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- Title
Nursing Diagnosis: an Important Care in Liver Transplantation.
- Authors
Sabouhi, F.; Heravi, B. Momahed
- Abstract
Background: Liver transplantation is currently considered the most complex therapeutic procedure because the liver, one of the largest organs of the body, is responsible for several functions that affect different systems of the body. For this reason, nursing diagnosis and care plan after surgery are so important. Objective: To discuss how importance the nursing diagnosis is in care of patients undergoing liver transplantation. Methods: In this article, we reviewed English and Persian articles published in various information sources between 2004 and 2015 about nursing diagnosis in liver transplantation. Results: The era of liver transplantation in human beings is recent. It started approximately 40 years ago with the pioneering work of Starzl who performed the first human liver transplantation in 1963. The post-operative period is the most critical time of the entire transplant process. Short- and long-term complications following liver transplantation are liver artery thrombosis, anastomosis complications, fever, rejection, and side effects of immunosuppressive drugs. For this reason before and after liver transplantation, caring and teaching patients is of utmost importance. The most important nursing diagnosis are impaired tissue integrity, impaired bed mobility, risk for aspiration, risk for infection, risk for impaired skin integrity, risk for falls, ineffective protection, risk for constipation, imbalanced nutrition, and excess of fluid volume. Conclusion: Time after liver transplantation is the most part of surgery. The role of nurses in caring post- operative patients is very important. They could help patients' recovery after liver transplantation. These cares begins from admission and ends after discharge.
- Subjects
LIVER transplantation; LIVER disease treatment; TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.
- Publication
International Journal of Organ Transplantation Medicine, 2016, Vol 7, Issue 2, p132
- ISSN
2008-6490
- Publication type
Abstract