The Nurse as Caregiver of Workers’ Health
admin Renata Virginia González Consuegra** * Paper presented at the XIX National Congress of Professional Nurses: “Occupational Health and the Guarantee of Nursing Care in its Performance” Guatemala, October 4, 5…
Nursing Intervention in the Pediatric Patient under Sedation
Elsa Yolanda Carvajal Hermida* Nursing Coordinator.MaternalChild Area.Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá.Correspondence: [email protected] Introduction In all patients, but especially in children of all ages, interventions to relieve pain and suffering caused…
Repercussions of Human Nutrition, Nursing Magazine
An Approach to Science and Art Óscar Jaramillo Robledo** * Keynote Lecture given at the XVI Congress on Advances in Metabolism and Nutrition.Pereira, May 2002.**Chest surgeon.Former president of the Colombian…
Asepsis and Antisepsis Part I, Recurrent Cleaning
2.2.1.Recurrent cleaning(3,10,14,29-30,34) Recurrent cleaning is considered to be the disinfection performed after each surgical procedure(10,20,29-30) or daily cleaning of the occupied room. 2.2.1.1.Critical area Materials Hospital cleaning cart, red, black,…
Acute Myocardial Infarction: Other Diagnostic Methods
It is recommended to perform enzyme monitoring every 8 hours for the first 24 hours and then daily until they return to normal.In case of suspected reinfarction, it is suggested…
Components of Combined Oral Contraceptives
Components Dr. Álvaro Monterrosa Castro, MD lCombined oral contraceptives are made up of steroids, an estrogen and a progestin. Which are synthetic, non-natural hormones, which induce a pharmacological, not physiological…
Mechanism of Action of Oral Contraceptives
Mechanism of action Dr. Álvaro Monterrosa Castro, MD lAccording to their components, oral contraceptives are classified as: progestogen-only oral contraceptives (mini-pill). and combined oral contraceptives (5,19,25,49,50). The evaluation of the…
History of Combined Oral Contraceptives
Historical facts Dr. Álvaro Monterrosa Castro, MD History of combined oral contraceptives dThe need for oral contraception has always been recognized. First, Himes more than 2000 years ago advised taking…
Use of Oral Contraceptives, Introduction and Evidence
Introduction Dr. Álvaro Monterrosa Castro, MD lOral contraceptives have marked a milestone in the history of Medicine. Since their introduction in 1960, they revolutionized family planning and opened the doors…
Concepts in Combined Oral Contraceptives
Foreword TODr. Alvaro Monterrosa Castro I met him in Santa Fé de Bogotá at the end of the last decade, when he went to the “Clinical Research Unit in Human…