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- Title
CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS RELATED TO CORNEAL TRANSPLANT.
- Authors
Penze Cardoso, Mayk; Antonio Ferreira Júnior, Marcos; Pereira Gonçalves, Elenilda de Andrade; Taboza Flores, Vanessa Giavarotti; Ferraz Teston, Élen; Pereira Frota, Oleci; Pereira Santos, Viviane Euzébia
- Abstract
Objective: to make the clinical and epidemiological characterization of corneal transplants performed in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Method: this is a quantitative, epidemiological, cross-sectional study. A sample of the study will be collected in a census form for all patients in queue, those submitted to corneal transplantation and donors of this type of tissue in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Data collection will be performed by means of three instruments elaborated for each distinct population, with the variables of clinical and epidemiological data. Distribution patterns and frequencies as well as measures of central tendency will be statistically established, as well as multivariate analysis with application of magnitude of effect and association, according to the nature of each variable, to be presented in charts and tables. Expected results: it is hoped to identify the difficulties found in the state transplant system of corneal aimed at the development of technical concepts, planning and organization of care for waiting users, donors and transplanted patients. Keywords: Corneal Transplantation; Corneal Diseases; Biological Tissue Patchwork; Epidemiology; Health services; Eye Banks.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CORNEA diseases; CORNEAL transplantation; SURGICAL flaps; TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 2019, Vol 13, p811
- ISSN
1981-8963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5205/1981-8963.2019.241369