Abstract Objective To analyze the association of complex chronic conditions (CCC) with death in a pediatric intensive care unit and association with hemodynamic and ventilatory support, hospital infections and length of stay. Methods Retrospective cohort, between 2012 and 2017, with hospitalizations of children with CCC, considered an exposure variable. Poisson regression was used, with 5% significance and calculation of relative risk (RR). Results Of the 585 children, 51.3% had CCC. Encephalopathies, neoplasms and pneumopathies were more frequent. These children had […]

ABSTRACT Objective To characterize premature live births in a municipality in northeastern Brazil regarding demographic and clinical characteristics, the need for resuscitation and hospitalization. Methods Descriptive study, carried out in two hospitals in Bahia, with the participation of 333 premature live births. Data were collected from April 2014 to February 2016, tabulated and analyzed SPSS version 22.0. It was approved by the Ethics Committee. Results Preterm live births were mostly male, with low birth weight, mean Apgar score of 7 […]

Abstract Objective To evaluate an educational intervention on the knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes of nursing team professionals regarding patient- and family-centered care. Methods Quasi-experimental, for equivalente time-samples design, in three phases. Were applied a theoretical knowledge questionnaire; the measurement instruments Perceptions of Family Centred Care – Staff (PFCC-S) – Brazilian version and the scale; Families Importance in Nursing Care – Nurses Attitudes. Descriptive and inferential data analysis were conducted for the quantitative study (p≤0,05). The Content Qualitative Analysis were conducted […]

Abstract Objective The aim of this scientific production is to analyze the use of oral glucose 25% as pain relief method in the newborn. Methods Integrative review that included indexed articles on the databases: Latin American and Caribbean Center for Information on Health Sciences, Culmulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, National Center for Biotechnology Information and EMBASE. The descriptive results analysis was separated in two analytical categories. Results Publications which subjects involved use related aspects of oral glucose […]

Abstract Objective To understand the care of nurses in the prevention of hospitalizations for children due to Conditions Sensitive to Primary Care, by diagnoses of gastroenteritis, pneumonia and asthma. Methods Descriptive research with a qualitative approach, carried out in the city of Teresina in January and February 2021. Eleven nurses have participated in the study. The collection was based on a semi-structured interview. Data were analyzed using Bardin’s content analysis. Approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Municipal Health […]

Abstract Objective To develop and validate the content of the Pediatric Alert Score to recognize clínical deterioration in hospitalized children. Methods Methodological study that involved an institutional committee formed by 07 health professionals, a committee of judges composed of 12 professionals from the areas of teaching, research, extension and/or child health care, and 20 children and adolescents aged 29 days to 15 years. There followed stages of conceptual and item adaptation, semantic and operational evaluation and pre-testing. Excel 16.0 was […]

Abstract Objective To carry out the validation of the Instrument for Measuring the Perception of the Family on Access to Information in the Neonatal Unit. Methods Methodological study, carried out with 85 representatives of newborn families hospitalized for more than 72 hours in the neonatal unit. Data were analyzed by psychometrics and inferential analysis. Results The validation of the instrument content by experts obtained agreement above 80%, Cronbach’s alpha of 0.86 and in the factor analysis it generated eight factors, […]

Abstract Objective Reveal the life history of children and adolescents living with chronic illness, based on their own reports. Methods This is a qualitative descriptive study. Thematic oral history was used as a method, and relied on the Atlas.ti 8.0 software to organize data. Results Eight participants were interviewed. Four categories were identified: Changes in life; School break; Impacts and Perspectives and dreams. It was revealed that participants know about the diagnosis and recognize its implications in their daily lives, […]

Abstract Objective To identify risk behaviors of patients in follow-up who underwent cancer treatment. Method Cross-sectional and descriptive study conducted at the Hospital de Câncer de Barretos from 12/20/2018 to 8/28/2019 with survivors of childhood cancer. Results 71 patients were interviewed (52% female) and their ages ranged from 16 to 39 years. Mean time out of therapy was 10 years. More than 50% were working. Overweight was observed in 37.5% of participants between 16 and 19 years old and in […]

Abstract Objective Describe the reasons for hospitalizations for external causes in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Methods This is a descriptive, retrospective research, developed in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of a public trauma reference hospital in the city of Salvador, Bahia. Data collection was carried out through the consultation of medical records, guided by a form of own elaboration with information from children and adolescents hospitalized in the year 2018 and 2019. Sociodemographic (age, gender) and clinical (reason for […]

Abstract Objective To describe the knowledge of nursing technicians in relation to the care of the peripherally inserted central catheter in neonatal intensive care. Method Cross-sectional, descriptive study, carried out in a pediatric hospital, between the months of May and June 2019, using a structured questionnaire applied to 39 professionals. Results 97% inform the nurse if the catheter is resistant; 97% permeabilize before and after drug infusion; 94% flush every six hours when in continuous infusion; 69% observe signs of […]

Abstract Objective Understand the perceptions of storytelling from the perspective of hospitalized children. Methods After a brief storytelling, 12 children admitted to a university hospital in the city of São Paulo were interviewed and their testimonies were treated by Bardin’s content analysis method. Project approved by the Research Ethics Committee and authorized by the hospital service management entity. Results Two thematic categories were created “previous storytelling experiences” and “hospital storytelling experience”. In the first category, all children reported previous experiences […]