Liver transplantation: evidences regarding nursing care / Transplante de fígado: evidências para o cuidado de enfermagem

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

Liver transplantation is a therapeutic modality applicable to patients affected by end-stage hepatic diseases when there is no other available treatment capable of reversing the alterations in the organism caused by them. The complexity of this therapeutic modality requires the establishment of a multidisciplinary team for patient and family support. The nurse is responsible for planning the nursing assistance to be given during the perioperative period; nevertheless, we observed a lack of scientific production in this field, which stimulated the accomplishment of this study. Evidence based practice consists in the theoretical and methodological basis and the integrative literature review in the selected research method adopted for this work. The present study aimed at searching and evaluating the evidences available in literature concerning the scientific knowledge produced regarding nursing care delivered during the perioperative period to adult patient submitted to liver transplantation. Lilacs, Medline and Cinahl databases were searched for studies, which resulted in a sample composed of 20 scientific papers. The results evidenced that the nurse plays an important part in the different stages of the perioperative period, delivering nursing care addressed to preparing the patient to the anesthetic-surgical procedure, prevention and early detection of postoperative complications, and to the patient education regarding his recovery and rehabilitation. In addition, the nurse acts in the nutritional and emotional support of the patient and also fulfills an important role in instructing patients about the immunosuppressive therapeutics and making them aware of the need of adhering to the therapeutics regimen. Our expectation is that this study provides resources required for the improvement of perioperative practice and stimulates the nurses to conduct researches related to liver transplantation.

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liver transplantation transplante de fígado evidence based practice prática baseada em evidências nursing care cuidados de enfermagem enfermagem perioperatória perioperative nursing

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