Revista de enfermería (Barcelona, Spain)
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The application of cold therapy is called thermotherapy Can distinguish two major forms: local and general. At the local level is widely used in the field of physical rehabilitation, rheumatology and various surgical specialties. However the evidence on issues relating to its potential benefits, physiological reason underlying its action, or application form is not sufficiently supported. ⋯ Interest in hypothermia begins in the third decade of the twentieth century the first scientific report on induced hypothermia was published in 1945 and described its application in patients with TBI. In the following decades appeared critical research on their application, but also great shadows of its benefits. The development of protocols and the great advances in the care provided in ICUs, have increased the capacity to prevent and control the side effects of the application of this therapy Based on the literature review, describing the main uses of therapeutic hypothermia, the major indications of these techniques and the evidence of its benefits and complications arising from their use.
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Nursing career tend to specialize more each time in the different specialties, for this reason the introduction of the specialist nurse in anaesthesia required a specific knowledge on this medical discipline. The evolution of technologies applied to the design of new needles, echography machines and other equipment for regional anaesthesia techniques make essential to update of our knowledge in this area. ⋯ The aim of this, is provided an easy introduction of the regional anaesthesia to the junior practitioners, and updated evidence to the senior practitioner. The work is structured in a classic way: introduction, central blocks (subarachnoid and epidural), peripheral blocks, regional intravenous anaesthesia, eye block, asepsis and conclusions.
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In spite of the major advances which have occurred in medicine and biotechnology over these last years, regarding intravenous therapy the greatest advances have occurred, on the one hand, in bio-compatible and throw away catheters and, on the other hand, in security devices which avoid accidental punctures. Advances to locate veins have been very limited, having been developed on occasion by devices which are not easily transported and which require fungible material when they make contact with a patient's skin. ⋯ This device does not substitute a nurse's traditional skill in locating veins by visual or feeling means, but rather this device supplements their skills and enhances them. This device is lightweight, intuitive, and does not require previous training for its use and hygiene since it never enters into contact with a patient's skin as it emits an infrared light on the skin which reflects veins drawing them on the surface of the skin.
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Pain has accompanied human beings since the moment this species appeared on Earth. From that moment on, and throughout his long history mankind has tried not only to look for the causes of pain but also to find remedies to relieve pain.