Neonatal appendicitis: a survival case study.
Rev Bras Enferm
; 70(6): 1296-1300, 2017.
Article
em En, Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29160493
OBJECTIVE: To report a case of neonatal appendicitis in a children's hospital in southern Brazil, demonstrating the impact on neonatal survival. METHOD: Case study with data collection from medical records, approved by the Institution and Ethics Committee for Research with Human Beings. RESULTS: The clinical picture is initially characterized by food intolerance, evolving to hypoactivity, alteration of vital signs and septicemia due to intestinal perforation. Management is exclusively surgical, since no case described in the literature was diagnosed preoperatively and the findings usually point to acute abdomen. CONCLUSION: A focused clinical surveillance should be established when the infant presents peritoneal irritation. Follow-up of the evolution and the worsening of the symptoms by nurses, as part of the care team in partnership with the medical team, enables an early surgical intervention, thereby avoiding complications such as septicemia and death.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Perfuração Intestinal
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Ethics
Limite:
Humans
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
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Pt
Revista:
Rev Bras Enferm
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil