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- Title
Ineffective Breathing Pattern: Defining Characteristics in Children With Acute Respiratory Infection.
- Authors
Pascoal, Livia Maia; Lopes, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira; da Silva, Viviane Martins; Beltrão, Beatriz Amorim; Chaves, Daniel Bruno Resende; de Santiago, Juliana Maria Vieira; Herdman, T. Heather
- Abstract
PURPOSE: To determine the accuracy of NANDA-I defining characteristics for the nursing diagnosis, ineffective breathing pattern, in children with acute respiratory infection. METHODS: This was a prospective cohort study in 136 children. Measures of accuracy were calculated for the defining characteristics. FINDINGS: Use of accessory muscles to breathe presented the best measure of accuracy. Alterations in depth of breathing presented a high value of sensitivity. Altered chest excursion and orthopnea presented high values of specificity. CONCLUSIONS: Use of accessory muscles to breathe showed the best predictive capacity for ineffective breathing pattern. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Measures of accuracy can contribute to an accurate diagnostic inference process, improving patient assessment and facilitating rapid, accurate diagnosis.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE intervals; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; LONGITUDINAL method; NURSING assessment; RESEARCH evaluation; RESPIRATORY infections in children; DATA analysis; PREDICTIVE tests; ACUTE diseases; DATA analysis software
- Publication
International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, 2014, Vol 25, Issue 1, p54
- ISSN
2047-3087
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.2047-3095.2013.01249.x