Highlights High fatigue and nutritional risk at discharge improved over one year in cancer survivors. Psychological symptoms, such as anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder, remained prevalent for one year. 66% of patients had lasting symptoms or impairments after 12 months of follow-up. Nutritional risk was resolved in the following year. ABSTRACT Objective: Post-COVID symptoms are frequent and can be debilitating, particularly in individuals with cancer. However, their impact on this population remains unclear. This study aimed to prospectively assess […]

Highlights ■ Barriers to rehabilitation: high inactivity rates (88.4%) and significant barriers, such as fatigue and lack of awareness, hinder recovery. ■ Professional supervision: only 1% of patients were enrolled in formal cardiac rehabilitation; however, those who received professional supervision experienced lower readmission rates (14.6% versus 35.1%). ■ Systematic gaps: addressing systemic gaps, such as coverage and referral to rehabilitation programs, is critical for improving patient outcomes and reducing rehospitalization rates. ABSTRACT Objective: This study assessed the barriers to cardiac […]

ABSTRACT Spontaneous non-aneurysmal aortic rupture is rare and is usually attributed to penetrating aortic ulcers, infections, tumor infiltrations, or inflammatory and collagen diseases. Chronic rupture is infrequent but extremely rare in non-aneurysmal aortas, which makes diagnosis difficult because the absence of an aneurysm can mislead the physician to rule out rupture. Here, we describe the case of an 85-year-old male, who was undergoing oncological investigation for weight loss, inappetence, and back pain. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging performed 3 […]

Highlights Telemonitoring reduced hospital readmissions in patients enrolled in the diabetes program by 15.4%. Men patients who received telemonitoring had lower readmission rates than those who did not. There was a difference in the readmission rate between those who underwent telemonitoring and those who did not in patients aged <60 and >75 years. Patients who stayed >10 days and underwent postdischarge telemonitoring had a lower readmission rate than those who did not undergo telemonitoring. ABSTRACT Objective: To assess whether post-discharge […]

Highlights Up to 75% of COVID-19 telemedicine patients receive unnecessary drugs; this highlights the need for research. This study assessed the effect of guideline training and feedback on 200,000 telemedicine visits in Brazil. Under 2% of patients with COVID-19 received non-guideline recommended antimicrobials, reflecting high adherence rates. Targeted interventions significantly enhance guideline compliance for safer telemedicine prescriptions. ABSTRACT Objective: The quality of care and safety for Telemedicine-discharged patients with suspected respiratory infections are closely related to low rates of prescriptions […]

ABSTRACT Objective To describe the clinical characteristics and treatment of children with sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock at a pediatric emergency department of a public hospital. Methods A retrospective, observational study. The medical records of patients included in the hospital Pediatric Sepsis Protocol and patients with discharge ICD-10 A41.9 (sepsis, unspecified), R57 (shock) and A39 (meningococcal meningitis) were evaluated. Results A total of 399 patients were included. The prevalence of sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock at the emergency […]

RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar o impacto na mortalidade da admissão em unidade de terapia intensiva durante passagem de plantão médico. Métodos: Análise post-hoc de estudo original publicado previamente, com o objetivo de avaliar os impactos da readmissão em unidade de terapia intensiva nos desfechos clínicos. Este estudo de coorte retrospectivo, em centro único, com pareamento por escore de propensão, foi conduzido em uma unidade de terapia intensiva geral, aberta, com 41 leitos. Com base no tempo de internação na unidade de […]

RESUMO Objetivo Avaliar informações sobre a doença e o tratamento fornecidos a pacientes com doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica no momento da alta hospitalar. Métodos Estudo transversal incluindo pacientes internados com doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica de três hospitais terciários. O estudo baseou-se em sete itens das diretrizes de alta hospitalar da Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). Dois hospitais participantes deste estudo tinham um Programa de Residência Médica em Pneumologia, e o terceiro não tinha. Resultados Foram avaliados 54 pacientes. […]

RESUMO Objetivo Analisar a frequência de uso de medicamentos potencialmente inapropriados para idosos na prescrição de alta hospitalar de idosos de um hospital público, considerando o Consenso Brasileiro de Medicamentos Potencialmente Inapropriados para Idosos, e identificar os fatores associados. Métodos Pacientes com idade ≥60 anos, internados nas unidades de clínica médica e geriátrica de um hospital público, foram convidados para participar do estudo. As informações sobre o uso de medicamentos foram coletadas do prontuário eletrônico do paciente e confirmadas por […]

RESUMO Objetivo: Descrever e analisar a orientação farmacêutica oferecida na alta de pacientes transplantados. Metódos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal, descritivo e retrospectivo, que utilizou os registros das orientações realizadas pelo farmacêutico clínico na unidade de internação do Serviço de Transplante Renal e Hepático, Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio, em Fortaleza (CE), de janeiro a julho de 2014. Foram analisadas, de acordo com sua significância e desfechos clínicos obtidos, as seguintes variáveis registradas no Banco de Dados do Serviço de Farmácia […]