Acta Biomedica Brasiliensia

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Authors: Shaytner Campos Duarte, Dalcio Ricardo de Andrade, Eduardo Shimoda, Jorge Hernandez Fernandez, Marcelo Fanttini Polese, Manuel Vazquez Vidal Jr

Realizing the need for more clarification on the status of research on Fish Nutrition, this work aimed to do a bibliometric study, using the Scopus database, using the entries Fish Nutrition and Enzyme Activity, both in Brazil and worldwide. The results were presented stratified, showing the tendencies of publication in the specific knowledge area. The research in the Scopus database was performed on January 2012, taking into account the historical series from 1999 to 2010. The data obtained from the research were: number of publications per year or historic series, publication by author, by area, by journal, by institution, by country and the language of the publication. The analysis of the concentration was performed by the comparison of the number of publication of the 10 main contributors (countries, knowledge area, authors, institutions and journal) in relation to the total of publications from Scopus database. For a temporal analysis, were used exponential regression equations of the number of publications in relation to the year. The values of each variable were linearized by the application of the logarithm, by means that the equation’s angular coefficient indicates the rank of growth in a specific period. The research showed that publications in "Fish Nutrition" and "Enzyme activity" had significant growth in the last decade, once the growth rate in publications worldwide and in Brazil were 204.4 and 493.2 in "Fish Nutrition", respectively. Also, the growth rate of publications for "Enzyme activity" showed values of 157.9 and 292 for the world and Brazil. The analysis of these data suggests a continuous interest in the areas surveyed, with great potential for development of this kind of research, especially in Brazil.

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Authors: Maynard Noleto Sales, Diego Carvalho Viana, Amilton Cesar dos Santos, Alanna Carla Faria Couto & Michel Santos Silva

Diabetes mellitus, a non-communicable disease that can affect men and women, can be classified as type I or type II. This disease is in the 4th position in numbers of deaths in Brazil, and therefore, involves attention, both from the government, as the patients and family. The aims of this study is describe the lifestyle in relation to diet, foot care and proper medication, and the point of view of patients with diabetes mellitus type II, on the importance of the practice of physical exercise, coordinated and programmed. We performed a study using Questionnaire of Self-Care Activities with Diabetes (QAD) and a second questionnaire with questions related to the importance of exercise for patients with diabetes mellitus type II. Questionnaires were applied in 20 patients with the disease (08 men and 12 women), living in the city of Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil. Result: We noticed that even with the recommendations of healthcare professionals, most patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 has not adapted verification of blood glucose, proper nutrition and foot care. Moreover, despite the interviewees know the importance of performing regular physical activity, we noticed that these do not know how much of weekly days in which they must get physical exercise in order to control the disease. Most interviewees adopt just walk as the physical activity, and we have not verified from the answers of patients, if they know what the most beneficial exercises to control this disease.

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Authors: Felipe Gonçalves Pilta, Ricardo Augusto de Almeida & Flávio Buratti Gonçalves

The Development of automation for macroscopic identification of filamentous fungi is a device whose goal is to automate the process of identifying images efficiently, thus supporting the area of biomedicine. The system was powered with up to six plates that contain the samples to be analyzed. These samples will be in a magazine with vertical movement by an actuator driven by an inductive sensor in the presence of a plates. The actuador slides the magazine nameplate to the mat where a picture is taken, and then is analyzed by comparing it with a database os pre-selected images. Thereafter, the plate moves being deposited in a reservoir. This work has application in bio analysis laboratories: enhancing the quality os the analysis, improving accuracy, reducing time and errors of analysis and thus obtaining greater credibility within the market of biomedicine.

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Authors: Altina silva Oliveira, Tiago Rodrigues Carvalho, Marta Duarte de Barros & Fábio Barbosa Batista

The present study aims to verify the process of production management of the university's pharmacy Universidade Iguaçu (UNIG) – Campus V, Itaperuna, Rio de Janeiro. There is the belief that planning production control is the essential tool for growth and solidification of masterful sector and it is perfectly possible to implement this plan within pharmacies. Methodological aspects related to planning and production control literature and its tools were discussed. Methodologically exploratory research, which was used in a focused interview to assess and understand the process of managing the university's pharmacy UNIG Itaperuna, RJ was performed. Preliminary results indicate that it does not use the planning and control of production processes. It was found that PCP may contribute to the quality production of medicines in Pharmacy University.

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Authors: Maria Aparecida Aride Bertonceli, Nathália Bastos Lima & Franz Viana Borges

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which affect mainly the lungs, but can also occur at different organs. It is considered a public health problem which is aggravated by AIDS epidemic. The contributing factors for the tuberculosis permanence are the social inequality, few research investments for new treatments and vaccines, migratory flows, health system flaws and high levels of multi-drug resistant cases associated to HIV infection. The goal of this research was to evaluate the healthcare professionals knowledge of the municipality of Apiacá (ES) about the aspects related to tuberculosis (preventing, treatment and symptoms) and the needing to indentify active search activities, the detection, accompaniment and the treatment abandon levels reduction. To do that, it was also applied a questionnaire related to the theme for 30 healthcare professionals from that location. Despite of the studied population know some aspects of tuberculosis, still there are some fails in the tuberculosis control program in that location, possibly because of the lack of qualified human resources to combat the disease, generating function overloading among those healthcare professionals. Training better the capability of those workers is necessary to prevent the disease among the population, to detect tuberculosis precociously and treat it adequately. It is essential to create health education strategies to improve the population knowledge about preventing, transmission, treatment and cure of tuberculosis.

