Anemia as the cause of clinical inability of candidates to blood donation for a hemotherapy and hematology center in the state of Maranhão, Brazil

Objetivo: Avaliar a anemia como causa de inaptidão clínica de candidatos a doação de sangue no estado do Maranhão. Métodos: Este estudo trata de uma série temporal da prevalência de anemia entre os candidatos doadores de sangue. Foram coletados dados secundários do Sistema de Informação do Hemocentro do Maranhão. Os candidatos a doação foram atendidos entre os anos de 2001 e 2010. A análise estatística foi realizada com Epi Info versão 6.04d. Os dados foram considerados estatisticamente significativos quando p <0,05. Resultados: A proporção de inaptidão clínica foi de 16,8% (n=1,672) sendo desses 63,27% (n=6,198) eram homens. Considerando-se o grupo de inaptos, a anemia foi a segunda causa mais frequente com 16.68% (n= 16,729). Nos homens, o uso de drogas foi a causa mais frequente de inaptidão (90.94%; n= 650) e a anemia foi a última causa com 28.76% (n=458). Em mulheres a anemia representou a maior causa de inaptidão clínica (71.24%; p=0,000). Conclusão: A anemia configura-se como causa importante de inaptidão, principalmente em mulheres, sendo a primeira.Objective: To evaluate anemia as a cause of clinical disability in blood donors in the state of Maranhão- Brazil. Methods: This study addresses a time series of prevalence of anemia among blood donor candidates. Secondary data were collected from the Information System of the Blood Center of Maranhão. Donor candidates were treated between 2001 and 2010. Statistical analysis was performed with Epi Info version 6.04d. Results: The proportion of clinical disability was 16.8% (n = 1,672) and 63.27% (n = 6,198) consisted of men. Considering the unfit group, anemia was the second most frequent cause with 16.68% (n = 16,729). In men, drug use was the most frequent cause of inability (90.94%, n = 650) and anemia was the last cause with 28.76% (n = 458). In women, anemia was the major cause of clinical inability (71.24%, p = 0.000). Conclusion: Anemia is an important cause of inability, and in women it is the first one

Memórias e vivências:: o legado de Paulo Freire na alfabetização de adultos

The article aims to discuss the theoretical assumptions of the Literacy Method developed by Paulo Freire and implemented in the literacy project for 380 workers, known as the "Forty Hours of Angicos," in Rio Grande do Norte. Through the reading of his works such as "Pedagogy of the Oppressed," "Education as the Practice of Freedom," and "The Importance of Reading the Word," his conceptions about education, pedagogy, and literacy reveal the foundations of his teaching method characterized by the ethical and political significance of the educator's actions in their relationship with the learner. The conducted study highlights a pedagogical shift towards an emancipatory literacy; all involved are subjects and contribute to each other's teaching and learning in a perspective of a democratic society and social justice.O artigo tem como objetivo discutir os pressupostos teóricos do Método de Alfabetização desenvolvido por Paulo Freire e implementado no projeto de alfabetização para 380 trabalhadores, que ficou conhecido como “Quarenta horas de Angicos”, no Rio Grande do Norte. Na leitura de suas obras Pedagogia do Oprimido, Educação como Prática de Liberdade e A importância do ato ao ler, suas concepções sobre educação, pedagogia e alfabetização descortinam as bases de seu método de ensino, caracterizado pelo sentido ético e político do fazer do educador na sua relação com o educando. O estudo realizado sinaliza um processo de mudança pedagógica em busca de uma alfabetização emancipadora; todos os envolvidos são sujeitos e contribuem para o ensino e a aprendizagem uns dos outros, em uma perspectiva de uma sociedade democrática e de justiça social

Nursing Professionals And Occupational Accidents

The current study has the objective to identify main work accidents that occurs with nursing workers. This is an integrative literature review that enabled to include scientific articles indexed in the databases of Virtual Library in Health (BVS). Searches were made from october to november 2016, using the descriptors: “work accidents”, “nursing professionals”, separated between themselves by the boolean operator AND. The following criteria were adopted: fully available articles, in portuguese language, published in the last five years. Articles that presented some duplicity and didn’t meet the proposed study objectives were excluded. After searches, ten scientific productions about the subject were selected. Results indicate the occurrence of accidents between nursing professionals and the main factors were related with sharp object handling, non-utilization of IPEs, excessive workload and needle resurfacing. It is concluded that strategies are required to minimize these occurrences, as the adoption of standard precautionary measures, the adequacy of staff numbers and better work conditions to this professional category. Besides that, the need of new researches about this subject are emphasized

Evaluation Of Pain In Newborn In Intensive Therapy In The Vision Of Health Professionals

