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    Triagem de Manchester do paciente com acidente vascular cerebral: dificuldades de enfermeiros brasileiros e portugueses

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    Identificar dificuldades encontradas pelos profissionais de enfermagem durante a Triagem de Manchester, em especial na suspeita de AVC, em um hospital portuguĂȘs e um brasileiro. MĂ©todo: Estudo quantitativo, com abordagem descritiva e recorte transversal realizado com 21 enfermeiros portugueses e 10 enfermeiros brasileiros. O projeto foi aprovado nos respectivos comitĂȘs de Ă©tica das instituiçÔes de estudo. Resultados: A maioria dos participantes eram do sexo feminino, e a mĂ©dia de idade dos enfermeiros portugueses foi de 39,7 anos, enquanto dos brasileiros foi de 32,8. O tempo mĂ©dio de experiĂȘncia em serviço de urgĂȘncia foi de 9,5 anos entre os portugueses e 6,8 anos para os brasileiros. Os participantes brasileiros indicaram maior dificuldade em lidar com nĂșmero elevado de pacientes em relação Ă  real capacidade do serviço. A maior parte dos respondentes de ambos os paĂ­ses relataram que os critĂ©rios de ativação da via verde/fluxo do Acidente Vascular Cerebral nĂŁo eram uma dificuldade para eles. A informação quanto ao tempo de inĂ­cio dos sintomas por parte dos pacientes demonstrou-se como uma dificuldade. ConclusĂŁo: Os achados favorecem as discussĂ”es sobre a temĂĄtica e contribuem para a identificação de pontos passĂ­veis de melhorias na triagem do paciente com suspeita de Acidente Vascular Cerebral.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

    Evaluation of a quality improvement intervention to reduce anastomotic leak following right colectomy (EAGLE): pragmatic, batched stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized trial in 64 countries

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    Background Anastomotic leak affects 8 per cent of patients after right colectomy with a 10-fold increased risk of postoperative death. The EAGLE study aimed to develop and test whether an international, standardized quality improvement intervention could reduce anastomotic leaks. Methods The internationally intended protocol, iteratively co-developed by a multistage Delphi process, comprised an online educational module introducing risk stratification, an intraoperative checklist, and harmonized surgical techniques. Clusters (hospital teams) were randomized to one of three arms with varied sequences of intervention/data collection by a derived stepped-wedge batch design (at least 18 hospital teams per batch). Patients were blinded to the study allocation. Low- and middle-income country enrolment was encouraged. The primary outcome (assessed by intention to treat) was anastomotic leak rate, and subgroup analyses by module completion (at least 80 per cent of surgeons, high engagement; less than 50 per cent, low engagement) were preplanned. Results A total 355 hospital teams registered, with 332 from 64 countries (39.2 per cent low and middle income) included in the final analysis. The online modules were completed by half of the surgeons (2143 of 4411). The primary analysis included 3039 of the 3268 patients recruited (206 patients had no anastomosis and 23 were lost to follow-up), with anastomotic leaks arising before and after the intervention in 10.1 and 9.6 per cent respectively (adjusted OR 0.87, 95 per cent c.i. 0.59 to 1.30; P = 0.498). The proportion of surgeons completing the educational modules was an influence: the leak rate decreased from 12.2 per cent (61 of 500) before intervention to 5.1 per cent (24 of 473) after intervention in high-engagement centres (adjusted OR 0.36, 0.20 to 0.64; P < 0.001), but this was not observed in low-engagement hospitals (8.3 per cent (59 of 714) and 13.8 per cent (61 of 443) respectively; adjusted OR 2.09, 1.31 to 3.31). Conclusion Completion of globally available digital training by engaged teams can alter anastomotic leak rates. Registration number: NCT04270721 (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov)
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