, syllabi and curricula of nursing undergraduate courses from Brazilian public institutions. The quantitative analysis was developed through descriptive and inferential statistics, and for the qualitative part, a software was used to analyze the documents.

Analysis of Portuguese language blogs about bariatric surgery: key doubts of internauts regarding the postoperative period.

Background: The Internet, particularly blogs have become an important tool for patients to disseminate and exchange information on a variety of health topics, including bariatric surgery. By virtue of its interactivity being free of judgement from health care providers, blogs expose gaps in patients' knowledge and understanding.

Purpose: This study analyzes the main doubts expressed in blogs by patients in the postoperative period of bariatric surgery.

The effect of flour from the rind of the yellow passion fruit on glycemic control of people with diabetes mellitus type 2: a randomized clinical trial.

Background: The single or combined use of herbal and dietary products with medications has shown benefits in the metabolic modulation of carbohydrates, in the restoring of the function of pancreatic beta cells, and in insulin resistance. To analyze the effect of the use of flour made from the rind of the yellow passion fruit on the glycemic control of people with diabetes mellitus type 2.

Methods: An open, prospective, randomized clinical trial was undertaken with 54 participants over an eight-week period.

[Assessment of bariatric surgery results].

The objective was to evaluate the results of bariatric surgery in patients in the late postoperative period using the Bariatric Analysis and Reporting Outcome System (BAROS). This cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2011 to June 2012 at a hospital in the state of Ceará, Brazil. Data were collected from 92 patients using the BAROS protocol, which analyzes weight loss, improved comorbidities, complications, reoperations and Quality of Life (QoL).

Evaluation of the pressure ulcers risk scales with critically ill patients: a prospective cohort study.

Aims: to evaluate the accuracy of the Braden and Waterlow risk assessment scales in critically ill inpatients.

Method: this prospective cohort study, with 55 patients in intensive care units, was performed through evaluation of sociodemographic and clinical variables, through the application of the scales (Braden and Waterlow) upon admission and every 48 hours; and through the evaluation and classification of the ulcers into categories.

Results: the pressure ulcer incidence was 30.

[Vulnerability of adolescent students to STD / HIV in Imperatriz - Maranhao].

The aim of this study was to investigate the vulnerability of adolescent students related to sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), identifying the main risk behaviors and prevention. This quantitative, cross-sectional study was performed in three public schools in Imperatriz--Maranhão, with 295 adolescents, using a structured questionnaire. The results show that: most young people (86.

[Drug use, blood glucose and body mass index in patients with diabetes mellitus].

This research aimed to relate medication use with blood glucose and body mass index in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus. It was performed a cross-sectional study, between January and July 2009, at the homes of 437 users of 12 health centers in Fortaleza-CE. We administered a survey about blood glucose, body mass index and medication use.

[Construction of an educational technology for teaching about nursing on peripheral venipuncture].

The aim of the study was to describe the construction of a course on peripheral venipuncture using the Information and Communication Technologies. This is a methodological research, developed at the Federal University of Ceara from January to March 2012. The construction phases are: the analysis, design and development according to the theoretical framework of Galvis-Panqueva.

Drug interactions in Brazilian type 2 diabetes patients.

The aim of this paper is to identify the prevalence of the most frequent drug interactions in patients using oral antidiabéticos and their association with capillary glucose and medication adherence. In total, 579 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients from 12 health institutions in Fortaleza, Brazil were interviewed in 2009. A form was applied, including questions on medication use, comorbidities, lifestyle, body mass index and random capillary glucose.

[Maternal risk factors for premature births in a public maternity hospital in Imperatriz-MA].

Despite advances in obstetrics, prematurity is still a major public health problem because of the neonatal morbidity and mortality it causes. The objective of this study was to investigate maternal risk factorsfor premature births in a public maternity in the city of Imperatriz-MA. A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted with 116 mothers, through structured interviews.

[Using the braden scale and photographs to assess pressure ulcer risk].

The objective of this paper was to identify critically ill patients at risk for pressure ulcer (PU) using the Braden scale and digital photographs. A sample of 42 subjects was evaluated for 15 days, between March and June 2009, in Fortaleza, Brazil. A total of 47 lesions were identified, 23 (48.

[Nursing diagnoses for patients at risk of developing pressure ulcer].

This cross-sectional study aimed to identify nursing diagnoses in critical patients at risk of developing pressure ulcer. It was carried out at an Intensive Care Unit in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil, using an intentional sample of thirteen subjects at risk of pressure ulcer, evaluated according to the Waterlow scale. In total, 45 nursing diagnoses were evidenced, seventeen of which were clinically significant for the development of pressure ulcer.