Did the speech of patients with Myasthenia Gravis decline over 4 years?

Purpose: To compare the speech and voice patterns of myasthenia gravis (MG) patients over four years, and correlate the results with clinical aspects of the disease.

Methods: Data was collected for 4 years. The clinical assessment tools included the Quantitative Myasthenia Gravis (QMG) score, the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) clinical classification, and the Myasthenia Gravis Quality of Life 15-item Scale (MG-QoL).

Implementation of bedside medication preparation in intensive care: post-improvement cycle.

Objective: To assess the implementation of the bedside medication preparation process in an Intensive Care Unit, following a quality improvement cycle.

Method: A quasi-experimental study with non-paired samples, pre- and post-implementation, conducted in an Intensive Care Unit of a public hospital in southern Brazil, from September 2022 to April 2023, following the guidelines of the Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence 2.0.

Pressure injury after COVID-19 treated with adjuvant laser therapy: a case study.

Objective: To report adjuvant laser therapy treatament in a pressure injury patient after COVID-19.

Method: A case report carried out at the ambulatory of a universitary hospital in southern Brazil.

Results: The nursing diagnosis of pressure injury was primarily listed.

Risk assessment validation in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: Data from a Southern Brazil registry (RESPHIRAR study).

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a severe and progressive disease characterized by increased pulmonary vascular resistance, ultimately leading to right heart failure and death. Registries are a valuable tool in the research of rare conditions such as PAH. Moreover, the risk assessment strategy has been validated in European and North American registries and has been reported to provide an accurate prediction of mortality and the clinical advantage of reaching low-risk status.

Race-related population attributable fraction of preventable risk factors of dementia: A Latino population-based study.

Background: Risk factors for dementia have distinct frequency and impact in relation to race. Our aim was to identify differences in modifiable risk factors of dementia related to races and estimate their population attributable fraction (PAF).

Methods: An epidemiological cohort was used to estimate the prevalence of 10 modifiable risk factors for dementia among five races-White, Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous.

The use of your own voice in labor: a phenomenological study.

Objective: To understand the meaning attributed by women to the use of their own voice in labor.

Method: Descriptive qualitative study based on the theoretical-philosophical-methodological framework of Heidegger. Phenomenological interviews were carried out with 20 women who experienced vaginal delivery without interventions in the second quarter of 2020 in the city of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.

Narrative interview and reconstruction of biographic case: methodological alternative in nursing research.

Objective: To present the biographical narrative interviews and biographical case reconstruction as methodological alternatives in nursing research.

Methods: Theoretical-reflective study that presents the aspects of the biographical narrative method and of reconstruction of biographical cases according to the German interpretive social research framework developed by the sociologist Gabriele Rosenthal.

Results And Discussion: The reflection was organized into three topics: conceptual interpretative aspects of biographical research; biographical narrative interview in the production of data; reconstruction of biographical case.

Patient care in cystic fibrosis centers: a real-world analysis in Brazil.

Objective: To analyze the characteristics of cystic fibrosis (CF) care centers (CFCCs) in Brazil.

Methods: A questionnaire was sent to the coordinators of all 51 registered CFCCs between May and September of 2021.

Results: The response rate was 100%.

Satisfaction and self-confidence of nursing students as participants and observers in realistic simulations.

Objective: To analyze the satisfaction and self-confidence of Nursing students regarding the learning process, in the roles of participants and observers, in realistic simulation scenarios.

Method: Observational study with 44 nursing college students in the south of Brazil. Data collection occurred from September to November 2018, through the application of the Learning Satisfaction and Self-Confidence Scale to realistic simulation scenarios.

Validation of manual to complement the transition of care at discharge from intensive care.

Objective: To develop and validate an interprofessional manual for the transfer of care to critically ill adult patients.

Method: Methodological study, conducted from January to September 2019. The content of the manual was listed by the multidisciplinary team of an adult Intensive Care Unit, in southern Brazil.

2022 Brazilian Thoracic Association recommendations for long-term home oxygen therapy.

Some chronic respiratory diseases can cause hypoxemia and, in such cases, long-term home oxygen therapy (LTOT) is indicated as a treatment option primarily to improve patient quality of life and life expectancy. Home oxygen has been used for more than 70 years, and support for LTOT is based on two studies from the 1980s that demonstrated that oxygen use improves survival in patients with COPD. There is evidence that LTOT has other beneficial effects such as improved cognitive function, improved exercise capacity, and reduced hospitalizations.

