Description of cases of necrotizing enterocolitis in newborns of a university hospital in southern Brazil: a retrospective study

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Objective: To describe the frequency of clinical and sociodemographic variables before necrotizing enterocolitis, as well as the frequency of cases, complications, and deaths in a university hospital. Method: A retrospective descriptive study was carried out by requesting an anonymized query that included newborns diagnosed with Necrotizing Enterocolitis of hospital acquisition and the variables before developing the disease in the five-year period. Results: In the study period, 59 cases of Necrotizing Enterocolitis occurred, with an incidence of 0.9 infections by patients/day in the Neonatology Unit. The surgical outcome occurred in 42.3% of the cases, and 18.6% died, variables were also obtained regarding pregnancy, birth, and hospitalization, which could be related to the studied cases. Conclusion: The low supply of breast milk exclusively, in only 5.1% of the cases, is one of the results that may have had a more significant influence on the rate of Necrotizing Enterocolitis of this Unit, being this a variable cited in many studies as the main form of prevention of infection. Neonatology teams must reevaluate their care processes, mainly by promoting human milk supply exclusively to babies.

Technological products and processes for innovation in health education: report of technological innovation

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Objective: To report on technological products and processes developed for innovation in health education. Method: Report on the production of 12 graduates guided by a permanent professor of a professional master’s program at a federal university, located in southern Brazil. Data collection in the own collection. Results: Most of the research was directed to the subject of patient safety in different health contexts. The typologies that led the technological processes were varied, and the methodological study was the most frequent. The products developed were: nine instructional materials, most educational videos available on the free online platform; four social technologies, multi-professional residency in onco-hematology, navigation program in a center of high complexity in oncology, translation and transcultural adaptation of the National Early Warning Score 2 to Brazilian Portuguese and municipal patient safety program in Porto Alegre; and an event. Conclusion: The technological processes allowed to develop 14 products contributing to health education and allowing the integration of the university with the health service and the community.

Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing

Description of cases of necrotizing enterocolitis in newborns of a university hospital in southern Brazil: a retrospective study

Technological products and processes for innovation in health education: report of technological innovation