ABSTRACT
Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, whose definitive hosts are cats and whose intermediate hosts include humans.This research aims to evaluate aspects related to seroprevalence rates of anti-T. gondii antibodies among elderly users of the Primary Health Care Service in the municipality of Aparecida de Goiânia, State of Goiás, Brazil. A total of 101 elderly people participated in the study, and a questionnaire was applied to examine sociodemographic factors related to risk factors for toxoplasmosis. Five mL of peripheral blood were collected from all the participants for serological tests. IgM and IgG antibody screening was performed using ELISA. The average age of the participants was 69.5 years, the seroprevalence rate was 75.2% (76/101) of reactive IgG, and 24.8% (25/101) were non-reactive. IgM and IgG antibodies were found in 2.9% (3/101) of the participants. An IgG avidity test was performed, which revealed that the antibodies in the three samples were of low avidity, thus indicating that these individuals were in the acute phase of the infection. It was suggested that, in terms of socioeconomic conditions, an income of one to three monthly minimum salaries is the predominant risk factor for toxoplasmosis in this group.
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Humans , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Seroepidemiologic Studies , Toxoplasmosis , Risk FactorsABSTRACT
Objetivo - Verificar o conhecimento dos enfermeiros da Unidade de Terapia Intensiva (UTI) do Hospital de Urgências de Goiânia-GO (HUGO), sobre condutas de enfermagem a serem tomadas no manejo do potencial doador de órgãos, no que se refere à prevenção, manutenção e controle da temperatura. O indivíduo em morte encefálica está sujeito a alterações térmicas. Cabe ao enfermeiro traçar plano de cuidados para prevenção e controle da hipotermia, considerando que complicações inerentes a esta condição podem inviabilizar a doação. Métodos - Realizou-se uma pesquisa quantitativa, do tipo exploratório e descritivo, no Hospital de Urgências de Goiânia, Goiás. Participaram 10 enfermeiros atuantes em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva. Resultados - Constatou-se que os enfermeiros participantes conhecem diversas estratégias no manejo da queda de temperatura que acomete o paciente em morte encefálica, o que contribui paraa otimização do processo de transplantes. Identificou-se as condutas de enfermagem utilizadas na manutenção da temperatura corporal do potencial doador de órgãos. Conclusão - Diante dos resultados apresentados verificou-se que o enfermeiro conhece a importância da manutenção da temperatura corporal para o potencial doador de órgãos e também a necessidade de se prevenir complicações que podem contribuir para inviabilizar a doação.
Objective - To verify the knowledge of the nurses of the Intensive Care Unit (UTI) of the Emergency Hospital of Goiânia (HUGO), on behavior of nursing be taken in the handling of the potential giver of agencies, as for the prevention, maintenance and control of the temperature. The individual in encephalic death is subject to thermal alterations. It fits to the nurse to trace plan of cares for prevention and control of the hypothermia, being considered that inherent complications to this condition can make impraticable the donation. Methods - It was carried out a quantitative research, of the exploratory and descriptive type, at the Emergency Hospital of Goiânia, Goiás. Ten operating nurses participated in Intensive Care Unit. Results - One evidenced that the participant nurses know diverse strategies in the handling of the temperature fall that event the patient in encephalic death, what he contributes for to facilitate of the process of transplants. One identified the used behaviors of nursing in the maintenance of the body temperature of the potential giver of agencies. Conclusion - Ahead of the presented results it was verified that the nurse also knows the importance of the maintenance of the body temperature for the potential giver of agencies and the necessity of preventing complications that they can contribute to make impracticable the donation.