Safety elements and understanding of guidelines at discharge from Neonatal Intensive Care Units.

Objective: To compare safety elements and the understanding of guidelines at discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit between public and private hospitals.

Method: Cross-sectional study, developed in two Neonatal Intensive Care Units in the Midwest of Brazil. The Checklist for patient safety in preparing for discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the Assessment Scale of Patient Understanding about Discharge Guidelines were used for a sample (n=105) of caregivers of newborns.

Central Sterile Services Department: psychosocial risks related to the prescribed organization of nursing work.

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the characteristics of work-flow organization of the Central Sterile Services Department and analyze whether nursing workers are subject to psychosocial risks.

Method: Mixed study, carried out between November 2017 and July 2019 with nursing workers of the Department of Central Sterile Services of a university hospital. Sampling for the quantitative stage of this study consisted of 36 professionals who have filled the Prescribed Work Organization Scale form, followed by statistical analysis.

Agreement among instruments of quantitative evaluation of the hard palate in children.

Purpose: To evaluate the agreement among instruments of the quantitative evaluation of hard palate.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed with a sample of 30 children aged 6 to 11 from Santa Maria, Southern Brazil. The instruments for palate measurements evaluated were: digital caliper, used directly in the oral cavity and in plaster casts, Korkhaus tridimensional bow, used directly in the oral cavity and in plaster casts, and Dolphin Imaging Software used for measurements in cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Reference parameters for normality and associated factors to hard palate during mixed dentition phase.

Purpose: To evaluate the association among dimensions of the hard palate according to the sexes, skin color, and periods of the mixed dentition and present reference parameters of normality for this stage of development.

Methods: This cross-sectional study evaluated a representative sample of children between the ages of 7 and 13 years in Santa Maria, southern Brazil. The outcomes of the study were the dimensions of the palate: width measurements and depth.

Comparison of the internal thoracic artery flow dissected by video endoscopy or conventional technique.

Purpose: To compare the blood flow in the internal thoracic artery when dissected endoscopically in a conventional manner, in addition to develop a reliable experimental training model for the surgical team.

Methods: Paired experimental study. Ten pigs were operated and had both internal thoracic arteries dissected, the right with a conventional technique and the left by video endoscopy.

Clinical outcomes of cystic fibrosis patients with hemoptysis treated with bronchial artery embolization.

Objective: Massive hemoptysis is one of the most serious complications in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). This study aimed to evaluate the hemoptysis-free period following bronchial and non-bronchial artery embolization (BAE/non-BAE) in CF patients and to investigate predictors of recurrent bleeding and mortality by any cause.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of CF patients ≥ 16 years of age undergoing BAE/non-BAE for hemoptysis between 2000 and 2017.

Protocol for visits of patients' pets in palliative care in a hospital.

Objective: To report the experience of the multidisciplinary health team in the construction and implementation of the assistance protocol for pets visiting patients admitted to a palliative care unit.

Method: This is an experience report about the construction and implementation of a protocol in a university hospital in the South of Brazil by a working group from the multidisciplinary team of the Palliative Care Program and composed of three nurses, a physician, a psychologist, a social worker, a manager, and a nutritionist. The period of construction and implementation of the protocol was from September 2017 to April 2019.

Pressure wounds in a cohort of critical patients: incidence and associated factors.

Aim: To assess the incidence and factors associated with pressure wounds in patients of a Brazilian clinical and surgical Intensive Care Center (composed of three Intensive Care Units).

Method: Cohort monitored for clinical and therapeutic variables in an Intensive Care Center. Cox's Multiple Regression was employed, establishing the number of days until the first pressure injury as a time variable; the omnibus test was also performed.

Magnetic resonance imaging findings of the posterior fossa in 47 patients with mucopolysaccharidoses: A cross-sectional analysis.

Background: Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) is a group of hereditary multisystemic lysosomal disorders. Most neuroimaging studies in MPS have focused on the supratentorial compartment and craniocervical junction abnormalities, and data regarding posterior fossa findings are scarce in the literature. Thus, our purpose is to describe posterior fossa findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of MPS patients.

Course for the qualification of nurses in the care of children with genetic diseases: an experience report.

Objective: To describe the experience of developing and operating an extension course to qualify nurses in the care of children with genetic diseases.

Method: An experience report about the conduction of a university extension course with eight participants, developed at a public university in southern Brazil. It was a face-to-face course in November 2019.