Complicações e cuidados relacionados ao uso do tubo de gastrostomia em pediatria

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues, Lidiane do Nascimento
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Silva, Aila Maria Oliveira da, Xavier, Maria dos Santos, Chaves, Edna Maria Camelo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/35785
• topic: Gastrectomia; Cuidados de Enfermagem; Pediatria

Objective: To describe the complications and cares related to the use of the gastrostomy tube. Method: A descriptive and exploratory study, with a qualitative approach, performed with 15 mothers of gastrotomized children attended at the Specialized Service in Wounds, Stomas and Incontinence. To obtain the data, it was used an interview with semi-structured script composed by the participants identifi cation and two guiding questions. For the analysis, the thematic type content analysis technique was used. Results: The most frequent complications were accidental tube outlet, hyperemia, granuloma, gastric residue leakage, balloon rupture and ostium enlargement and closure. Conclusion: Gastrostomy care is indispensable for patients, since its guarantee the safety of the procedure, without the risk of complications. The nurse has a responsibility and a privileged position on these patients, since to work with the gastrotomized child is to build a close and collaborative relationship with the child and the family and to contribute to the scientifi c enhancement and the improvement in the quality of nursing care, thus favoring a partnership between the team of professionals and the family.