Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

Introduction: In the context of people living with HIV (PLHIV), dyslipidemia is an issue that has been widely discussed, both because of its multifactorial origin and its cardiovascular implications as well as because of its possible prevention strategies. Thus, this study aims to assess the presence of dyslipidemia in people living with HIV and its association with socio-demographic, attitudinal and clinical aspects. Materials and Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted between 2014 and 2016. The data were collected through interviews in which questionnaires and clinical records were used. To analyze the association, Chi-Squared and Fisher’s Exact tests and Kappa statistics were used for concordance analysis with a level of significance of p<0.05. Results: 340 individuals participated in the study of which 59.1% showed desirable values in terms of total cholesterol, 55.9% of HDL and 56.8% of triglycerides. The variables associated with dyslipidemia were: altered total cholesterol and being over 40 years old (p=0.02); desirable HDL-C and female sex (p=0.007); altered triglycerides and time of diagnosis greater than ten years (p=0.008); and desirable HDL-C and undetectable viral load (p=0.04). Discussion: Although dyslipidemia is a problem in the HIV context, the desirable values were more prevalent, which is reflected in the catalytic effect of the HIV-caused inflammatory activity on lipid alterations. Conclusions: Dyslipidemia on people living with HIV mainly showed desirable values for total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides. There was an association between lipids and socio-demographic and clinical aspects related to VIH. Como citar este artigo: Melo ES, Costa CRB, Foresto JS, Antonini M, Pontes PS, Reis RK. Análise da dislipidemia em adultos vivendo com HIV. Rev Cuid. 2019; 10(2): e776. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.v10i2.776

Introduction: Hydrocephalus is a common complication among neurological patients whose treatment in acute cases is done through an external ventricular drain catheter which allows monitoring and controlling intracranial hypertension. This study aimed at describing the knowledge retention by nurses after an educational intervention on nursing care for an external ventricular drain. Materials and Methods: A quasi-experimental study with nurses at an adult intensive care unit was conducted in which knowledge retention on the topic was evaluated at different three times: before, one week and three months after training. Results: After one week, significant retention was observed but not after three months, given that after this period the question success rate was significantly low with respect to the previous phases. Participants’ performance was better in those questions related to system management. Discussion: Time is a factor that interferes with learning since studies show that knowledge at three months significantly decreases and is almost completely gone after six months and a year. Practical behaviors based on assistance guidelines have better retention among professionals, underlining that it is easier to learn technical skills that are associated with professional experience. Conclusions: A significant knowledge retention was observed among professionals in the first week after training but not after three months. Como citar este artigo: Souza RCS, Siqueira EMP, Meira L, Araujo GL, Bersaneti MDR. Retenção de conhecimento dos enfermeiros sobre derivação ventricular externa. Rev Cuid. 2020; 11(1): e748. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.784

Introduction: Considering that a parliamentary motion seeks to modify the health code to allow nurses to have the legal power to prescribe drugs and health devices, it is necessary to analyze the social representation that primary healthcare nurses give to prescription. Objective: To describe the figurative (representation field), symbolic (information) and affective (attitudinal) nursing components by means of nurse prescription used by primary health care nursing professionals. Materials and Methods: A descriptive qualitative research with a grounded theory research design was conducted with eight nurses from the primary healthcare network through a semi-structured interview. Results: Five categories were created based on the social representation of nurse prescription: care management, social benefits of prescription, prescription restriction, professional nurse training in prescription, and value attributed to the prescription. Discussion: Primary care nurses perceive the prescription phenomenon as a nursing indication that is influenced by factors associated with undergraduate pharmacology training and work experience, similar to that reported in some studies in Ibero-America. Conclusions: Nurses consider that nurse prescription is a positive element for care delivery, contributing to the resolutive capacity of healthcare. However, adequate training and clear legal support are required to do so. Como citar este artículo: Álvarez RSM, Álvarez ERM, Malhue FST, Moncada CRR. Representaciones sociales del cuidar mediante la prescripción enfermera en la red de atención primaria de salud. Rev Cuid. 2020; 11(1): e798. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.798

