Diagnósticos de enfermagem em clientes com afecções cutâneas / Nursing diagnoses in patients with cutaneous affections

Objetivo: descrever os diagnósticos de enfermagem, fatores de risco/relacionados e características definidoras apresentados pelos clientes com afecções cutâneas. Método: trata-se de estudo bibliográfico, tipo revisão integrativa de estudos indexados de 1998 a 2018, em português, inglês e espanhol, nas bases LILACS, MEDLINE e Biblioteca Virtual SciELO. Interpretaram-se os dados com base na comparação das teorias, conclusões e implicações dos estudos, apresentando-os em figuras. Resultados: observa-se precariedade de artigos publicados: apenas três, com nível de evidência 4. Abordaram-se, no primeiro, os diagnósticos de Enfermagem em clientes com diversas afecções cutâneas; o segundo identificou apenas os diagnósticos de Enfermagem em clientes com hanseníase e o terceiro, nos clientes com dermatoses imunobolhosas. Conclusão: verifica-se a escassez de estudos. Encontrou-se o risco de infecção, definido pela "vulnerabilidade à invasão e multiplicação de organismos patogênicos, que pode comprometer a "saúde", como diagnóstico de enfermagem, em todos os pacientes, em todos os estudos.(AU)

Objective: to describe the nursing diagnoses, risk/related factors and defining characteristics presented by customers with cutaneous affections. Method: this is a bibliographical study, integrative-review-type of studies indexed from 1998 to 2018, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, on LILACS, MEDLINE and SciELO Virtual Library databases. The data were interpreted based on a comparison of theories, conclusions and implications of the study, presenting them in figures. Results: there was precariousness of published articles: only three, with level of evidence 4. The first one addressed nursing diagnoses in clients with various cutaneous affections; the second identified only nursing diagnoses in customers with leprosy and the third, in clients with autoimmune bullous dermatoses. Conclusion: there is a paucity of studies. All studies identified risk for infection, defined as the "vulnerability to invasion and multiplication of pathogenic organisms", which can harm the "health", as nursing diagnosis in all patients.(AU)

Objetivo: describir los diagnósticos de enfermería, los factores de riesgo/relacionados y definir las características presentadas por clientes con afecciones cutáneas. Método: este es un estudio bibliográfico, tipo revisión integradora de estudios indexados desde 1998 a 2018, en portugués, inglés y español, en las bases de datos MEDLINE, LILACS y Biblioteca Virtual SciELO. Los datos fueron interpretados con base en una comparación de teorías, conclusiones e implicaciones del estudio, presentándolos en cifras. Resultados: se observó la precariedad de los artículos publicados: sólo tres, con nivel de evidencia 4. El primero artigo discute los diagnósticos de enfermería en clientes con diversas afecciones cutáneas; el segundo identifica sólo diagnósticos de enfermería en clientes con la lepra y el tercero, en clientes con dermatosis imunobolhosas. Conclusión: existe una escasez de estudios. Se encontró el riesgo de infección, definido por la "vulnerabilidad a la invasión y multiplicación de microorganismos patógenos", que pueden perjudicar la "salud", como diagnóstico de enfermería en todos los pacientes, en todos los estudios.(AU)

Medical literature search dot com.

The Internet provides a quick access to a plethora of the medical literature, in the form of journals, databases, dictionaries, textbooks, indexes, and e-journals, thereby allowing access to more varied, individualized, and systematic educational opportunities. Web search engine is a tool designed to search for information on the World Wide Web, which may be in the form of web pages, images, information, and other types of files. Search engines for internet-based search of medical literature include Google, Google scholar, Yahoo search engine, etc., and databases include MEDLINE, PubMed, MEDLARS, etc. Commercial web resources (Medscape, MedConnect, MedicineNet) add to the list of resource databases providing some of their content for open access. Several web-libraries (Medical matrix, Emory libraries) have been developed as meta-sites, providing useful links to health resources globally. Availability of specific dermatology-related websites (DermIs, DermNet, and Genamics Jornalseek) is useful addition to the ever growing list of web-based resources. A researcher must keep in mind the strengths and limitations of a particular search engine/database while searching for a particular type of data. Knowledge about types of literature and levels of detail available, user interface, ease of access, reputable content, and period of time covered allow their optimal use and maximal utility in the field of medicine.

Analysis of the leprosy literature indexed in Medline (1950-2007).

Some 19 201 leprosy-related articles were identified in the Medline database for the period 1950-2007. These were analysed for distribution and evolution of a number of variables: publication years, languages, document types, journals, authors, major aspects and countries involved, and author addresses. Next to a number of tables presenting the actual results, some noteworthy trends and possible pitfalls in the interpretation of these results are discussed. The analysis shows that the number of leprosy-related articles peaked in the 1980s and has been in decline ever since, as well in absolute as in relative numbers. Coverage of non-English language literature has decreased far more strongly than that of English language articles. The scholarly input of a number of countries where the leprosy burden is the highest, such as India and Brazil, is clearly visible in the distribution of journals, authors, and for some, language, but this is certainly not the case for all countries afflicted.