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Authors: Ohanna Daher de Paula Felipe, Wálace Érick de Medeiros Moura, Silvani Barreto Assumpção Cardoso, Júlio Correa de Campos, André Nascimento Monteiro & Juliano da Silva França

The objective of this research was to analyze the effects of therapeutic ultrasound 3MHz associated a phonophoresis in reducing edema fibro geloid in the abdominal region. For such a search was performed experimental the type case study. The study was conducted with a female patient of 30 years, with frame of EGF grade 1 and 2 in the abdominal region. A type-specific assessment for edema fibro geloid and photographic records were used. The patient underwent 20 treatment sessions accomplished out 3 times a week with duration 24 minutes ultrasound. The US protocol used in this study was frequency of 3 MHz, with an intensity of 0.6 W / cm ², continuous mode, phonophoresis associated with a coupling substance, in gel form, compound by arnica, seaweed, Asian centella, Chestnut of India, horsetail, ivy, mate, bitter orange, green tea, ginger and L-carnitine manufactured by Buona vita cosmetics. At the end of treatment was observed an improvesEGF, improvement in skin appearance and patient satisfaction with the results. With this, concluded that the associated ultrasound phonophoresis may be beneficial in the treatment of EGF, proving to be an effective resource in the aspect of it.

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Authors: Marcella Costa RADAEL, Eduardo SHIMODA, Shaytner Campos DUARTE, Dalcio Ricardo de ANDRADE, Heloisa Alves GUIMARÃES & Manuel Vazquez VIDAL JR

Reproduction is a fundamental part of life being and studies related to fish reproduction have been much accessed. The aim of this study was to perform a bibliometric analysis in intend to identify trends in this kind of publication. During June 2013, were performed searches on Scopus Database, using the term “fish reproduction”, being compiled and presented information related to the number of publications per year, number of publications by country, publications by author, by journal, by institution and most used keywords. Based on the study, it was possible to obtain the following results: Brazil occupies a highlight position in number of papers, being that the Brazilian participation compared to worldwide publishing production is having an exponential increase; in Brazil, there is a high concentration of articles when concerning the top 10 authors and institutions. The present study allows verifying that the term “fish reproduction” has been focused by many scientific papers, being that in Brazil there is a special research effort related to this subject, especially in the last few years. The main contribution concerns to the use of bibliometric methods to describe the growth and concentration of researches in the area of fishfarm and reproduction.

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Authors: Ione Ayala Gualandi de OLIVEIRA, Margareth Crisóstomo PORTELA & Claudia Cristina de Aguiar PEREIRA

Hepatitis C is a serious public health problem, affecting approximately 170 million people worldwide, with substantial morbidity and mortality. The clinical diagnosis is accidental, whereas the infection is often asymptomatic. The laboratory diagnosis is critical to establish active disease. There are different tests available for diagnostic confirmation of the virus, including serological and molecular techniques. The objective of this research was to present the different modalities available today molecular techniques for confirmation of the disease, considering its accuracy and different prices. We were built algorithms for the simulation of scenarios performed simulations from the data accuracy of technologies and of the prices of the same to the Brazilian health care system. The study showed that the quantitative molecular tests, although more expensive, can be a less costly alternative, considering the handling of patient with regard to laboratory diagnosis, resulting in a choice of importance to managers in the incorporation of new technologies in the Canadian health system.

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Authors: Raniele Ramalho de SOUZA, Sara Fonte Boa de OLIVEIRA, Fernanda Castro MANHÃES, Karla Rangel RIBEIRO & Eduardo SHIMODA

The nursing care systematization (NCS) is considered as a process that is part of the nursing process with several advantages cited in the literature. However, there is the impression that is rarely used, which imply a number of issues for patients. The aim of this study is therefore to assess the perceptions of nurses in the southern region of Espirito Santo and northern/northwest regions of Rio de Janeiro about NCS. To this end, 30 nurses of mentioned regions were ask, through semi-structured questionnaire, about the importance and use of NCS, as well as its implications and limitations were interviewed. As a result, it was found that nurses have knowledge about NCS and consider it important, but conclude that the same is not widely used, despite the negative implications of this low utilization. Main causes cited are lack of human resources and support institutions.

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Authors: Simone Aparecida Matos de SOUZA & Denise Aparecida da SILVA

An exploratory qualitative and quantitative search was conducted during the period May-August 2013 in the Clinical Laboratory of the Clinical Hospital in the city of Itaperuna , RJ. The objective was to analyze the profile of patients under anticoagulant treatment and demonstrate the potential variations in the values of International Normalized Relation (INR) compared to reference values and the frequency of such examinations. It was applied a questionnaire shortly before the blood collection , establishing itself as inclusion criteria the use of anticoagulants. The results indicated a total of 45 patients under treatment with anticoagulants, being 32 female and 13 male. The majority of patients was receiving treatment with the oral anticoagulant, the warfarin, and had more than 50 years old. The mean of INR values was within limits considered safe, but more than half of the patients had INR  2.0 and most patients under treatment with anticoagulants does not perform evaluation of INR frequently.