Introduction: This study aims to identify scientific evidence related to the health care needs of patients with dementia and/or Alzheimer's disease in Latin America. Materials and Methods: A comprehensive review of the scientific evidence was carried out following the Ganong’s methodology to search in the Embase, Ovid, PubMed, ProQuest, SciELO, ISI Web of Science and Scopus, REDALyC databases for articles published from 2012 to 2019. Results: 20 articles were included as the result of primary qualitative and quantitative research. The following categories are presented and discussed as findings: physical care needs, psychological care needs, and social care needs. Discussion and Conclusions: In the Latin American context, there is a knowledge gap on the research oriented to patients with dementia and/or Alzheimer's disease. Recognizing the health care needs of patients with dementia becomes a priority for health professionals since providing an appropriate intervention promotes the quality of life of patients and their caregivers. How to cite this article: Alvarado AM, Alvarado PV, Rojas LT, Oviedo PA. Necesidades de cuidado en los pacientes con demencia y/o alzheimer: una revisión integrativa. Rev Cuid. 2019; 10(3): e813. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.v10i3.813

We can approach globalization from the perspective of impacts or defects, abundance and wealth or poverty and misery, where the rich increase their fortune while the poor drown in their penuries. These are some thoughts that crossed the minds of students and teachers of the doctorate in nursing at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, after reading the “Globalization, Poverty and Health” article, the critical analysis of the film “Encounter with Milton Santos or the Global World Seen from This Side” and the debate on the book “Globalization and Social Sciences”. Globalization is a process of economic, social and cultural development that has bloomed in the past two or three decades and entails the strengthening of social relations that connect distant countries, fostering the rapid dissemination of local events that can be accessed by anyone around the world. However, many authors and organizations continue to criticize this process. Almost-irreversible inequalities have settled in developing countries, making us reflect on the extent to which economic, political, and cultural discrepancies among human beings are acceptable in the light of the ethical and moral concerns. How to cite this article: Alvim AL. Globalização no contexto da desigualdade social: como garantir a saúde global? Rev Cuid. 2019; 10(3): e810. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.v10i3.810

La obesidad continúa siendo un grave problema de salud pública y un factor de riesgo relevante para el desarrollo de enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles que generan la mayor carga de morbimortalidad en el mundo1. Esta condición se define como un estado de exceso de grasa corporal y se caracteriza como una enfermedad crónica compleja y multifactorial que involucra factores ambientales, genéticos, fisiológicos, metabólicos y de comportamiento2. La prevalencia general de sobrepeso y obesidad aumentó aproximadamente un 28% en adultos y 47% en niños entre 1980 y 2013. El problema no solo afecta a los países desarrollados, ya que ahora hay un aumento significativo en el sobrepeso y la obesidad en el mundo en desarrollo3. Como citar este artículo: Ospina C, Cañon-Montañez W, Rodríguez-Acelas AL. Una mirada desde el proceso de enfermería modificado al manejo del sobrepeso y obesidad. Rev Cuid. 2020; 11(1): e1042. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.1042 

Caracterizar el crecimiento ayuda en la toma de decisiones de manejo, comercialización y mejoramiento genético. El objetivo fue identificar un modelo no lineal (MNL) para describir la curva de crecimiento en borregas de registro a través de siete razas. Se evaluó el peso vivo, desde el nacimiento hasta los 230 d de edad, de las razas Blackbelly (BB; n= 19,084), Pelibuey (PE; n= 39,025), Dorper (DR; n= 35,814), Katahdin (KT; n= 74,154), Suffolk (SF; n= 10,267), Hampshire (HS; n= 7561) y Rambouillet (RB; n= 7,384). Se evaluaron los MNL: Brody (BRO), Verhulst (VER), Von Bertalanffy (VBE), Gompertz (GOM), Mitscherlich (MIT) y Logístico (LOG). Los análisis se realizaron con el software SAS. Los criterios para seleccionar el modelo con mejor ajuste fueron: error de predicción promedio, varianza del error de predicción, estadístico Durbin-Watson, coeficiente de determinación, raíz del cuadrado medio del error, criterios de información Akaike y Bayesiano. Para HS, PE y SF, el mejor modelo fue VBE, con una curva sigmoide y edad al punto de inflexión entre 40 y 57 d. Los modelos BRO y MIT tuvieron el mejor ajuste para KT, BB, DR y RB, con una curva continua, sin punto de inflexión y tasa de crecimiento constante. Para peso adulto se observaron marcadas diferencias, con valores promedio (kg) de 44.6 en BB, 49.2 en RB, 52.9 en PE, 55.6 en HS, 60.2 en KT, 64.7 en SF y 65.2 en DR; con la tendencia de valores mayores para los modelos BRO y MIT, y los menores para LOG y VER.

