[The patient undergoing amputation of the lower limbs and the changes in activities of daily living]. / O idoso submetido à amputação de membros inferiores e as alterações nas atividades da vida diária.

The present study is part of the DIOGO monograph. The objective is to verify the alterations identified in aged patients which had been submitted to amputation of their lower limbs, in relation to everyday life. The data was collected from 25 inpatients, of a government university hospital. The analysis of the results suggests that the alterations referred by the patients submitted to amputation less than 10 days before coincide with those referred by aged patients which had had their limbs amputated over a month before, in the items related to body hygiene and locomotion.

[The nursing consultation in geriatrics: the topics to be addressed in the physical examination--II]. / Consulta de enfermagem em geriatria: tópicos a serem abordados no exame físico--parte II.

The author approaches physical exam in elderly and other items that are essential to nurses consultation. This article completes the topic Nurses consultation on Geriatrics--part I.

[The nursing consultation in geriatrics: the topics to be addressed in the interview--I]. / Consulta de enfermagem em geriatria: tópicos a serem abordados na entrevista--parte I.

The nursing consultation allows systematic and continuous care of the patient. The author describes important topics such as identification and initial data collection during nurses' interview of geriatric patient.