Objective:To narrate the nurses' training experience in the implementation of a systematic delirium screening tool using the Confusion Assessment Method for Intensive Care Unit. Method: Experience report covering the steps of situation diagnosis, planning, staff training and evaluation of the tool's implementation between January and March 2013 with nurses in the ICU of a tertiary hospital in São Paulo. Results: The implementation of the assessment, using the Confusion Assessment Method for Intensive Care Unit, obtained signifi cant nurse adhesion and became a service indicator. Final considerations:The experience has shown that this assessment allows the results of the work process to be analyzed and the consequent transformation of daily initiatives.

Objective: To evaluate the incidence of postoperative complications and mortality among patients submitted to elective or non-elective neurosurgery. Methods: Prospective cohort study in adult patients, followed from preoperative period until hospital discharge or death. Results: One hundred and twenty seven patients were included in elective surgery group and 75 patients in non-elective surgery group. The elective group had more vomiting (p=0.010) and pain (p<0.001) and the non-elective group presented more intracranial hypertension (p=0.001), anisocoria (p=0.002), cerebral vasospasm (p=0.043), light-unresponsive pupil (p=0.006) and reoperation (p=0.046). The mortality rate was 5.5% in the elective surgery group and 26.7% in the non-elective surgery group (p<0.001). Conclusion: Elective procedures in neurosurgery are related to higher frequencies of systemic complications while non-elective surgeries had significantly higher rates of neurological complications and mortality. ResumoObjetivo: Avaliar a incidência de complicações pós-operatorias e mortalidade entre pacientes submetidos a neurocirurcia eletiva e não eletiva. Metodos: Estudo de coorte prospectivo com pacientes adultos, acompanhados desde o período pré-operatório até a alta hospitalar ou óbito. Resultados: Foram incluídos 127 pacientes no grupo cirúrgico eletivo e 75 pacientes no grupo cirúrgico não eletivo. O grupo eletivo teve mais vômitos (p=0,010) e dor (p<0,001) e o grupo não eletivo apresentou mais hipertensão intracraniana (p=0,001), anisocoria (p=0,002), vasoespasmo cerebral (p=0,043), pupilas não fotorreagentes (p=0,006) e reoperação (p=0,046). A taxa de mortalidade foi de 5,5% no grupo de cirurgia eletiva e 26,7% no grupo de cirurgia não eletiva (p<0,001). Conclusão: Os procedimentos eletivos em neurocirurgia estão relacionados a maior frequência de complicações sistêmicas, enquanto as cirurgias não eletivas tiveram taxas significativamente mais altas de complicações neurológicas e mortalidade.

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Introducción: La hidrocefalia es una complicación frecuente entre los pacientes neurológicos y su tratamiento en casos agudos se hace a través de un catéter de derivación ventricular externa que permite monitorear y controlar la hipertensión intracraneal. El objetivo de este estudio fue describir la retención del conocimiento de los enfermeros después de la intervención educativa sobre cuidados relativos a la derivación ventricular externa. Materiales y Métodos: Estudio cuasi experimental con enfermeros de una unidad de terapia intensiva de adultos, en el que se evaluó la retención del conocimiento sobre el tema en tres momentos: antes, una semana y tres meses después del entrenamiento. Resultados: Después de una semana se observó una retención significativa, sin embargo no a los tres meses, dado que después de tres meses el índice de aciertos en las preguntas fue significativamente bajo con respecto a las fases anteriores. El desempeño de los participantes fue mejor en las preguntas relacionadas con el manejo del sistema. Discusión: El tiempo es un factor que interfiere en el aprendizaje y los estudios muestran que el conocimiento a los tres meses disminuye significativamente, y después de seis meses y un año casi por completo. Las conductas prácticas basadas en directrices de asistencia tienen mejor retención entre los profesionales, resaltando que resulta más fácil aprender habilidades técnicas que están asociadas con la vivencia profesional. Conclusiones: Se observó una retención de conocimiento significativa entre los profesionales en la primera semana posterior al entrenamiento, pero no a los tres meses después del entrenamiento.

Objective Intensive care unit (ICU) discharge is a decision process that is usually performed subjectively. We evaluated whether a subjective score (Sabadell score) is associated with hospital outcomes. Methods We conducted a prospective cohort study from August 2014 to May 2015 at a tertiary-care private hospital in Brazil. We analyzed 425 patients who were discharged alive from the ICU to the wards. We used univariate and multivariate analysis to identify risk factors associated with a composite endpoint of worse outcomes (later ICU readmission or ward death) during the same hospitalization. Results Forty-three patients (10.1%) were readmitted after ICU discharge, and 19 died in the ward. Compared with patients with successful outcomes, those with the composite endpoint were older and more severely ill, had a nonsurgical reason for hospitalization, more frequently came from the ward, were less frequently independent during daily activities, had sepsis, had higher C-reactive protein concentrations at ICU admission, and had higher Sabadell scores at discharge. The multivariate analysis showed that sepsis and the Sabadell score were independently and significantly associated with worse outcomes. Conclusion Sepsis at admission and the Sabadell score were predictors of worse hospital outcomes. The Sabadell score might be a promising predictive tool.