Objectiv:e to analyze the relationship of anxiety and depression in the preoperative period with the presence of pain in the postoperative period. Method: cohort study conducted at a university hospital in the state of Minas Gerais (Brazil), between february and July 2017, with 65 patients. A collection instrument was elaborated for the demographic and clinical characteristics. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was used to assess anxiety and depression; pain intensity was measured using the Verbal Numerical Scale. Data were submitted to descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. Results: according to demographic and clinical characteristics, most patients were female, with a median age of 44 years and surgical specialty of the digestive tract. In the preoperative period, 31 (47.7%) had anxiety, and nine (13.8%), depression. None of the patients reported pain immediately prior to surgery. The incidence of moderate to severe postoperative pain was 32 (49.2%) patients. There was a statistically significant difference in the distribution of patients with postoperative pain in relation to the presence or absence of preoperative anxiety (p value <0.001). There is no statistically significant difference in the distribution of patients with postoperative pain in relation to the presence or absence of preoperative depression (0.733). In multivariate analysis, preoperative anxiety was a predictive factor for postoperative pain. Depression was not a predictive factor of postoperative pain. Conclusion: It was demonstrated that, regardless of the demographic and clinical characteristics of the studied sample, the presence of anxiety in patients in the preoperative period is a predictive factor of postoperative pain.

Objective: to estimate the prevalence and to identify possible factors associated with the occurrence of lymphedema in women undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Methods: a prevalence study with 125 women. An interview and a consultation of the medical record were carried out using a questionnaire. Univariate and multivariate analysis were performed through logistic regression. Results: a prevalence rate of 34.4% was found. Obesity, sentinel lymph node biopsy, radiotherapy, and the presence of some treatment complications were statistically significant for the occurrence of lymphedema. Conclusion: the prevalence of lymphedema in this study was high. The variables positively related to lymphedema, considered as associated factors, were: obesity, sentinel lymph node biopsy, radiotherapy and some treatment related complications (adhesion, retraction, paraesthesia, seroma, fibrosis, infection and dehiscence).

Objetivo: identificar os diagnósticos de enfermagem de pacientes pós-transplantados hepáticos em acompanhamento ambulatorial. Método: estudo descritivo realizado entre janeiro e maio de 2015 que avaliou 153 consultas em um ambulatório de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. A elaboração dos diagnósticos de enfermagem seguiu a proposta de Risner, uniformizados seguindo o indicado pelo NANDA-I 2015-2017. Os dados foram analisados pelo programa Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Resultados: dos pacientes, 102 (66,7%) eram do sexo masculino com mediana de idade de 55 anos. A cirrose por vírus da hepatite C foi a principal indicação de transplante. Foram identificados 11 diagnósticos de enfermagem, sendo os de maior frequência: Risco de infecção, Proteção ineficaz, Risco de glicemia instável, Risco de função hepática prejudicada. Conclusão: com os diagnósticos de enfermagem identificados, é possível delimitar o perfil das necessidades desses pacientes e proporcionar assistência de enfermagem diferenciada no acompanhamento ambulatorial de pós-transplantados hepáticos.