J. García-Uribe RN, MSc , D. Lopera-Jaramillo RN, MSc , J. Gutiérrez-Vargas Bióloga, PhD , A. Arteaga-Noriega RN, MSc, PhD , O.A. Bedoya RN, MSc, PhD
{"title":"Efectos adversos relacionados con la administración de norepinefrina por accesos venosos periféricos cortos: una revisión de alcance","authors":"J. García-Uribe RN, MSc , D. Lopera-Jaramillo RN, MSc , J. Gutiérrez-Vargas Bióloga, PhD , A. Arteaga-Noriega RN, MSc, PhD , O.A. Bedoya RN, MSc, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2022.09.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enfi.2022.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Peripheral administration of norepinephrine is restricted due to the association of extravasation with tissue necrosis.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>scoping review with the objective of describing the adverse effects related to the administration of norepinephrine through short peripheral venous access and the characteristics of drug administration in patients hospitalized in ICU, surgery, and emergency services.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>12 studies with heterogeneous characteristics by size and type of population were included. The proportion of complications associated with peripheral norepinephrine administration was less than 12% in observational studies and it was less than 2% in those that used doses less than 0.13<!--> <!-->μg/kg/min, and concentrations less than 22.3<!--> <!-->μg/ml. The main associated complication was extravasation and there were no cases of tissue necrosis at the venipuncture site, some extravasation cases were treated with phentolamine, terbutaline or topical nitroglycerin. The drug administration time ranged between 1-528<!--> <!-->hours with a weighted mean of 2.78<!--> <!-->h.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The main adverse effect was extravasation, no additional complications occurred, phentolamine and terbutaline seem to be useful, and its availability is a necessity. It is essential for the nursing staff to carry out a close assessment and comprehensive care in patients receiving norepinephrine by peripheral route.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71775555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Pérez-Juan RN , M. Maqueda-Palau RN , C. Feliu-Roig RN , J.M. Gómez-Arroyo RN , D. Sáez-Romero RN , A. Ortiz-Monjo RN
{"title":"Incidencia de úlceras por presión secundarias al decúbito prono en pacientes ingresados en unidades de cuidados intensivos por SARS-CoV-2","authors":"E. Pérez-Juan RN , M. Maqueda-Palau RN , C. Feliu-Roig RN , J.M. Gómez-Arroyo RN , D. Sáez-Romero RN , A. Ortiz-Monjo RN","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2022.12.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enfi.2022.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The appearance of pressure ulcers (PU) is one of the frequent complications of prone position (PP), due to prolonged pressure and shear forces.</p></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To compare the incidence of pressure ulcers secondary to prone position and describe their location among four Intensive Care Units (ICU) of public hospitals.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Multicenter descriptive and retrospective observational study. The population consisted of patients admitted to the ICU between February 2020 and May 2021, diagnosed with Covid-19 who required prone decubitus. The variables studied were sociodemographic, days of admission to the ICU, total hours on PP, PU prevention, location, stage, frequency of postural changes, nutrition and protein intake. Data collection was carried out through the clinical history of the different computerized databases of each hospital. Descriptive analysis and association between variables were performed using SPSS vs.20.0.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A total of 574 patients were admitted for Covid-19, 43.03% were pronated. 69.6% were men, median age was 66 (IQR 55-74) and BMI 30.7 (RIC 27-34.2). Median ICU stay was 28 days (IQR 17-44.2), median hours on PD per patient 48<!--> <!-->h (IQR 24-96). The incidence of PU occurrence was 56.3%, 76.2% of patients presented a PU, the most frequent location was the forehead (74.9%). There were significant differences between hospitals in terms of PU incidence (p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.002), location (p<!--> <!--><<!--> <!-->0.001) and median duration of hours per PD episode (p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.001).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The incidence of pressure ulcers due to the prone position was very high. There is great variability in the incidence of pressure ulcers between hospitals, location and average duration of hours per episode of prone position.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71775546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Alonso-Lloret MSN , A. Mendoza-Soto PhD , S. Gil-Domínguez RN , V.M. Fontecha-Merino RN , C. Romero-Ferreiro PhD
{"title":"Estrés y ansiedad perioperatorios en padres de niños intervenidos de cardiopatías congénitas","authors":"F. Alonso-Lloret MSN , A. Mendoza-Soto PhD , S. Gil-Domínguez RN , V.M. Fontecha-Merino RN , C. Romero-Ferreiro PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2023.03.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enfi.2023.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Levels of stress and anxiety suffered by parents of children with congenital heart disease (PCUCS) during their children's admission for cardiac surgery may be higher than those suffered by other parents who go through the same experience.</p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>General objective of this study was to measure the stress and anxiety suffered by PCUCS and parents of children undergoing renal surgery (PCURS) in relation to the intervention of their children. The specific objective of the quantitative study was to compare global stress and anxiety according to sex, time of the perioperative period, and cohort. The general objective of the qualitative section is to explore the experience that PCUCS and PCURS have during their hospital stay and to identify the specific factors that influence the genesis of stress and anxiety.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>A cohort study was carried out in which PCURS and PCUCS were included. The quantitative part was performed by comparing the scores of 3<!--> <!-->questionnaires that measure stress levels (PSS-14), state anxiety (STAIE) and trait anxiety (STAIR) throughout 3<!