Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis, management and prognosis of infective endocarditis

RESUMENLa actitud y el miedo a la muerte en enfermería pueden condicionar la calidad de cuidados del paciente moribundo, por lo que es importante abordar este tema.Es necesario aprender a percibir la muerte como algo natural. Los sanitarios tratan a los moribundos, interpretan el fenómeno de la muerte y la muerte misma bajo su óptica y entendimiento. La formación en tanatología y los cuidados paliativos se trata de forma escasa o al menos de forma irregular en los planes de estudio.El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar las aportaciones de los alumnos de tercero de enfermería en la asignatura cuidados paliativos a la hora de escribir una reflexión sobre un artículo que trata la visión de una enfermera del proceso de la muerte.Se empleó la fenomenología como instrumento metodológico, con el que se pretendió elaborar inductivamente un marco explicativo del fenómeno estudiado a partir de las expresiones de los estudiantes.En relación a la actitud hacia el trabajo con enfermos terminales y hacia la muerte se pueden resaltar

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Introduction: Obesity-related diseases (ORD) are associated with a decrease in the quality of life and life expectancy of patients. The remission of these pathologies after bariatric surgery is not the same in all patients. Objectives: To evaluate the remission of the principal ORD in patients who underwent bariatric surgery. Materials and methods: Retrospective analysis of patients with morbid obesity and ORD (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia or obstructive sleep apnea and hypoapnea syndrome) who received bariatric surgery between January 2014 and January 2016. Patients had two surgical options: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) or laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB). Follow-up was performed after 1, 6, and 12 months per the first year after surgery, recording data, such as percentage of excess weight lost (%EWL), percentage of total body weight lost, and partial or total ORD remission. Results: Out of a total of 23 patients, 52% (12) were females and the average age was 44 ± 13 years, 17 (74%) received LSG and 6 (26%) LRYGB. The average initial body mass index was 43 ± 4.3 kg/m², the %EWL at 1, 6, and 12 months was 35.4 ± 15.2, 62.5 ± 17.5, and 79.1 ± 20.2 respectively. Comorbidities remission was found in 95.6% of patients (22), partial resolution in 32%, and complete in 68%. A total of 52.1% of remissions were reported in the first month postsurgery. Conclusion: Bariatric surgery has proved to be the most effective method for reducing and sustaining weight loss in the long-term and comorbidities remission. A decrease of 50% of EWL has a positive impact in terms of discontinuing medications and normalizing the patient's biochemical profile.