Psychological intervention in an only multifamily session at an Acute Care Unit of a psychiatric clinic

This article provides an overview of the psychological intervention in a Unit Care of Mental Health. The objectives and therapeutic actions to follow are defined through the participation of an interdisciplinary team and networking; it includes support groups and, especially, the families of patients that suffer a severe mental disorder. The materials and resources used were weekly sessions of one hour and forty minutes, for two years of monitoring (2005-2007). The study population consists of families of patients with different pathologies, which are in the Intensive Care Unit. In terms of design, it is made a qualitativeanalysis of 100 field day formats, and fills a matrix of content analysis. It is reviewed the objectives, the approach Multi-Focus, methodology, used techniques, the procedures developed and the feedback given at each session. The findings from this study show that mental disorders are related to the environment in which the patient is developed and complex social process. They also suggest a greater need for psychiatric patient care and its networks, timely and relevantly. By the other hand, it shows the importance of increasing efforts to make available in the field of mental health brief strategic interventions in interdisciplinary teams, it is appropriate a psycho educational and therapeutic approach in which the actions are coordinated at different levels.

Perfil de resistencia microbiológico en ciudados intensivos adultos en la fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá año 2014

Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, retrospectivo; se usó la base de datos de los aislamientos microbiológicos documentados en las UCI de la Fundación Santa fe de Bogotá para el año 2014. La prevalencia de bacterias resistentes en los aislamientos de la FSFB no es baja, por lo que se requiere una terapia empírica acertada acorde con la flora local. Se requieren estudios analíticos para evaluar factores asociados al desarrollo de gérmenes multi resistentes y mortalidad por sepsis