--> <!-->perioperative moments. At the same time, a qualitative study was carried out with semi-structured interviews and collection of diaries on which a descriptive phenomenological analysis was carried out, according to Munhall. The analysis of the text was carried out according to Colaizzi.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Stress and anxiety levels were significantly higher in PCUCS compared to PCURS. Mothers in the cardiac cohort were those with the highest scores on all scales. In the qualitative study, 4<!--> <!-->themes emerged: “stress and anxiety from the moment of diagnosis”, “surgical intervention as a critical moment”, “harshness of the postoperative period in the Intensive Care Unit” and “joy and gratitude versus dependence and fear for the future”.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>PCUCS suffer higher levels of stress and anxiety than PCURS, being the mothers of the cardiac cohort those who suffer these disorders with greater intensity. This study can constitute a starting point to develop strategies that cover these parental needs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71775549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yeray Gabriel Santana-Padilla RN, MSc, PhD, Luciano Santana-Cabrera MD, PhD
{"title":"LA DISFAGIA, LA GRAN DESCONOCIDA PARA LAS ENFERMERAS DE CUIDADOS CRÍTICOS","authors":"Yeray Gabriel Santana-Padilla RN, MSc, PhD, Luciano Santana-Cabrera MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2023.10.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enfi.2023.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71775537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M.E. Rodríguez-Delgado RN , A.M. Echeverría-Álvarez RN , M. Colmenero-Ruiz MDPhD , R. Morón-Romero PharmD. PhD , A. Cobos-Vargas RN , A. Bueno-Cavanillas MDPhD , en nombre del Grupo de trabajo de rondas de seguridad en UCI
{"title":"Diseño de un modelo de ronda de seguridad para unidades de cuidados intensivos","authors":"M.E. Rodríguez-Delgado RN , A.M. Echeverría-Álvarez RN , M. Colmenero-Ruiz MDPhD , R. Morón-Romero PharmD. PhD , A. Cobos-Vargas RN , A. Bueno-Cavanillas MDPhD , en nombre del Grupo de trabajo de rondas de seguridad en UCI","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2023.01.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enfi.2023.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Safety Rounds (SR) are an operational tool that allow knowing adherence to good practices, help identify risks and incidents in patient safety (PS), allowing improvement actions to be implemented. The objective of this work was the design of a procedure to perform SR in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Preparation of a checklist for the development of SR in the ICU through the nominal group technique, with the participation of managers, middle managers and professionals from different disciplines and categories. In the first place, a group of experts agreed, based on the recommendations on good practices in PS, the definition of items, their coding, the criteria for compliance and the impact of non-compliance. Subsequently, its viability was determined through a cross-sectional study through the piloting of two SRs to adjust the items in real clinical practice conditions.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A specific SR model for ICUs has been obtained through a checklist. The group of experts prepared a first list made up of 39 items of 6 essential dimensions and defined the method of implementation. Mean time to complete the two SRs was 85<!--> <!-->minutes, including the briefing and subsequent debriefing. After the validation pilot, the dimensions were reduced to 5, 3 items were deleted, 2 items were transferred to another dimension and 3 items related to nosocomial infections and informed consent were modified. In addition, the data sources, the compliance criteria and their relative weight were redefined. The final list was considered useful and relevant to improve practice.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Through a consensus methodology, a checklist has been built to be used in the RS of an ICU. This model can serve as a basis for its use in healthcare services with similar characteristics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71775541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Respuesta a «Higiene oral con clorhexidina: una recomendación única no sirve para todos»","authors":"R. García-Díez RN , M. Vázquez-Calatayud PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2023.05.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enfi.2023.05.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71775556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Salas-Bergüés MSN , E. Lizarazu-Armendáriz RN , M. Eraso-Pérez de Urabayen RN , P. Mateo-Manrique RN , M. Mendívil-Pérez MSN , R. Goñi-Viguria MSN
{"title":"Niveles de burnout y de exposición a conflicto ético de los profesionales de enfermería de cuidados intensivos◊","authors":"V. Salas-Bergüés MSN , E. Lizarazu-Armendáriz RN , M. Eraso-Pérez de Urabayen RN , P. Mateo-Manrique RN , M. Mendívil-Pérez MSN , R. Goñi-Viguria MSN","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2023.02.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enfi.2023.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Nursing professionals working in intensive care units (ICU) are at high risk of developing negative emotional responses as well as emotional and spiritual problems related to ethical issues. The design of effective strategies that improve these aspects is determined by knowing the levels of burnout and ethical conflict of these professionals, as well as the influence that the practice environment might have on them.</p></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To analyze the relationship between levels of burnout, the exposure to ethical conflicts and the perception of the practice environment among themselves and with sociodemographic variables of the different intensive care nursing professionals.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional, observational study in an ICU of a tertiary level university hospital. The level of burnout was evaluated with the Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services Survey scale; the level of ethical conflict with the Ethical Conflict Questionnaire for Nurses; and the perception of the environment with the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed. The association between categorical variables was analyzed using Fisher's exact chi-square test (χ<sup>2</sup>)</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>31 nurses and 8 nursing assistants were evaluated, which meant a participation rate of 82.93%. 