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ABSTRACT Introduction: the use of telepresence grows with the advancement of technology integration into medical practice. Regarding surgery, effective distance communication can translate into better perioperative care. Though, the patients’ perception about this modality needs to be critically evaluated. Structured questionnaires using objective scales are the instruments of choice for measuring subjective aspects. However, there are no such questionnaires available in Portuguese. Our objective was, thus, translate and adapt into Portuguese a specific questionnaire evaluating the use of telepresence robots during post-operatory ward rounds. Methods: search on PubMed and selection of a set of validated questionnaires in English, translation into Portuguese according to the principles of good practice for the translation and cultural adaptation process for patient-reported outcomes measures. The original author approved the final version. Results: three questionnaires that assess ward rounds assisted by a telepresence robot were translated. Questionnaires are directed to the patient who receives the visit via telepresence or face-to-face visit and to the medical team accompanying the visit. The questionnaires use the Likert scale and contain thirteen questions that address 5 spheres: Communication; Dignity and Confidentiality; Contents; Time; General Impressions. Conclusions: this is the first instrument in Portuguese designed to assess the impression of patients and professionals involved in ward rounds using a telepresence robot. It has the potential to be used in clinical studies involving the use of this technology in care.

This study aimed to identify the nursing diagnoses presented by patients in the immediate post-operative period following elective surgery, and to propose nursing interventions. It is a quantitative, exploratory and descriptive study. It involved 27 patients receiving inpatient treatment in the surgical department of a university hospital in the south of Brazil, of both sexes, who were in the immediate postoperative period, in March – April 2011; and who did not present complications or need to be re-operated on. Using Risner’s model of diagnostic reasoning, seven North American Nursing Diagnosis Association diagnoses were identified. A total of 62 nursing interventions, based in the Nursing Interventions Classification, which could lead to a reduction in harm to these specific patients, were proposed. The interventions, grounded in the diagnoses, allow the nurse to work with autonomy and to provide individualized care, based in the factors reported and in the defining characteristics identified.

Objective: To determine the influence of demographics, medical, and surgical variables on 30-day mortality in patients who need continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT)., Materials and Methods: A retrospective-following study was conducted using the data of 112 patients admitted to the postoperative intensive care unit who required CRRT, between August 2006 and August 2011, and followed-up for 30 days. The following information was collected: age, gender, history of HBP, DM, cardiovascular disease, and CKD, urgent surgery, surgical speciality, organic dysfunction according to the SOFA scale, the number of organs with dysfunction, use of mechanical ventilation, diagnostic and origin of sepsis, type of CRRT, and 30-day mortality. General linear models were used for estimating the strength of association (relative risk [RR], and 95% confidence interval [CI] between variables and 30-day mortality., Results: In the univariant analysis, the following variables were identified as risk factors for 30-day mortality: age (RR 1.04; 95% CI 1.01-1.06; P=.0005), and history of cardiovascular disease (RR 1.57; 95% CI 1.02-2.41; P=.039). Among the variables included in the multivariable analysis (age, history of cardiovascular disease, sepsis, and number of organs with dysfunction), only age was identified as an independent risk factor for 30-day mortality (RR 1.03; 95% CI 1.00-1.05; P=.007)., Conclusion: Thirty-day mortality in postoperative, critically ill patients who require CRRT is high (41.07%). Age has been identified as an independent risk factor, with renal failure as the most common indication for the use of these therapies., (Copyright © 2013 Sociedad Española de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Terapéutica del Dolor. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)