Portuguese validation of the Regret Intensity Scale (RIS-10) for measuring the intensity of regret associated with the provision of attention in health.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to adapt and validate the Regret Intensity Scale-10 (RIS-10) for Brazilian health professionals.

Methods: The validation study took place in two phases, in which the first was the translation of the instruments and the second, the field validation using psychometric properties validity and reliability of the scale with 341 professionals (doctors, nurses and physiotherapists) linked to hospitals. Validity was assessed using content validities (six judges evaluation), criteria (correlation with the Life Satisfaction Scale - SWLS and Self-Reporting Questionnaire 20 -SRQ-20) and construct (exploratory analysis using the rotation method Promax, based on the slope graph and the Kaiser criterion and confirmatory using the structural equation model) after applying the questionnaire to professionals.

Applications of deuterium oxide in human health.

The main aim goal of this review was to gather information about recent publications related to deuterium oxide (DO), and its use as a scientific tool related to human health. Searches were made in electronic databases Pubmed, Scielo, Lilacs, Medline and Cochrane. Moreover, the following patent databases were consulted: EPO (Espacenet patent search), USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) and Google Patents, which cover researches worldwide related to innovations using DO.

Serum level of cardiac troponin I in pediatric patients with sepsis or septic shock.

Objectives: To evaluate serum level of contractile protein troponin I (cTnI) within the 24 hrs of sepsis and septic shock diagnosis in children and to correlate with the outcome (discharge from hospital or death).

Design: Prospective, observational study.

Setting: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, at Hospital Infantil Nossa Senhora da Glória, Vitória, ES, Brazil.

[Pulmonary lesions and total parenteral nutrition in children admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit].

Objective: To describe lung injuries in autopsied pediatric patients (neonates through 15 years old) subjected or not to total parenteral nutrition, in an intensive care unit.

Methods: Sections from six paraffin-embedded lung fragments, from 114 children were studied by routine staining. Demographic, clinical and therapeutic data were retrieved from the records.