1. Impaired Gas Exchange: Prognostic Clinical Indicators of Short-Term Survival in Children with Acute Respiratory Infection.
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Pascoal LM, de Oliveira Lopes MV, Chaves DBR, Beltrão BA, Nunes MM, da Silva VM, and de Sousa Freire VEC
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- Acute Disease, Child, Child, Preschool, Humans, Infant, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Respiratory Tract Infections mortality, Respiratory Tract Infections nursing, Pulmonary Gas Exchange, Respiratory Tract Infections physiopathology, Survival Analysis
- Abstract
Purpose: To establish prognostic indicators of survival for impaired gas exchange (IGE) (00030)., Methods: Secondary analysis of data from an open prospective cohort developed with a group of 136 children with acute respiratory infection (ARI)., Findings: On Day 1, IGE (00030) was present in 42.6% of the sample. New cases arose until the last day of evaluation. With regards to defining characteristics, only hypoxemia and abnormal skin color were associated with a higher risk of developing diagnosis., Conclusions: Children with ARI who exhibit hypoxemia and abnormal skin color had a worse prognosis for IGE (00030)., Implications for Nurse Practice: Nurses can use the research findings as a predictive marker of the evolution of the patient's health status., (© 2018 NANDA International, Inc.)
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- 2019
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