Nursing diagnoses in children with congenital heart disease: a survival analysis.

摘要

PURPOSE: To analyze the relationship between nursing diagnoses and survival rates in children with congenital heart disease. METHODS: A total of 270 observations were carried out in 45 children with congenital heart disease who were followed for 15 days. FINDINGS: Differences in mean survival times were identified in children not more than 4 months of age with respect to the following diagnoses: impaired gas exchange, ineffective breathing pattern, activity intolerance, delayed growth and development, and decreased cardiac output. CONCLUSIONS: The main diagnoses are identified early in the hospitalization period and are conditions resulting from hemodynamic alterations and prescribed medical treatment. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Congenital heart disease provokes serious hemodynamic alterations that generate human responses, which should be treated proactively.