The topic of my Dissertation is a role of a nurse in subsequent care at a patient after reimplantation of a total coxe endoprosthesis. The aim of this Dissertation is to find whether nurses provide patients with specific (medical) intervention (after reimplantation of a total coxe endoprosthesis) according to the diagnosis for care or in a standard way according to the performed act. Another aim was to find specific needs of patients (after reimplantation of total coxe endoprosthesis) and to create a plan of care, as possible. The last aim is to find whether patients after reimplantation of a total coxa endoprosthesis are provided with sufficient information about prevention of possible complications.To gain the necessary data, quantity research in combination with quality one was carried out. The hypothesis that nurses provide nursing intervention in a standard way, no matter if patients are after a primary implantation of a total coxa endoprosthesis or after a reimplantation of a total coxa endoprosthesis, was not proved. The other hypothesis, that nurses does not differ nursing care of clients after a reimplantation of a total coxa endoprosthesis from nursing care of clients after a primary implantation of a total coxa endoprosthesis, was not proved.

A trombose venosa é a principal complicação da microcirurgia vascular e a intervenção precoce é necessária para o salvamento dos retalhos, com índices de sucesso de apenas 50% das revisões cirúrgicas; trombose da microcirculação, produção de radicais livres de oxigênio (RLO) e edema são os elementos principais da lesão de isquemia/reperfusão (I/R), e o planejamento das terapias protetoras tem como objetivo amenizar estas alterações. Os fármacos antioxidantes, antiagregantes plaquetários e anticoagulantes são utilizados no controle da lesão de I/R em diferentes órgãos. Neste estudo, em modelo de amputação subtotal de membro posterior de rato submetido a isquemia global primária, foi testado o efeito protetor dos fármacos alopurinol, heparina, tirofiban ou vitamina C durante a isquemia secundaria pós congestão venosa. Foram operados 100 ratos, que apos isquemia global de 90 minutos, foram divididos em cinco grupos de 20 animais recebendo uma das respectivas drogas na veia femoral contra-lateral: 1ml de solução fisiológica 0,9% no grupo controle (GC), 1ml de alopurinol 45mg/kg no grupo experimental 1 (G1), 1ml de heparina 200UI/kg no grupo experimental 2 (G2), 1ml de tirofiban 50 ug /ml no grupo experimental 3 (G3) e 1 ml de vitamina C 100mg/kg no grupo experimental 4 (G4); o clampe foi então retirado do feixe vascular e se iniciou a reperfusão de 60 minutos; a colocação do clampe vascular apenas na veia femoral direita iniciou a congestão venosa (isquemia secundária) do membro por 90 minutos seguido de outra reperfusão de 60 minutos; O músculo gastrocnêmio foi dissecado e retirado para analise histológica e os animais sacrificados por injeção letal. Foram estudados a porcentagem de viabilidade celular muscular, o edema e o extravasamento de hemácias. A porcentagem de lesão celular do músculo do grupo controle foi 54,6% (±10,6), do G1 31,5% (±13,6), do G2 24,7% (±11,7), do G3 24,6% (±8,6) e do G4 21,3% (±8,6). Os grupos foram comparados por modelo de comparação múltiplas one way-ANOVA e post-hoc Tukey com significância de p < 0,05. A porcentagem de lesão celular foi menor para os grupos G1, G2, G3 e G4 quando comparados ao GC (p < 0,001), e quando comparados os grupos experimentais entre si, apenas o G4 (vitamina C) foi menor estatisticamente que G1(alopurinol) (p < 0,029). A utilização individual dos fármacos alopurinol, heparina ,tirofiban e vitamina C mostraram efeito protetor na congestão venosa secundaria a isquemia global primária, e a vitamina C foi mais efetiva nesta ação que o alopurinol quando comparados os antioxidantes entre si. Quando avaliado o edema, apenas os antioxidantes tiveram índices menores estatisticamente que o GC, enquanto que todos os fármacos diminuíram o extravasamento de hemácias comparados com o grupo controle (p < 0,001) / Venous thrombosis is the main complication of vascular microsurgery an early intervention is mandatory to rescue the flap, with a success rate of only 50% of surgical revisions; microcirculation thrombosis, oxygen free radicals production and