Proceso atención de enfermería en escolar con insuficiencia respiratoria aguda.

Respiratory diseases are one of the most frequent causes of consultations in pediatrics worldwide, which is why it is very necessary to detect them early in order to treat them immediately, preventing the patient from complications depending on the evolution of this respiratory failure. Respiratory difficulty is the need for greater effort to achieve better lung ventilation and tissue oxygenation. In the present case of clinical study, the school patient presents a clinical picture of ±12 hours of evolution characterized by body temperature 39ºC, cough, headache, arthralgia, angina pectoris, cyanosis, myalgia and general malaise. Monitoring vital signs revealed tachycardia with a frequency of 125 lxmin, respiratory rate 26 rxmin, and hypoxemia with saturation of 80%. In the physical assessment, the patient was conscious, oriented in time and space with moist oral mucous membranes, slightly pale fascia, no lesions were evident in the oral cavity or pharynx, the skin was slightly bluish in color, cyanotic, auscultation revealed difficulty breathing, palpation revealed a soft abdomen, slightly painful in the hypogastrium, for which a blood count, chest and abdomen X-ray plus control electrolytes were requested. After the studies, a school patient with acute respiratory failure was determined, the indicated treatment was started in conjunction with the care and Nursing Care processes based on all the relevant studies and care, the expected results in this clinical case study were met, thus restoring the good state of health and well-being of the patient during his hospitalization.

• Autor principal: García Alcívar, Sofia Marilin (author)
• Format: bachelorThesis
• Publicat: 2025
• Matèries: Insuficiencia respiratoria aguda; Signos y síntomas Respiratorios en escolares; Complicaciones respiratorias; Enfermería
• Accés en línia: http://dspace.utb.edu.ec/handle/49000/18365