relativizados à proteção das informações e penalidades impostas no caso de uso indevido são aqui analisadas.

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The pandemic situation caused by COVID-19 (CoronaVirus Disease 2019) has stimulated discussions on ways to endhealth practices. Traditional Chinese Medicine is inserted and composes the set of therapies recommended by the World Health Organization. This abstract reports on the use of acupuncture in a preventive way in the benefit of the health worker. This is an experience report with the applicability of acupuncture in workers of the Primary Health Care Service in the united State of Porto Belo in the State of Santa Catarina (Brazil) during the confrontation with COVID-19. Care was performed with employees who sought care in 07 basic health units in the municipality. The practice aimed to contribute to the improvement of physical and emotional symptoms, health promotion and increased willingness to work. The results showed a favorable context for the increase of the technique and the use of the benefits in improving the health conditions of the professionals attended. Reducing levels of anxiety, depression, stress and pain complaints during the period. It was concluded that acupuncture was perceived as beneficial among the servers with good acceptance and demand during the pandemic period.

Objetivo: Identificar características clínicas e comportamentais de enfrentamento da COVID-19 em usuários da Atenção Primária à Saúde por meio de ferramenta de tecnologia da informação e comunicação. Método: Estudo exploratório de natureza quantitativa realizado com 376 usuários dos Centros de Saúde Abraão, Coqueiros, Novo Continente e Vila Aparecida de Florianópolis – SC. Os dados foram coletados através de formulário eletrônico e contatos com usuários através de aplicativo de mensagens. Resultados: Em 55% da amostra foi constatado que pacientes em algum momento foram sintomáticos. Os principais sintomas apresentados foram a dor de cabeça (36,4%), seguido pela dor muscular (24,5%), fadiga (24,5%) e tosse (22,3%), confirmando alguns dos principais sintomas da doença. Conclusão: Mais da metade dos participantes apresentaram sintomas antes da pandemia, sendo a dor de cabeça, dor muscular, fadiga e tosse os mais frequentes. Cerca de um quarto dos pesquisados confirmaram ter tido contato com algum parente ou pessoa com COVID-19. A maioria das pessoas teve preocupação em manter o isolamento.

droplets from the nasopharynx of colonized persons. This organism commonly causes meningococcemia and acute meningitis. However, meningococcal pneumonia was being infrequently reported, partly due to low clinical suspicion and uncertainty to establish diagnosis of pneumonia. Many cases were initially misidentified hence the need for high clinical suspicion and precise laboratory identifications in suspected cases. Conclusion:Here, we reported a case of primary meningococcal pneumonia. The patient did not succumb to any neurological complications and was discharged well after one week of ceftriaxone. Thus, Neisseria meningitidis should be considered as an aetiological agent of community-accquired pneumonia especially in the elderly.