Defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis "ineffective airway clearance".

Objective: to analyze the defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis "ineffective airway clearance" in children with acute respiratory infection.

Method: cross-sectional descriptive study, developed in two hospitals specialized in care for children. It was held a detailed respiratory evaluation of the child to identify the defining characteristics of the diagnosis under study.

[Knowledge produced from the outcomes of the "Nursing Outcomes Classification--NOC": integrative review].

Objective: To identify the knowledge produced from the outcomes of the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC).

Method: A literature review using the integrative databases: Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS), US National Library of Medicine (PubMed), Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and Scopus Info Site (SCOPUS), during the months of August and September 2014.

Results: The review consisted of 21 articles that addressed different issues: Translation and Cultural adaptation (4.

Construction and validation of indicators and respective definitions for the nursing outcome Swallowing Status.

Objective: to develop indicators for the nursing outcome Swallowing Status and the respective conceptual and operational definitions validated by experts and in a clinical setting among patients after having experienced a stroke.

Method: methodological study with concept analysis and content and clinical validations. The Content Validation Index was verified for the scores assigned by 11 experts to indicators.

Clinical factors predicting risk for aspiration and respiratory aspiration among patients with Stroke.

Objective: to investigate the association of risk factors with the Risk for aspiration nursing diagnosis and respiratory aspiration.

Method: cross-sectional study assessing 105 patients with stroke. The instrument used to collect data addressing sociodemographic information, clinical variables and risk factors for Risk for aspiration.

[Effects of nasogastric catheterization in patients with stroke and dysphagia].

This study aimed to analyze the effects of gastric intubation in patients with stroke and dysphagia. A systematic literature review was performed in six databases, using the keywords stroke and intubation, gastrointestinal. One hundred and twenty studies were found, from which three clinical trials were selected.

[Evaluation of patients with stroke monitored by home care programs].

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the patient with a stroke in home treatment, investigating physical capacity, mental status and anthropometric analysis. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Fortaleza/CE, from January to April of 2010. Sixty-one individuals monitored by a home care program of three tertiary hospitals were investigated, through interviews and the application of scales.

Clinical indicators of 'caregiver role strain' in caregivers of stroke patients.

The main objectives of this study were to investigate the prevalence of the nursing diagnosis caregiver role strain (CRS) in caregivers of patients with stroke and to identify the accuracy of this diagnosis's clinical indicators. A total of 42 stroke patient caregivers who provided in-home care services in a city in north-eastern Brazil. The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of clinical indicators of nursing diagnosis 'CRS' were analyzed.

[Scales for evaluation of the overload of caregivers of patients with stroke].

The objective of the study was to evaluate the available productions in literature about scales to measure the overload of caregivers of patients with stroke. It was carried out a bibliographical revision in three databases: LILACS, CINAHL and SCOPUS. In 23 works, 24 different scales were identified, and the most cited were: the Caregiver Strain Index, the Caregiver Burden Scale, the Caregiver Reaction Assessment, the Sense of Competence Questionnaire, the Relatives Stress Scale and the Zarit Burden Interview.

Burden and modifications in life from the perspective of caregivers for patients after stroke.

Objective: to analyze the impact that caring has on a member of the family caring for a patient after a cerebrovascular accident, correlating life modifications and mental suffering with the perceived burden.

Method: a cross-sectional, quantitative study, undertaken in January-April 2010 in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.

Result: 61 individuals were investigated, monitored by three hospitals' Home Care Program.

[Identification of the nursing diagnosis of fall risk in elderly with stroke].

The purpose of this study was to verify the presence of a nursing diagnosis of fall risk in elderly with stroke. Observational exploratory and cross-sectional study with descrziptive analysis. Performed in a charitable rehabilitation association in Fortaleza city, from January to March 2010, by primary source, by interviews and physical examination with elderly people who had at least one episode of stroke 37 individuals participated of which 20 (54.

[Nursing diagnosis: impaired physical mobility in patients with stroke].

The study aimed to investigate the occurrence of Nursing Diagnosis Impaired Physical Mobility in patients with stroke. This exploratory study was developed at rehabilitation units from November 2007 to march 2008, through an interview and physical examination. Nursing diagnoses were made using NANDA Taxonomy II.