Clinical and socio-demographic profile of patients with venous disease treated in health centers of Maceió (AL), Brazil [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Chronic venous disease (CVD) is to change the system causing a venous valvular incompetence associated with obstruction of flow or not. It affects 10 to 20% of world population, with higher prevalence in females.
Costa, Larissa Maranhão +3 more
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Imagem corporal de pessoas com úlceras venosas
OBJETIVOS: Avaliar a imagem corporal em pessoas com úlcera venosa. MÉTODOS: Estudo descritivo realizado em um Ambulatório de Feridas, localizado na cidade de Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais. Participaram do estudo 30 pessoas com úlceras venosas.
Geraldo Magela Salomé
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Use of the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing tool to evaluate the healing of chronic leg ulcers [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: In the present study, we aimed to describe the evolution of the healing of chronic leg ulcers using the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH) tool. METHODS: The data were collected from July 2010 to May 2011.
Almeida, Sérgio Aguinaldo de +4 more
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Objetivo: realizar revisão integrativa da literatura para dar subsídios de elaboração de protocolo de assistência a pessoas com úlcera venosa na atenção primária Método: revisão integrativa, realizada entre agosto e setembro de 2012, na biblioteca ...
Isabelle Katherinne Fernandes Costa +5 more
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Awarenesses and practices of people with venous ulcers in treatment with unna boot
Aim: to describe the knowledge and practices of people with venous ulcers in treatment with Unna boot. Method: qualitative and descriptive research. It was developed in an angiology outpatient clinic of a university hospital inRio GrandedoSul,Brazil. The
Marianne Lopes Robaina +5 more
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Caracterización de las personas con úlcera venosa en Brasil y Portugal: estudio comparativo [PDF]
Objective: To compare the socio-demographic aspects, of health, care and clinic of people with venous ulcer (VU) in Brazil and Portugal. Method: Analytical comparative and transversal study with a quantitative approach.
Costa, Isabelle Katherinne Fernandes +5 more
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Experiência de pessoas adultas e idosas frente à adesão aos cuidados com a úlcera varicosa
Resumo OBJETIVO Compreender a experiência de pessoas adultas e idosas frente à adesão aos cuidados com a úlcera varicosa. MÉTODO Pesquisa qualitativa fundamentada em pressupostos da Fenomenologia Social de Alfred Schütz, com 12 pessoas adultas e idosas,
Marcelo Henrique da Silva +5 more
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Venous-lymphatic disease: lymphoscintigraphic abnormalities in venous ulcers [PDF]
Background: The lymphatic system plays a relevant role in any type of peripheral edema. Lymphoscintigraphy is currently considered the primary test in the diagnosis of lymphatic disease of the lower limbs.
Barros Junior, Newton de +5 more
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Endoscopic management for peptic ulcer bleeding [PDF]
Bleeding remains a common and a potential lethal complication for peptic ulcer disease. Multidisciplinary approach by endoscopists, surgeons and intensive care physicians is necessary to improve results for this severe complication.
GIORDANO-NAPPI, José +1 more
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Evaluation of depressive symptoms in patients with venous ulcers [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Venous ulcers play an important role in patients' lives, as the incidence of deformities caused by this type of wound might produce adverse consequences, including psychosocial disorders.
Blanes, Leila +2 more
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