Quality of nursing technique on the bowel vacuity in Pediatric Surgery. Four years of experience

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  • Juliana Castro Luis
  • Iliana Corrales Martínez
  • Blanca Rodríguez Núñez

Abstract

Nurses must be well trained in the preparation of the patient who will undergo surgery in gastrointestinal disorders, or investigative purposes to achieve a great vacuity of the intestine. A retrospective descriptive observational study was carried out in Pediatric Surgery Service from  General Teaching Hospital "Dr. Antonio Luaces Iraola" in Ciego de Avila, 2010-2013. The objective was to describe the experience of nursing technique for the intestine vacuity. The sample consisted of 74 patients that were subject to different procedures and which required  intestinal cleaning. In this series the greatest number of cases corresponded to children under 6 years. From the total of cases, 24 patients were prepared for the cleaning of colon with   research purposes and 50 patients for surgical purposes. The quality of nursing technique for gastroclysis, was excellent. In the intestine irrigation to other procedures, a single case was valued as regular because it presented as complication an internal perforation by foreign body, was attributed to the existence of traces of fecal material. The experience of the nursing staff is notable, evidenced in the excellent results of nursing technique, every time, the technique was carried out without difficulty and with excellent results

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Juliana Castro Luis

Licenciada en Enfermería. Profesor Instructor

Iliana Corrales Martínez

Licenciada en Enfermería. Profesor Instructor.

Blanca Rodríguez Núñez

Especialista de 2do Grado en Cirugía Pediátrica. Máster en  Urgencias Médicas. Profesor Auxiliar. Investigador Agregado

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2015-01-19

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Castro Luis J, Corrales Martínez I, Rodríguez Núñez B. Quality of nursing technique on the bowel vacuity in Pediatric Surgery. Four years of experience. Mediciego [Internet]. 2015 Jan. 19 [cited 2024 Sep. 26];21(1). Available from: https://revmediciego.sld.cu/index.php/mediciego/article/view/93

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