Potential and challenges in using hypodermoclysis in adult patients: an integrative review: Potential and challenges in using hypodermoclysis in adult patients

• Autor(a) principal: Cordeiro, Karoline Goulart
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Silveira, Laura Menezes, Mendes, Karina Dal Sasso, Stabile, Angelita, Dessote, Carina Aparecida Marosti, Bolela, Fabiana
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Advances in Nursing and Health
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/anh/article/view/45061
• topic: Hipodermóclise; Infusões subcutâneas; Enfermagem; Cuidados Paliativos; Hipodermoclisis; Infusiones Subcutáneas; Enfermería; Cuidados Paliativos; Hypodermoclysis; Nursing; Palliative Care; Infusions, Subcutaneous

Objective: to identify national and international scientific evidence about the potential and challenges of hypodermoclysis in adult patients. Method: an integrative literature review, carried out in April 2019, without time frame, using the MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus and Embase databases, resulting in a final sample of seven international articles. Results: from the synthesis of evidence, potentialities emerged: feasibility of the technique, possibility of treating dehydration in older adults, use in confused patients, with difficult venous access and at home, low rate of complications, less demand for team care time. The challenges highlighted were: patient acceptance, disease stage, characteristics of administered fluids, teaching the technique at graduation, training of nursing professionals and adoption of clinical protocols. Conclusion: despite the potentiality, there are challenges to be overcome that point to the need for training in using hypodermoclysis, both for professionals and for students in training, which could positively impact hypodermoclysis compliance.