Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic profile of patients with heart failure.

Unlabelled: Describing and analyzing the electrocardiographic and echocardiographic profile of patients with heart failure (HF).

Methods: Documentary, retrospective, quantitative and descriptive research; data collected at the Hospital das Clinicas of Uberlandia with patients diagnosed with HF.

Results: 81 patients participated in this study, with the average age of 66.

Associations between surgical wound infectious and clinical profile in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

Background: Infections are surgical severe adverse events that pose risks to patient safety in health services, in addition to increasing costs and morbidity and mortality.

Aim: This study aims to describe the infectious profile of patients undergoing cardiac surgery and associate comorbidities and lifestyle habits with surgical wound infection.

Design: Observational and retrospective study.

MIT-Skywalker: considerations on the Design of a Body Weight Support System.

Background: To provide body weight support during walking and balance training, one can employ two distinct embodiments: support through a harness hanging from an overhead system or support through a saddle/seat type. This paper presents a comparison of these two approaches. Ultimately, this comparison determined our selection of the body weight support system employed in the MIT-Skywalker, a robotic device developed for the rehabilitation/habilitation of gait and balance after a neurological injury.