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Defining Characteristics and Related Factors of Decreased Cardiac Tissue Perfusion: Proposal of a New Nursing Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Santos Vinicius Batista,
Atallah Álvaro Nagib,
Lopes Camila Takáo,
Lopes Juliana de Lima,
Bottura Leite de Barros Alba Lúcia
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of nursing knowledge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2047-3095
pISSN - 2047-3087
DOI - 10.1111/2047-3095.12095
Subject(s) - medicine , nausea , chest pain , perfusion , vomiting , nursing diagnosis , emergency department , emergency medicine , anesthesia , cardiology , intensive care medicine , medical diagnosis , nursing , radiology
Purpose To identify the possible defining characteristics ( DC s) and related factors of the nursing diagnosis ( ND ) decreased cardiac tissue perfusion. Methods Cross‐sectional study using medical charts of adults admitted to an emergency department with the chief complaint of chest pain in a hospital in S ão P aulo, B razil. Findings DC s identified: crushing chest pain, elevated markers of myocardial necrosis, ischemic electrocardiogram changes, sweating, nausea, and vomiting. Related factors identified: interruption of arterial blood flow and coronary spasm. Conclusion This ND was clinically identified due to significant differences in the DCs of patients with and without the diagnosis. Practice Implications The clinical indicators identified in this study can be the starting point for the DCs for this ND .