Serologic studies of caprine herpesvirus type 1 infection (CpHV-1) have not been done to date in Mexico. A serological survey was conducted to identify the presence of anti-CpHV antibodies with two widely used blocking ELISA tests for detection of antibodies against bovine herpesvirus type 1 glycoprotein B (gB) and anti-glycoprotein E (gE). Of the 838 tested animals, 123 (14.68 %) were positive with the ELISA test. Anti-CpHV-1 antibodies were detected in samples from the states of Puebla, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico City, Guanajuato and Queretaro. This is the first report of the presence of antibodies against caprine herpesvirus-1 in Mexico.

En la alimentación de gallinas en postura se utiliza el aceite crudo de soya (ACS), pero debido a que éste compite con la alimentación humana su precio es alto, por lo cual se evaluaron dos aceites acidulados de soya (AAS), los cuales son más económicos. El objetivo del estudio fue evaluar el efecto de los AAS en la producción de gallinas Bovans, calidad de huevo, composición lipídica y costo de un kilo de huevo. Se determinó la energía metabolizable (EM) y composición de lípidos de los acidulados. Se utilizaron 240 gallinas en seis tratamientos, con cinco repeticiones, con ocho gallinas cada una. En las dietas se incluyeron ACS y dos acidulados (AAST y AASY), a dos niveles (2% y 4%). Las variables productivas fueron alimento consumido, porcentaje de postura, peso del huevo, masa del huevo, conversión alimenticia; en calidad de huevo se midió altura de albumina, unidades Haugh (UH), color de yema y grosor de cascarón. Se determinó la composición lipídica del huevo y su costo. Al sustituir el ACS por los AAS no se afectó la producción de las aves (P>0.05). En calidad de huevo, los AAS mejoraron las UH (P<0.05); la concentración de ácidos grasos del huevo se modificó según la composición del aceite en la dieta de las gallinas (P<0.05), mientras que el nivel de aceite influyó en el contenido de algunos ácidos grasos. Finalmente los AAS disminuyeron el costo de un kilo de huevo (P<0.05) en comparación del ACS.

El objetivo fue evaluar el efecto del estrés producido durante el transporte y prácticas de manejo antes o después del traslado de animales, en relación con indicadores fisiológicos y de comportamiento en bovinos al inicio de la etapa de finalización. Se utilizaron 124 toretes provenientes de los Estados de Veracruz y Chiapas, los cuales fueron transportados al estado de México para su finalización (500 y 851 km, 15 y 20 h, respectivamente). Los tratamientos fueron: 1) manejo de recepción al embarque en el lugar de origen (ME), 2) ME + aplicación de un β-bloqueador al embarque (MEβ), 3) manejo de recepción al desembarque en el corral de finalización (MD), y 4) MD + aplicación de un β-bloqueador al embarque (MDβ). Los datos fueron analizados con el procedimiento GLM de SAS. El peso vivo (PV) promedio disminuyó 42 kg por animal (11.3%) al desembarque, con una recuperación de 35 kg a los 10 días después del desembarque. Los toretes con MEβ tuvieron menos pérdidas de PV (37.6 kg) que los que recibieron ME o MDβ (47.5 y 44.5 kg), sin diferencias (P>0.05) con MD (38.7 kg). Los indicadores de estrés más importantes fueron los cambios en PV, ácidos grasos libres, glucosa y cortisol, detectándose diferencias (P<0.05) por tratamiento y origen de los animales; en los demás indicadores (β-hidroxibutirato, proteínas totales, y concentraciones de sodio y potasio) no se detectaron diferencias por efectos principales (P>0.05). Se recomienda aplicar el manejo MEβ y atender prioritariamente el periodo desde el embarque hasta el desembarque de los animales.