Desvendando uma historia de exclusao: a experiencia do Centro de Documentacao e Pesquisa do Hospital Colonia Itapua / Revealing a history of exclusion: the experience at Hospital Colonia Itapua Data and Research Center

Fundado em maio de 1940, no município de Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul, o Hospital Colônia Itapuã foi criado para abrigar os portadores do mal de Hansen. Construído para funcionar como uma microcidade, o hospital foi palco de inúmeras histórias de vida e trabalho. Os fragmentos destas trajetórias coletivas e individuais estão sendo resgatados desde 1999, quando foi implementado o Centro de Documentação e Pesquisa (Cedope/HCI). É atravésw das atividades deste centro que propomos apresentar uma aproximação com a história do hospital e daqueles que viveram e ainda vivem nesta instituição

Avaliação do perfil cromatográfico e do teor de flavonóides em amostras de Baccharis trimera (Less.) DC. Asteraceae (carqueja) comercializadas em Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil / Evaluation of the chromatographic profile and flavonoid content of samples of Baccharis trimera (Less.) DC., Asteraceae (carqueja) acquired in Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Oito amostras de Baccharis trimera (Less.) DC., Asteraceae (carqueja), adquiridas no comércio de Ribeirão Preto, SP, foram analisadas quanto ao seu perfil cromatográfico e teor de flavonóides. O material obtido de um exemplar autêntico de B. trimera foi utilizado como padrão. A análise do perfil cromatográfico foi realizada através de cromatografia em camada delgada e o teor de flavonóides foi determinado por método espectrofotométrico. Verificou-se que as amostras analisadas exibem o mesmo perfil cromatográfico da droga vegetal padrão e a análise do teor de flavonóides ( por cento p/p estimada como rutina) mostrou que há uma grande variação entre as amostras.

Evaluation of the chromatographic profile and flavonoid content of samples of Baccharis trimera (Less.) DC., Asteraceae (carqueja) acquired in Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. The chromatographic profile and the flavonoid content of samples of Baccharis trimera (Less.) DC., Asteraceae (carqueja), acquired in Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil were evaluated. For this characterization a qualitative analysis was performed by using thin-layer chromatography, and the total flavonoid content was quantified through a spectrophotometric method. The chromatographic profiles of all the samples showed to be similar to that of the reference material, but there is a high variation in the content of total flavonoids ( percent w/w estimated as rutin).

Centro de atenção multidimensional à família do Centro Universitário Franciscano (CAMAF) / Multidementional attention center to the family of the Franciscan University Center

The purpose of this study was to know the family's world where the child and the adolescent live, interact with the family, intending to fortify is as health unit multi-professional care, to promote opportunities of mutual aid to child, adolescent and their families, possibility to construct the best life quality, by multi-professional attention. The actions are developed by a program that works with simultaneous professionals performing, intent to supply the several needs of each and her or his family. This program resulted in good school performance, none hospitalization and effective families participation...

[Reinfusion of shed blood after heart surgery]. / Reinfusão de sangue drenado em pós-operatório de cirurgia cardíaca.

PURPOSE: To asses effectivity of postoperative reinfusion of shed mediastinal blood in reduction of homologous transfusions at cardiac surgery and to study the possibility of side effects. METHODS: Fifteen patients submitted to cardiac surgery that had their shed mediastinal blood reinfused after surgery were compared to another group of 15 patients. The two groups were compared in relation to: volume of shed blood, number of units of blood used in postoperative period, culture of shed blood, postoperative complications, number of days of hospitalization, hematocrit at the end of hospitalization and mortality. RESULTS: The use of whole blood and packed blood cells decreased from 25 to 10 units with reinfusion of shed mediastinal blood (p < 0.01). Volume of shed blood, postoperative complications, period of hospitalization, hematocrit at the end of hospitalization and mortality were not different in both groups. Culture of shed blood, in 8 patients of control group and all patients of study group were negative. CONCLUSION: Reinfusion of shed mediastinal blood in postoperative of cardiac surgery proved to be very efficient in decreasing homologous blood transfusions. This procedure is also safe, with no additional risk to patients.

Erysipelothrix endocarditis with previous cutaneous lesion: report of a case and review of the literature.

This report describes the first documented case of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis in Latin America. The patient was a 51-years-old male, moderate alcoholic, with a previous history of aortic failure. He was used to fishing and cooking as a hobby and had his left hand wounded by a fish-bone. The disease began with erysipeloid form and developed to septicemia and endocarditis. He was treated with antibiotics and surgery for aortic valve replacement. There are only 46 cases of E. rhusiopathiae endocarditis reported to date. The authors wonder if several other cases might go unreported for lack of microbiological laboratorial diagnosis.