Coronary patient and the environment of intensive care unit: an approach of invasive procedures
This is a study about the influence of the quantity of invasive procedures to which the patient of an intensive care unit is submitted, and its relation to his perception of his environment. A hundreed patients with medical diagnosis of acute heart insufficiency, all of the same unit, have been inte...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 1987 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
| Repository: | Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP (Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.usp.br:article/135822 |
| Online Access: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/reeusp/article/view/135822 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Coronariopata Unidades de terapia intensiva Patient coronary Intensive care units |
| Summary: | This is a study about the influence of the quantity of invasive procedures to which the patient of an intensive care unit is submitted, and its relation to his perception of his environment. A hundreed patients with medical diagnosis of acute heart insufficiency, all of the same unit, have been interviewed. They were divided into 2 groups: Group A (submitted to more invasive procedures) and group B (submitted to a lesser number of invasive procedures). The statistical analysis showed that there was no difference between Group A and Group B in the quantity and nature of problems. The majority of the patients of the two groups felt mostly the problem of being inside a hospital, away from home. Only a minority described problems referring to sounds and images of their environment. |
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