Publications by authors named "V A Pessoa"
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- * It discusses how palliative care often leads to feelings of anguish and a loss of life's meaning, emphasizing the crucial nurse-patient relationship built through communication to facilitate holistic and compassionate care.
- * The research suggests that engaging with spiritual dimensions in healthcare challenges professionals to confront deep existential issues, ultimately helping them and their patients acknowledge the reality of death.
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- Ganoderma lingzhi is recognized for its health benefits and this study investigated its growth and production of bioactive compounds through submerged fermentation.
- Under two types of nutrient media (Polysaccharide and Melin-Norkrans), G. lingzhi produced more biomass in MNM, while POL showed higher enzyme activities like cellulases and proteases.
- The MNM medium was optimal for generating mycelial biomass and phenolic compounds, whereas the POL medium excelled in producing hydrolytic enzymes, indicating different strengths of each media for specific applications.
Violence against women is defined as any act resulting from gender relations that cause death or physical, sexual, psychological, property and moral harm. Comprehensive care requires professionals understanding the support network to guide and refer women victims of violence to services and to value complaints/anxieties. The objective of this study was to identify the scientific production of comprehensive care for women victims of violence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To comprehend the multiprofessional actions regarding palliative care for patients in the Intensive Care Unit affected by SARS-CoV-2.
Methods: A comprehensive qualitative study conducted with 31 professionals from the Intensive Care Units of a university hospital, based on the Theory of Peaceful End of Life.
Results: The analysis of the discourse led to the identification of two categories: "Multidisciplinary actions to promote comfort at the end of life" and "Palliative care during the pandemic period and the promotion of emotional and spiritual comfort.
Objective: Map the scientific evidence on the use of clinical decision support systems in diabetic foot care.
Method: A scoping review based on the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis and registered on the Open Science Framework platform. Searches were carried out in primary and secondary sources on prototypes and computerized tools aimed at assisting patients with diabetic foot or at risk of having it, published in any language or period, in eleven databases and grey literature.