[Orbito-sphenoidal expansive processes: an anatomopathological study of 82 cases].

Purpose: To describe the orbito-sphenoidal expansive processes diagnosed at the Anatomo-Pathological Laboratory of the Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre - Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre during a period of 15 years, evaluating their relative frequencies among other tumoral processes.

Methods: We performed a statistical analysis of all orbital tumors with anatomicopathological diagnosis from January 1968 to December 1982, comparing the frequency of orbital tumors with the total number of tumors diagnosed at this Laboratory in a period of 5 years.

Results: Eighty-two cases were diagnosed of expansive processes involving the orbit in 15 years - 20.

Educational program of organ donation and transplantation at medical school.

A favorable attitude of health professionals to organ donation can positively influence the decision of families of potential donors. By increasing health professionals knowledge about donation and transplantation and qualifying them to disseminate information, education has produced a positive response to increase the insufficient number of donors. Educating students early in their careers may become crucial in this setting.

[Feelings of mothers of prematurely born babies: nursing implications].

This is a qualitative case study about the feelings of mothers of prematurely born babies that were at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Data was collected through semi-structured interviews. The research's main question was: how do you feel about your child being hospitalized? Twenty mothers of premature babies with gestational ages from 31 to 36 weeks were investigated.