The adoption by health professionals to the practice of patient isolation is a decision that reduces patients’ risks of occupational exposure to potentially contaminated biological material and prevents nosocomial in...The adoption by health professionals to the practice of patient isolation is a decision that reduces patients’ risks of occupational exposure to potentially contaminated biological material and prevents nosocomial infections. Verify the compliance of health professionals to the practices of contact precautions in patients colonized by microorganisms in a teaching hospital. This was a prospective observational cohort study in a special-sized hospital located in southeastern Brazil. The observation of health professionals in delivery of health care to patients with contact precaution was performed regarding hand hygiene, use of overcoat, glove, and mask. We carried out 1502 observations involving the following professional categories: nursing technicians and/or nursing assistants (n = 1028;68.4%), nurses (n = 200;13.3%), physical therapists (n = 185;12.3%), and physicians (n = 89;5.9%), totaling 971.8 hours. Regarding the level of compliance of professionals to contact precaution practices with hand hygiene after the procedures, the use of overcoats, gloves, and masks, all were statistically significant (p Klebsiella pneumoniae was the most positive pathogen identified in laboratory tests. This study provided the mapping of the compliance of health professionals to the practices of contact precautions in order to support a safer management of patient care reducing the risks of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI). This study also showed that health professionals are using practice management to deal with their behavior to protect their health.展开更多
The need for early screening of the biopsychosocial vulnerability within primary care is clear in the literature, but there is disagreement on the definition and type of score to be used. Health is influenced by deter...The need for early screening of the biopsychosocial vulnerability within primary care is clear in the literature, but there is disagreement on the definition and type of score to be used. Health is influenced by determining not only biological, but also psychological and social. The aims of the study are research and evaluation tools to determine the biopsychosocial vulnerability and the creation of a flow-chart for the establishment of health and socio-personalized care programs, but based on scientific evidence. In our study we have built an original scale of assessment for the general medicine, which could simultaneously analyze the Bio-Psycho-Social aspect of patients. A group of GPs （general practitioners） have tested this tool on a group of complex patients. The results of the study show that a high score on our scale of assessment is not correlated with the age of a patient （R = 0.454）; instead there is a straight correlation between the high score and the number of GPs and patient contacts （R = 0.790） and a border-line significant correlation （R = 0.590） between high scores and hospital admissions and resources utilization. In conclusion, with our assessment scale we built a general medicine instrument, simple, integrated with primary care setting and tools, fast in use. In the research and validation phase we showed how this scale would be able to identify patients in need of more attention where there is a necessity to go from a Guideline and EBM-Based approach to a Personalized approach.展开更多
肉芽肿性多血管炎（granulomatosis with polyangiitis,GPA）是一种病因未明的罕见多系统自身免疫性疾病.其特征为坏死性肉芽肿性炎和免疫性中小血管炎,大部分患者以呼吸道病变为首发症状,容易误诊为肺结核.笔者报道2015年1月本院收治的...肉芽肿性多血管炎（granulomatosis with polyangiitis,GPA）是一种病因未明的罕见多系统自身免疫性疾病.其特征为坏死性肉芽肿性炎和免疫性中小血管炎,大部分患者以呼吸道病变为首发症状,容易误诊为肺结核.笔者报道2015年1月本院收治的1例以“发热、肺部阴影、单侧胸腔积液”为主要临床表现的患者,诊断为肺结核及结核性胸膜炎,经抗结核治疗无效,为明确诊断,笔者组织临床专家对患者的诊断及治疗进行了讨论.患者经肺活组织检查及检测c-ANCA阳性后,最终诊断为肉芽肿性多血管炎.展开更多
文摘The adoption by health professionals to the practice of patient isolation is a decision that reduces patients’ risks of occupational exposure to potentially contaminated biological material and prevents nosocomial infections. Verify the compliance of health professionals to the practices of contact precautions in patients colonized by microorganisms in a teaching hospital. This was a prospective observational cohort study in a special-sized hospital located in southeastern Brazil. The observation of health professionals in delivery of health care to patients with contact precaution was performed regarding hand hygiene, use of overcoat, glove, and mask. We carried out 1502 observations involving the following professional categories: nursing technicians and/or nursing assistants (n = 1028;68.4%), nurses (n = 200;13.3%), physical therapists (n = 185;12.3%), and physicians (n = 89;5.9%), totaling 971.8 hours. Regarding the level of compliance of professionals to contact precaution practices with hand hygiene after the procedures, the use of overcoats, gloves, and masks, all were statistically significant (p Klebsiella pneumoniae was the most positive pathogen identified in laboratory tests. This study provided the mapping of the compliance of health professionals to the practices of contact precautions in order to support a safer management of patient care reducing the risks of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI). This study also showed that health professionals are using practice management to deal with their behavior to protect their health.
文摘The need for early screening of the biopsychosocial vulnerability within primary care is clear in the literature, but there is disagreement on the definition and type of score to be used. Health is influenced by determining not only biological, but also psychological and social. The aims of the study are research and evaluation tools to determine the biopsychosocial vulnerability and the creation of a flow-chart for the establishment of health and socio-personalized care programs, but based on scientific evidence. In our study we have built an original scale of assessment for the general medicine, which could simultaneously analyze the Bio-Psycho-Social aspect of patients. A group of GPs （general practitioners） have tested this tool on a group of complex patients. The results of the study show that a high score on our scale of assessment is not correlated with the age of a patient （R = 0.454）; instead there is a straight correlation between the high score and the number of GPs and patient contacts （R = 0.790） and a border-line significant correlation （R = 0.590） between high scores and hospital admissions and resources utilization. In conclusion, with our assessment scale we built a general medicine instrument, simple, integrated with primary care setting and tools, fast in use. In the research and validation phase we showed how this scale would be able to identify patients in need of more attention where there is a necessity to go from a Guideline and EBM-Based approach to a Personalized approach.
文摘肉芽肿性多血管炎（granulomatosis with polyangiitis,GPA）是一种病因未明的罕见多系统自身免疫性疾病.其特征为坏死性肉芽肿性炎和免疫性中小血管炎,大部分患者以呼吸道病变为首发症状,容易误诊为肺结核.笔者报道2015年1月本院收治的1例以“发热、肺部阴影、单侧胸腔积液”为主要临床表现的患者,诊断为肺结核及结核性胸膜炎,经抗结核治疗无效,为明确诊断,笔者组织临床专家对患者的诊断及治疗进行了讨论.患者经肺活组织检查及检测c-ANCA阳性后,最终诊断为肉芽肿性多血管炎.