Objective: Evaluate how health professionals perceive the pain in the NBs hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Method: This is a descriptive, exploratory research with a qualitative approach, developed in the maternity hospital Instituto de Saúde Elpídio de Almeida (ISEA), in the period from February to March 2016, after approval by the Research Ethics Committee (CESED), where the technique of data collection was through an interview with a prior script divided into two parts: the first part deals with socio-demographic issues, while the second part deals with issues related to pain in the NB, where they were recorded and transcribed in their entirety, using the content treatment through content analysis of the thematic type proposed by Laurence Bardin. Results: The results show that all health professionals perceive the pain in the neonate, where three categories emerged: "relates the evaluation of pain with physiological and behavioral measurements"; "know, but do not evaluate with pain score", "do not evaluate with pain score". Regarding the use of some method for pain relief, two categories emerged: "use of non-pharmacological methods for pain relief"; "Use of simultaneous pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods". Conclusion: All the professionals contributed to the growth of this research, being necessary more studies about the pain, mainly with regard to the use of multidimensional scales, since there is a lack of knowledge on the part of the professionals and teams that work in the NICU

GRANULOMA PIOGÊNICO EM LÍNGUA: RELATO DE CASO

Third molars represent the largest portion of dental retention and the degree of impaction is directly relatedto the complexity of tooth extraction. Objective: The present study investigated the prevalence of impactionin third molars related to the bones of the maxillo-mandibular complex at the Clínica Odontológica de Ensinoof Centro Universitário de Anápolis – UniEVANGÉLICA. Methods: The analysis was performed according tothe Pell and Gregory classifications, which determine the degree of impaction of the dental element andWinter, which evaluate the angulation of the long axis of third molars. This is an observational researchconducted through radiographic analysis of stored documents of patients treated during the clinical stagesof the 7th and 8th periods and the subject “Advanced Topics in Surgery”, between the years 2015 to 2018.Results: Using a proposed classification by winter, the vertical position prevailed in 81% of cases in maxillaryelements and 63% of the mandibular elements. Based on the Pell and Gregory classification, position A hada prevalence of 66% in the mandibular elements and class 1 of approximately 58%. Based on the adaptationmade in the study of Pell and Gregory classification, position A prevailed about 58% in the maxillaryelements. Conclusions: According to the classification of Pell and Gregory, it was concluded in the dataobtained in the study that there was a higher prevalence of position A1 for mandibular teeth and position Afor maxillary teeth. According to the Winter method, the vertical pattern was the most prevalent for both jaws.O Granuloma Piogênico é um processo proliferativo não neoplásico. Clinicamente, a lesão se apresentacomo um nódulo ou pápula, séssil ou pedunculada, com coloração variante do rosa ao arroxeado, sendonormalmente assintomática e bastante vascularizada. Sua etiologia ainda não é bem delimitada, entretantohá discussões sobre sua relação com a gravidez, bem como algumas indicações de seu surgimento apósum evento traumático. A minuciosa avaliação dos sinais clínicos, história da doença, bem como o histológicoé indispensável para o correto diagnóstico. Esse trabalho tem como escopo relatar um caso de GranulomaPiogênico em uma localização incomum, a língua, e discutir sobre a conduta tomada para realização de umdiagnóstico e tratamento correto. O paciente em questão relatava sintomatologia dolorosa. Ao exameintrabucal, havia uma lesão nodular do lado esquerdo, na borda lateral da língua, de coloraçãoavermelhada, com pequenos pontos ulcerados, base pedunculada, tamanho aproximado de 2cm. Aprincipal hipótese de diagnóstico foi Granuloma Piogênico, porém, sem descartar outras, por exemplo,carcinoma espinocelular, sarcoma de Kaposi e hemangioma. Através da biópsia excisional, contatou-seGranuloma Piogênico

Motivations and repercussions regarding crack consumption: the collective discourse of users of a Psychosocial Care Center

Abstract Aim: To identify the motivations and repercussions related to crack consumption by people attending a Centro de Atenção Psicossocial Álcool e Drogas (CAPS AD) (Psychosocial Care Center Alcohol and Drugs) in Bahia. Method: This is a qualitative study developed with eight crack users attending a CAPS AD in a city of Bahia. Interviews, whose content was organized by the technique of the Collective Subject Discourse, were conducted in October and November 2013. Results: The study reveals that the curiosity and the desire to belong to peer groups are events that motivate crack experimentation, and its consumption triggers aggressive and paranoid behavior, depression, financial losses and family and friends abandonment. Conclusion: Given the consequences to social relations and health, actions to prevent the use and consumption of crack are necessary, particularly in order to intervene on the motivations that prompt the first use and relapse