Applicability of nursing outcomes in patients with heart failure and fluid volume excessive. / Aplicabilidade dos resultados de enfermagem em pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca e volume de líquidos excessivo.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to test the clinical applicability of the Nursing Outcomes Classification in patients with decompensated heart failure and the nursing diagnosis of fluid volume excess. METHODS: This is a longitudinal study conducted in two stages at a university hospital, in 2013. During the first stage the consensus of experts was used to select the nursing outcomes and the indicators related to diagnosing fluid volume excess. The longitudinal study was conducted in the second stage to clinically evaluate the patients using the instrument containing the results and indicators produced in the consensus. RESULTS: A total of 17 patients were assessed. The nursing outcomes were measured during the clinical evaluation by analysing their indicators. The scores increased in six of the results, in comparison with the average results of the first and last assessment. The Nursing Outcomes Classification during medical practice revealed a clinical improvement among the patient who were admitted following decompensated heart failure. CONCLUSION: The Nursing Outcomes Classification managed to detect changes in the clinical status of patients.

Aplicabilidade dos resultados de enfermagem em pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca e volume de líquidos excessivo / Aplicabilidad de los resultados de enfermería en pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca y exceso de volumen de líquidos / Applicability of nursing outcomes in patients with heart failure and fluid volume excessive

RESUMO Objetivo Testar a aplicabilidade clínica da Nursing Outcomes Classification em pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca descompensada e Diagnóstico de Enfermagem Volume de Líquidos Excessivo. Métodos Estudo longitudinal conduzido em duas etapas em um hospital universitário no ano de 2013. Na primeira etapa, utilizou-se a validação por consenso de especialistas para selecionar os resultados de enfermagem e os indicadores relacionados ao diagnóstico de enfermagem; na segunda, foi realizado um estudo longitudinal para avaliação clínica dos pacientes, utilizando-se o instrumento contendo os resultados e indicadores produzidos no consenso. Resultados Foram realizadas avaliações em 17 pacientes. Na avaliação clínica, mensuraram-se os resultados de enfermagem através da avaliação de seus indicadores. Seis resultados apresentaram aumento nos escores, quando comparados às médias da primeira e da última avaliação. A utilização da Nursing Outcomes Classification na prática clínica demonstrou melhora dos pacientes internados por insuficiência cardíaca descompensada. Conclusão A Nursing Outcomes Classification foi sensível às alterações no quadro clínico dos pacientes.

RESUMEN Objetivo Testar la aplicabilidad clínica de la Nursing Outcomes Classification en pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca descompensada y Diagnóstico de Enfermería Volumen de Líquidos Excesivo. Método Estudio longitudinal, realizado en dos etapas, en un hospital universitario, en 2013. En la primera etapa se utilizó la validación por consenso de especialistas para seleccionar los resultados de enfermería y los indicadores relaciones al diagnóstico de enfermería; en la segunda fue realizado un estudio longitudinal para evaluación clínica de los pacientes, utilizándose el instrumento que contiene los resultados y los indicadores producto del consenso. Resultados Fueron realizadas evaluaciones en 17 pacientes. Durante la evaluación clínica se midieron los resultados de enfermería a través de la evaluación de sus indicadores. Seis resultados mostraron un aumento en las puntuaciones, cuando se comparó las medias de los resultados de la primera y última evaluación. La utilización de la Nursing Outcomes Classification en la práctica clínica fue capaz de demostrar mejoría clínica de los pacientes internados por insuficiencia cardíaca descompensada. Conclusión La Clasificación de Resultados de Enfermería fue sensible a las alteraciones en el cuadro clínicos de los pacientes.

ABSTRACT Objective The purpose of this study was to test the clinical applicability of the Nursing Outcomes Classification in patients with decompensated heart failure and the nursing diagnosis of fluid volume excess. Methods This is a longitudinal study conducted in two stages at a university hospital, in 2013. During the first stage the consensus of experts was used to select the nursing outcomes and the indicators related to diagnosing fluid volume excess. The longitudinal study was conducted in the second stage to clinically evaluate the patients using the instrument containing the results and indicators produced in the consensus. Results A total of 17 patients were assessed. The nursing outcomes were measured during the clinical evaluation by analysing their indicators. The scores increased in six of the results, in comparison with the average results of the first and last assessment. The Nursing Outcomes Classification during medical practice revealed a clinical improvement among the patient who were admitted following decompensated heart failure. Conclusion The Nursing Outcomes Classification managed to detect changes in the clinical status of patients.

Consideration of ICD-9 code-derived disease-specific safety indicators in CKD.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality patient safety indicators track adverse safety events in hospitalized patients but overlook safety incidents specific to CKD. This study considers candidate CKD-pertinent patient safety indicators and compares them with the Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality patient safety indicators. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: Using a national Veterans Health Administration database of hospitalized veterans from fiscal year 2005, 247,160 hospitalized veterans with prehospitalization measures of renal function were retrospectively examined for proposed CKD patient safety indicators versus Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality patient safety indicators using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision diagnosis codes. Candidate CKD-pertinent patient safety indicators included in-hospital acute kidney failure; in-hospital congestive heart failure (and related diagnostic codes); electrolyte disturbances; and medication errors, poisoning, and intoxication. Patients with a prehospital estimated GFR<60 ml/min per 1.73 m(2) (CKD group) were compared with a non-CKD group. For CKD patient safety indicators, hospitalizations were excluded if the admitting condition was a potential cause of the secondary condition. Regression methods were used to present adjusted rates in study groups of interest. RESULTS: The CKD patient safety indicators were generally more common than the Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality patient safety indicators in all groups, tended to occur in different patients than those patients who experienced Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality patient safety indicators, and were more common in the CKD group than the non-CKD group, except for hypoglycemia, hypokalemia, and hyponatremia. The adjusted composite CKD patient safety indicators rate (per 1000 patient-hospitalizations) was 398.0 (95% confidence interval, 391.2 to 405.0) for patients in the CKD group and 250.0 (95% confidence interval, 247.4 to 252.7) for patients in the non-CKD group. The prevalence ratio of CKD patient safety indicators to Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality patient safety indicators was 23.4 (95% confidence interval, 21.9 to 25.0). CONCLUSION: The candidate CKD patient safety indicators that occur in hospitalized patients are distinct from the Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality patient safety indicators and tend to be more common in CKD than non-CKD patients. These measures have the potential to serve as sentinel tools for identifying patients with CKD who warrant examination for disease-pertinent safety events.

Entendendo os distúrbios hidroeletrolíticos e o equilíbrio ácido-básico / Understanding hydroeletrolytic disturbances and acid-basic balance

Os distúrbios hidroeletrolíticos e o equilíbrio ácido-básico são frequentes no dia a dia de especialidades clínicas e cirúrgicas. O entendimento da sua fisiopatologia é essencial para o seu tratamento adequado. Este artigo discursa sobre os distúrbios hidroeletrolíticos e os do equilíbrio ácido-básico mais comuns.

Electrolyte disorders and acid-base balance occur on a daily basis in both clinical and surgical specialties. The pathophysiological understanding of these disorders is essential for their appropriate treatment. This article addresses the most common electrolyte and acid-base disorders.

Trastornos electrolíticos / Electrolytic disorders

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