Background: Eczema is one of the most widely spread inflammatory skin disorders contact dermatitis is an eczematous dermatitis that is produced as a result of contact with a substance in the environment. The substance can act as an irritant or allergen. Every country has allergen particular to itself. Objective: Determining the frequency of skin allergens in patients with contact dermatitis in ...

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the association of skin-to-skin contact and social determinants health. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study with 187 medical records newborns from reference rooming in northeastern Brazil. An instrument maternal neonatal data was used. Analysis descriptive inferential statistics. For associations, chi-square test used measure strength, an Odds Ratio calculate...

Immediate skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her newborn has been associated with successful breastfeeding outcomes. One of the challenges nurses face in promoting skin-to-skin occurs in the operating room during a cesarean delivery. Utilizing an interprofessional approach for this quality improvement project, we successfully implemented skin-to-skin contact for all eligible mother/infan...

Contact dermatitis is a common inflammatory skin condition characterized by erythematous and pruritic skin lesions that occur after contact with a foreign substance. There are two forms of contact dermatitis: irritant and allergic. Irritant contact dermatitis is caused by the non-immune-modulated irritation of the skin by a substance, leading to skin changes. Allergic contact dermatitis is a de...