31.10% of the nursing professionals presented signs of burnout, 14.89% considered that they work in an unfavorable environment and 87.23% presented a medium-high index of exposure to ethical conflict.</p><p>The educational level (χ<sup>2</sup> <!-->=<!--> <!-->11.084, <em>P</em> <em>=</em> <!-->.011) and the professional category (χ<sup>2</sup> <!-->=<!--> <!-->5.007, <em>P</em> <em>=</em> <!-->.025) influenced the level of burnout: nursing assistants presented higher levels of this.</p><p>When comparing the level of burnout with the environment and the index of ethical conflict, there were no statistically significant differences.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The absence of association found in the study between burnout and ethical conflict with the perception of the practice environment suggests that personal factors may influence its development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71775553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M.C.R. Araujo RN , D.A. da Silva RN , A.M.M.M. Wilson MSN
{"title":"Nursing interventions in palliative care in the intensive care unit: A systematic review","authors":"M.C.R. Araujo RN , D.A. da Silva RN , A.M.M.M. Wilson MSN","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2022.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enfi.2022.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Context</h3><p>Patients in palliative care are found in different places where care is provided, including the intensive care environment with important role of the nursing staff.</p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>The aim of this systematic review was to answer the following question: which nursing interventions are aimed to the palliative care patients who are in the intensive care unit (ICU).</p></div><div><h3>Data sources</h3><p>US National Library of Medicine (PUBMED), Virtual Health Library (BVS), SciELO, The Cochrane Library (Cochrane) and Lilacs databases were used.</p></div><div><h3>Data extraction</h3><p>After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria in accordance with the PRISMA method, a total of 36 entries published between 2010 and 2020 were used.</p></div><div><h3>Data analysis</h3><p>The records extracted were analyzed from a qualitative approach, so no statistical analysis was carried out.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The findings demonstrated that the interventions that focus on promoting the patient's autonomy and respect their needs on ICU involves effective communication, promoting shared decision with patient and family, individualize care for each patient including the family on the daily care and decisions, maintaining basic nursing care as hygiene and comfort and encouraging self-care, as well as the involvement of nursing palliative care specialists the care is important. Other interventions included promoting a continuing education program for the nursing staff and other professionals involved in caring for patients in palliative care at ICU.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>This review highlighted the need for specific nursing interventions aimed at palliative care patients at ICU to promote patient autonomy and the focus on patient needs, always sharing decisions with the patient and family. However, it showed that there is a need for the continuous training of the nursing staff because factors such as the nurses’ lack of technical-scientific knowledge and, concomitantly, the absence of a standardized and specific intervention model linked to a bureaucratic system, make it difficult to carry out a specialized care for this type of patient.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46165790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R.M. Peradejordi-Torres RN, J. Valls-Matarín PhD, MSR, RN
{"title":"Percepción de la cultura de seguridad del paciente en un área de críticos","authors":"R.M. Peradejordi-Torres RN, J. Valls-Matarín PhD, MSR, RN","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2022.11.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enfi.2022.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Critical Care Area (CCA) is one of the most complex in the hospital system, requiring a high number of interventions and handling of amounts of information. Therefore, these areas are likely to experience more incidents that compromise patient safety (PS).</p></div><div><h3>Aim</h3><p>To determine the perception of the healthcare team in a critical care area about the patient safety culture.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>Cross-sectional descriptive study, September 2021, in a polyvalent CCA with 45 beds, 118 health workers (physicians, nurses, auxiliary nursing care technicians). Sociodemographic variables, knowledge of the person in charge in PS and their general training in PS and incident notification system were collected. The validated Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire, measuring 12 dimensions was used. Positive responses with an average score ≥75%, were defined as an area of strength while ≥50% negative responses were defined as an area of weakness. Descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis: χ<sup>2</sup> and t-Student tests, and ANOVA. Significance p ≤ 0.05.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>94 questionnaires were collected (79.7% sample). The PS score was 7.1 (1.2) range 1-10. The rotational staff scored the PS with 6.9 (1.2) compared to 7.8 (0.9) for non-rotational staff (p = 0.04). A 54.3% (n = 51) was familiar with the incident reporting procedure, 53% (n = 27) of which had not reported any in the last year. No dimension was defined as strength.There were three dimensions that behaved like a weakness: security perception: 57.7% (95% CI: 52.7-62.6), staffing: 81.7% (95% CI: 77.4-85.2) and management support: 69 .9% (95% CI: 64.3-74.9).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The assessment of PS in the CCA is moderately high, although the rotational staff has a lower appreciation. Half of the staff do not know the procedure for reporting an incident. The notification rate is low. The weaknesses detected are perception of security, staffing and management support. The analysis of the patient safety culture can be useful to implement improvement measures.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49801202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}