Prone Positioning: A Safe and Effective Procedure in Pregnant Women Presenting with Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Prone positioning (PP) improves oxygenation and survival in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Data regarding feasibility and effectiveness of PP in pregnancy are lacking. This subgroup analysis of a cohort study that included mechanically ventilated pregnant women presenting with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-induced ARDS who underwent PP aims to assess the efficacy and safety of PP. Ventilatory and gasometric parameters were evaluated at baseline (T0) and in prone (T1) and supine (T2) positions. Obstetric outcomes were also assessed. Sixteen cases at an average of 27.0 (22.0−31.1) gestational weeks of pregnancy were included. Obesity and hypertension were frequent comorbidities. PP was associated with a >20% increase in PaO2 levels and in PaO2/FiO2 ratios in 50% and 100% of cases, respectively. The PaO2/FiO2 ratio increased 76.7% (20.5−292.4%) at T1 and 76.9% (0−182.7%) at T2. PP produced sustained improvements in mean PaO2/FiO2 ratio (p < 0.001) and PaCO2 level (p = 0.028). There were no cases of emergency delivery or suspected fetal distress in pregnancies ≥25 weeks during the 24 h period following PP. PP is safe and feasible during pregnancy, improving PaO2/FiO2 ratios and helping to delay preterm delivery in severe ARDS.

Entre o consenso e o minotauro da saúde: um balanço da estratégia da Reforma Sanitária brasileira / Between the consensus and the minotaur of health: a balance of the strategy of the Brazilian Health Reform

Aborda a Reforma Sanitária brasileira sob o pensamento de Gramsci, as bases teóricas da estratégia brasileira e o dilema reformista.

A contribuição do pensamento da saúde coletiva à economia política da saúde / The contribution of public health thought to the political economy of health

Resumo O artigo resgata o pensamento crítico da economia política elaborado nos anos 1980 no campo de discussão da saúde coletiva, visando compreender suas contribuições teóricas e problematizá-las no contexto do capitalismo contemporâneo, principalmente para evidenciar as limitações da implantação da saúde pública universal pela perspectiva do Estado e da visão predominante no seu interior, com redução de direitos sociais. São analisados alguns autores considerados clássicos no campo da economia política da saúde, tais como Sonia Fleury Teixeira, Jaime Oliveira, José Carlos de Souza Braga e Sérgio Goes de Paula. O retorno a esse pensamento crítico contribui com a emergência de questões sobre o cenário para a saúde pública brasileira no contexto das transformações contemporâneas. Particularmente, essas reflexões ampliam perspectivas para refletir criticamente sobre o pensamento econômico e social hegemônico no capitalismo contemporâneo e sobre o presente e o futuro da saúde como direito no Brasil.

Abstract This article retakes the critical thinking of the political economy developed in the 1980s in the public health discussion, aiming to understand its theoretical contributions and to discuss them in contemporary capitalism, mainly to highlight the limitations of universal public health establishment from the perspective of the State and the predominant vision within it, considering the reduction of social rights. We supported our article with concepts from some classic authors in the field of political economy of health, such as Sonia Fleury Teixeira, Jaime Oliveira, José Carlos de Souza Braga e Sérgio Goes de Paula. The return to this critical thinking contributes to the emergence of questions about the scenario for Brazilian public health in the context of contemporary changes. These reflections broaden perspectives to critical reflections on the hegemonic economic and social thought in contemporary capitalism and on the present and future of health as a right in Brazil.

Força ou consenso: a reforma sanitária brasileira entre o dilema reformista e o minotauro da saúde / Strength or consensus the Brazilian health reform between the reformist dilemma and the health minotaur

A crise capitalista pela qual o mundo passa atualmente, com o desmonte dos estados de bem-estar social europeus, nos acende o alerta para analisar com maior profundidade o nosso País e tentar compreender os rumos das suas políticas sociais, notadamente do SUS. Se é verdade que o horizonte estratégico da Reforma Sanitária Brasileira se rebaixou à mera reforma administrativa mas que resultaria no SUS hoje percebemos que mesmo este foi rebaixado ao SUS Possível. São analisadas algumas limitações/escolhas feitas no âmbito teórico e de estratégia política que não sendo os únicos elementos contribuíram para o afastamento dos objetivos estratégicos, entre elas o chamado Dilema Reformista. A partir do resgate de referenciais teóricos do setor saúde e da literatura marxista na qual se baseiam, fundamentalmente gramsciana, construir-se-á uma interpretação crítica do processo à luz dos seus resultados históricos, condicionados pelas arenas políticas internacionais e pela disputa de projetos políticos no Brasil. Apresenta-se a hipótese de que a conformação de um sistema de saúde híbrido, no qual o setor privado mantém o público aprisionado pela sua lógica de acumulação ao que chamamos de Minotauro da saúde guarda relações com as estratégias políticas adotadas, logicamente condicionadas pela dominância do capital financeiro e pelos limites estruturais do Estado Brasileiro

The capitalist crisis that the world is currently undergoing, with the dismantling of the European welfare-state alerts us to analyze more deeply our country and try to understand the trajectory of its social policies, notably the SUS. If it is true that the strategic horizon of the Brazilian Health Reform is downgraded to mere administrative reform - but that would result in the SUS - today we realize that even this was downgraded to \"SUS as possible.\" Some limitations/choices made in the theoretical framework and political strategy are analyzed - not being the only elements - contributed to the removal of strategic objectives, including the so-called Dilemma Reformer. From the rescue of theoretical health sector benchmarks and Marxist literature in which they are based, fundamentally Gramsci, will be built-critical interpretation under the light of the process of its historical results, conditioned by the internationals policies arenas and the dispute of political projects in Brazil. It presents the hypothesis that the formation of a hybrid health system in which the private sector keeps the public sector trapped by its accumulation logic - to what we call health Minotaur - keep relations with the political strategies adopted, logically conditioned by dominance of finance capital and the structural limits of the Brazilian State