Modelo de protocolo para realização de Traqueostomia em leito de UTI no paciente com Covid-19 / Protocol model for performing Tracheostomy on the UTI bed in the patient with Covid-19

Objetivos: analisar a implantação de modelo de protocolo institucional para a realização de traqueostomia em paciente internado em leito de unidade de terapia intensiva (UTI) com confirmação de infecção por Covid-19 e verificar adesão do protocolo, dificuldades de sua utilização e taxa de complicações relacionadas à realização de traqueostomia no leito de UTI. Métodos: estudo descritivo, prospectivo, que avaliou a implantação de modelo de protocolo institucional para a realização de traqueostomia na UTI Covid do Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Piauí (HU-UFPI) no período de abril a setembro de 2020. Durante esse período, 21 pacientes foram submetidos a esse procedimento cirúrgico. Posteriormente, dois pacientes foram retirados do estudo por terem exames negativos para Covid-19. Resultados e discussão: O modelo de protocolo foi utilizado em todas as traqueostomias desse estudo. As dificuldades relatadas estão relacionadas ao trabalho manual de transformar um leito de UTI em um leito de centro cirúrgico em cada procedimento. Não foi relatado nenhuma aerolização excessiva. Não houve mortalidade durante as traqueostomias, as complicações ocorreram em apenas dois pacientes (11,2%) e foram decorrentes de sangramento, e tratada com curativo compressivo.  Conclusão: a confecção e adoção de um modelo de protocolo objetivo visa otimizar a dinâmica da equipe para realizar um procedimento seguro, no próprio leito do paciente, com resultado benéfico para todos

Reconstrução de polegar utilizando o segundo pododáctilo: Thumb reconstruction using the second pododactyl

Introdução: O polegar permite uma grande amplitude de movimentos essenciais para as atividades cotidianas. Portanto, a amputação traumática do primeiro quirodáctilo provoca um significativo comprometimento estético e funcional. Nesses casos, a reconstrução do polegar utilizando dedo do pé constitui-se como opção terapêutica, devendo-se avaliar cada caso individualmente. Objetivos: Descrever e avaliar as técnicas cirúrgicas realizadas em dois pacientes com transferência do segundo pododáctilo para a mão devido à amputação traumática. Caso clínico: Dois pacientes do sexo masculino foram submetidos a cirurgias de reconstrução do polegar com transferência do segundo pododáctilo para a mão numa clínica privada localizada na cidade de Fortaleza – Ceará. O primeiro paciente teve amputação total, inclusive do metacarpo, já o segundo teve amputação de falange média e distal. Em ambos os casos, utilizou-se o segundo pododáctilo para a reconstrução do polegar. No pós-operatório tardio, os pacientes evoluíram estética e funcionalmente bem. Considerações finais:  O transplante de dedos do pé para a mão, em casos de trauma, como a amputação do polegar, apesar da sua complexidade e dos riscos de complicações, apresenta resultados estéticos e funcionais favoráveis ao paciente

Núcleos de Ensino da Unesp: artigos 2008

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq

NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data

Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network

International audienceThe shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxonomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impediment and the biodiversity crisis are widely recognized, highlighting the urgent need for reliable taxonomic data. Over the past decade, numerous countries worldwide have devoted considerable effort to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which called for the preparation of a working list of all known plant species by 2010 and an online world Flora by 2020. Brazil is a megadiverse country, home to more of the world's known plant species than any other country. Despite that, Flora Brasiliensis, concluded in 1906, was the last comprehensive treatment of the Brazilian flora. The lack of accurate estimates of the number of species of algae, fungi, and plants occurring in Brazil contributes to the prevailing taxonomic impediment and delays progress towards the GSPC targets. Over the past 12 years, a legion of taxonomists motivated to meet Target 1 of the GSPC, worked together to gather and integrate knowledge on the algal, plant, and fungal diversity of Brazil. Overall, a team of about 980 taxonomists joined efforts in a highly collaborative project that used cybertaxonomy to prepare an updated Flora of Brazil, showing the power of scientific collaboration to reach ambitious goals. This paper presents an overview of the Brazilian Flora 2020 and provides taxonomic and spatial updates on the algae, fungi, and plants found in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. We further identify collection gaps and summarize future goals that extend beyond 2020. Our results show that Brazil is home to 46,975 native species of algae, fungi, and plants, of which 19,669 are endemic to the country. The data compiled to date suggests that the Atlantic Rainforest might be the most diverse Brazilian domain for all plant groups except gymnosperms, which are most diverse in the Amazon. However, scientific knowledge of Brazilian diversity is still unequally distributed, with the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado being the most intensively sampled and studied biomes in the country. In times of “scientific reductionism”, with botanical and mycological sciences suffering pervasive depreciation in recent decades, the first online Flora of Brazil 2020 significantly enhanced the quality and quantity of taxonomic data available for algae, fungi, and plants from Brazil. This project also made all the information freely available online, providing a firm foundation for future research and for the management, conservation, and sustainable use of the Brazilian funga and flora

Characterisation of microbial attack on archaeological bone

As part of an EU funded project to investigate the factors influencing bone preservation in the archaeological record, more than 250 bones from 41 archaeological sites in five countries spanning four climatic regions were studied for diagenetic alteration. Sites were selected to cover a range of environmental conditions and archaeological contexts. Microscopic and physical (mercury intrusion porosimetry) analyses of these bones revealed that the majority (68%) had suffered microbial attack. Furthermore, significant differences were found between animal and human bone in both the state of preservation and the type of microbial attack present. These differences in preservation might result from differences in early taphonomy of the bones. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved