Mudanças decorrentes de processos de reorganização nos locais de trabalho têm sido associadas a aumento de estresse entre trabalhadores. O objetivo do estudo foi investigar a percepção do trabalhador portuário acerca da presença de estresse no trabalho no Porto de Santos, São Paulo. Trata-se de um estudo de natureza qualitativa, cujos dados foram colhidos por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas e do Inventário de Sintomas de Estresse para Adultos de Lipp. Foram entrevistados 17 trabalhadores portuários avulsos, dos quais 10 apresentaram estresse. Na percepção dos participantes, a atual organização do trabalho parece promover situações aversivas que favorecem o aparecimento e manutenção do estresse. Parece haver relação entre estresse e presença constante de sobrecarga física, exposição a ambientes hostis, má relação com o empregador, falta de equidade na distribuição do trabalho, e diminuição da remuneração, do número de trabalhadores por terno, da autonomia no trabalho, e da possibilidade de convívio familiar e lazer.

Changes arising from the reorganization of workplaces have been associated with increased stress among workers. The aim of this study was to investigate the perceptions of port workers about the presence of stress due to the process of modernization in the port of Santos . The study had a qualitative design and the data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews and Lipp's Inventory of Stress Symptoms. Seventeen temporary port workers were interviewed, 10 of whom had stress. In the perception of the worker, the current work organization seems to promote adverse situations that favor the occurrence and maintenance of stress. There seems to be a relationship between stress and the constant presence of physical overload, exposure to hostile environments, poor relationships with employers, a lack of equitable distribution of work, and reductions in the number of workers, salaries, autonomy at work, and the possibility of family life and leisure time.

OBJETIVO : Fazer levantamento epidemiológico dos acidentes motociclísticos ocorridos em cidade com mais de um milhão de habitantes e atendidos em hospital universitário de referência entre julho e novembro de 2010. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal com o uso de entrevista estruturada (formulário padronizado) para documentar a coleta de dados: idade, sexo, renda mensal, tempo de uso e cilindrada da moto. RESULTADOS : A partir de 114 casos, foi observado que o perfil do paciente atendido no hospital em estudo, vítima de acidente motociclístico, é de um indivíduo jovem, do sexo masculino, possuidor de carteira de habilitação há menos de cinco anos, com renda mensal média em torno de mil reais, possuidor de moto de baixa cilindrada (menos do que 150 cc) e baixa escolaridade. Os acidentes atendidos ocorreram predominantemente no perímetro urbano, no período da tarde, e um terço deles foi considerado acidente de trabalho, que gerou óbito em 3% dos casos e fraturas expostas em 11% deles. CONCLUSÃO: A incidência de acidentes motociclísticos envolveu predominantemente homens jovens com pouca experiência no trânsito e baixo nível de instrução.

OBJECTIVE: Epidemiological survey of motorcycle accidents occurring in a city with over one million inhabitants and treated at university hospital of reference between the months of July and November 2010. METHODS: Cross sectional study using structured interview (standardized form) to document the data collection: age, gender, income, using time and capacity of the motorcycle. RESULTS: From 114 cases, it was observed that the profile of the victim of motorcycle accident treated at this hospital is a young person, male, possessing a driver's license for less than five years, with a monthly income average around one thousand reais (local currency), owner of a motorcycle with low capacity (less than 150 cc) and low educational attainment. The accidents occurred predominantly in the urban area, in the afternoons and one third of them were considered work-related accidents, death generated in 3 per cent of cases and open fractures in 11 per cent of them. CONCLUSION: The incidence of motorcycle accidents involved mainly young men with little experience in traffic and low level of education.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this manuscript is to describe the first year of our experience using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support. METHODS: Ten patients with severe refractory hypoxemia, two with associated severe cardiovascular failure, were supported using venous-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (eight patients) or veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (two patients). RESULTS: The median age of the patients was 31 yr (range 14-71 yr). Their median simplified acute physiological score three (SAPS3) was 94 (range 84-118), and they had a median expected mortality of 95% (range 87-99%). Community-acquired pneumonia was the most common diagnosis (50%), followed by P. jiroveci pneumonia in two patients with AIDS (20%). Six patients were transferred from other ICUs during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support, three of whom were transferred between ICUs within the hospital (30%), two by ambulance (20%) and one by helicopter (10%). Only one patient (10%) was anticoagulated with heparin throughout extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support. Eighty percent of patients required continuous venous-venous hemofiltration. Three patients (30%) developed persistent hypoxemia, which was corrected using higher positive end-expiratory pressure, higher inspired oxygen fractions, recruitment maneuvers, and nitric oxide. The median time on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support was five (range 3-32) days. The median length of the hospital stay was 31 (range 3-97) days. Four patients (40%) survived to 60 days, and they were free from renal replacement therapy and oxygen support. CONCLUSIONS: The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in severely ill patients is possible in the presence of a structured team. Efforts must be made to recognize the necessity of extracorporeal respiratory support at an early stage and to prompt activation of the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation team.