PURPOSE: To identify the possible defining characteristics (DCs) and related factors of the nursing diagnosis (ND) decreased cardiac tissue perfusion. METHODS: Cross-sectional study using medical charts of adults admitted to an emergency department with the chief complaint of chest pain in a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. FINDINGS: DCs identified: crushing chest pain, elevated markers of myocardial necrosis, ischemic electrocardiogram changes, sweating, nausea, and vomiting. Related factors identified: interruption of arterial blood flow and coronary spasm. CONCLUSION: This ND was clinically identified due to significant differences in the DCs of patients with and without the diagnosis. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The clinical indicators identified in this study can be the starting point for the DCs for this ND.
PURPOSE: To identify the possible defining characteristics (DCs) and related factors of the nursing diagnosis (ND) decreased cardiac tissue perfusion. METHODS: Cross-sectional study using medical charts of adults admitted to an emergency department with the chief complaint of chest pain in a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. FINDINGS:DCs identified: crushing chest pain, elevated markers of myocardial necrosis, ischemic electrocardiogram changes, sweating, nausea, and vomiting. Related factors identified: interruption of arterial blood flow and coronary spasm. CONCLUSION: This ND was clinically identified due to significant differences in the DCs of patients with and without the diagnosis. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The clinical indicators identified in this study can be the starting point for the DCs for this ND.
Authors: Jun Hua Lv; Dan Wang; Meng Na Zhang; Zheng Hai Bai; Jiang-Li Sun; Yu Shi; Hong Hong Pei; Zheng-Liang Zhang; Hai Wang Journal: Medicine (Baltimore) Date: 2019-02 Impact factor: 1.817