edema are the main elements of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, and protective therapies aim to mitigate these changes. Antioxidants, antiplatelets and anticoagulants are used in different organs to control this injury. In this study, in a partial hind limb amputation model submitted to global ischemia, it was tested the protective effect of Allopurinol, Heparin, Tirofiban or Vitamin C during secondary ischemia after venous congestion. A hundred rats divided in five groups of 20 animals each were operated; after global ischemia of 90 minutes each group was injected into the contra lateral femoral vein one of the following solutions: 1 ml of saline solution NaCl 0,9% - control group (CG); 1ml of Allopurinol 45mg/kg - experimental group 1 (G1); 1ml of Heparin 200 UI/kg - experimental group 2 (G2); 1ml of Tirofiban 50 ug /ml - experimental group 3 (G3); 1ml of Vitamin C 100mg/kg - experimental group 4 (G4). Sixty minutes of limb reperfusion was performed, and a secondary period of limb ischemia started with the clamping of the femoral vein only (limb congestion) which lasted for 90 minutes (secondary ischemia). After that, the vein clamp was removed and a 60 minute reperfusion period was observed; at the end of the second reperfusion period, the right gastrocnemius muscle was removed and fixed in 10% formaldehyde, animals were euthanized with a lethal dose of Pentobarbital. Muscle fibers were scored as uninjured or injured based on the morphology of individual fibers; interstitial edema and bleeding were graded on a four-point scale. The control group had more damaged muscle cells 54.6±10.6% when compared to allopurinol 31.5±13,6%, heparin 24.7±11.7%, tirofiban 24.6±8.6% and Vitamin C 21.3±8.6% all reached statistical significance (p < 0.00 0.029). These comparisons were analysed using ANOVA and post-hoc Tukey. The single use of Allopurinol, Heparin, Tirofiban or Vitamin C showed a protective effect on venous congestion after global ischemia, and Vitamin C was more effective than Allopurinol when compared both antioxidants. When evaluating the edema, only the antioxidants had statistically lower rates than the CG, whilst all drugs reduced the extravasation of red blood cells compared with the control group (p < 0.001)

Among the four valves of the heart, the aortic valve (AV) is frequently affected by disease. When progressive dilatation of the valve produces a leak when the valve should close (regurgitation), repair may be possible. AV repair is a desirable option because, contrary to AV replace-ment using a prosthesis, it does not require life-long anticoagulation treatment, and retains the original tissues that naturally combat structural degradation. All the AV repair procedures developed by cardiac surgeons require a good stabilization of the ventriculo-aortic junction (VAJ) diameter, through annuloplasty or reimplantation, for long-term success. In the present work, a preliminary design for a new type of annuloplasty ring is proposed that surgeons could tailor to the each valve’s shape and suture inside the VAJ. The design consists in wrapping a commonly available surgical biomaterial into a ring of controlled radial flexibility. For sizing and material selection, several models of increasing complexity were created to account for the anisotropic, hyperelastic nature of all the materials involved. First, an analytical model was programmed in MATLAB to assess the radial flexibility of annuloplasty rings formed with different biomaterials and select those that could match the physiological VAJ radial flexibility between systolic and diastolic pressures. The same program was also used to reproduce the experimental radial and longitudinal stretches of the human VAJ from 0 to 140 mmHg pressures. The analytical models were used to calibrate the parameters of independent finite element (FE) models of the VAJ and ring. Finally, the FE approach was extended to simulate the ring after suturing inside the VAJ, to determine the radial flexibility of the assembly under pulsatile pressure. Supple Peri-Guard® bo-vine pericardium patches used in transverse orientation emerged as the best currently available material option for the proposed ring, although a material providing more physiological radial flexibility would be desirable.