Rev Assoc Med Bras
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Comparative Study
[Effect of reduction in the Bothrops antivenin dose administrated in patients bitten by the Bothrops snake].
Seven hundred and thirty accidents by Bothrops snake bite attended at Hospital Vital Brazil-Instituto Butantan (HVB-IB) were studied: 411 of in 1983/84 (group A) and 319 in 1986 (group B). All the patients were seen in the Hospital 6 hours after the bite. ⋯ Both groups were similar concerning to: sex and age of the patients; anatomic region bitten; frequency of incision and tourniquet use at the site bite; time in between of the accident and the admission at HVB-IB; classification of B. jararaca either young or adult; frequency of the coagulation impairment. There was no difference in the evolution of the local envenoming manifestations and there were no cases of death.
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Our objective is to determine the opinions and knowledge of intensive care unit physicians toward organ donation. All physicians working in all 13 hospitals of Curitiba with intensive care unit for adults participated of the study. Of a total of 81 physicians, 75 (92.6%) answered the questionnaire. ⋯ Most physicians did not know the patient survival after transplantation of several organs. It is concluded that almost all intensive care unit physicians in Curitiba are favorable to organ donation and are willing to participate actively in obtaining consent of family members for donation. The basic knowledge of Brazilian law and several medical subjects on organ transplantation is unsatisfactory.