Nursing care for kidney transplant phases: an integrative review

• Autor(a) principal: Silva Cunha, Thaynara Gabriella
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Lemos, Karine Cardoso
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Health Residencies Journal (HRJ)
• Texto Completo: https://escsresidencias.emnuvens.com.br/hrj/article/view/143
• topic: Insuficiência Renal Crônica, Transplante de Rim, Cuidados de Enfermagem.; Chronic Kidney Failure, Kidney Transplantation, Nursing Care.

Introduction: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is an important public health problem that is constantly growing. Among the modalities of Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) is the Kidney Transplant (TR), which has been showing greater success due to the development in the technical-scientific scope, but there are still high rates of rejection and complication. It is necessary, therefore, the performance of nursing to reduce these rates and graft success. Objective: To present nursing care in the different stages of kidney transplantation and its importance in reducing the rate of rejection and complications. Method: This is an integrative review article carried out exclusively based on secondary references. Results: The final sample of this review consisted of 10 scientific articles whose analysis led to the decision to present the following themes: sociodemographic profile, actual pre-transplant, trans-operative and post-operative. Conclusion: CKD is a growing public health problem, as well as kidney transplantation, characterized by high demand and low supply. The nursing professional needs to provide qualified assistance throughout the process to intensify graft survival with the patient.