Diagnostic accuracy of clinical indicators of Imbalanced nutrition in pediatric patients submitted to chemotherapy.

To analyze the accuracy of clinical indicators of nursing diagnosis, Imbalanced nutrition: less than the body requirements in pediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy. A cross-sectional study was carried out in a pediatric oncohematology unit. A total of 123 children aged 5-18 years were evaluated.

A Content Analysis of Clinical Indicators and Etiological Factors of Ineffective Infant Feeding Patterns.

Purpose: To analyze the content of the concepts present in the nursing diagnosis of Ineffective infant feeding pattern.

Design And Methods: Content validation of nursing diagnosis based on the predictive diversity model. A methodological study of the content validation of a nursing diagnosis was based on the predictive diversity model and performed in the following three stages: conceptual definition of the phenomenon of interest; organization of the phenomenon of interest; and analysis by judges of the concepts of the phenomenon of interest.

Validation of Clinical Indicators of the Nursing Diagnosis of Ineffective Protection in Adolescents With Cancer.

Purpose: To validate the clinical indicators of the nursing diagnosis of Ineffective protection in adolescents with cancer based on diagnostic accuracy measurements.

Design And Methods: Measurements of sensitivity and specificity for the indicators were calculated using latent class analysis with random effects in a sample of 127 adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age.

Results: The prevalence of diagnosis was estimated at 93.

Accuracy of the defining characteristics in nursing diagnoses of Hyperthermia in newborns.

Objective: to clinically validate the accuracy of the defining characteristics in nursing diagnoses of Hyperthermia in newborns.

Method: a cross-sectional study conducted in units of medium and high risk in a maternity from the city of Fortaleza-CE. A total of 216 newborns were evaluated to identify the defining characteristics of diagnoses.

Accuracy of the Defining Characteristics of the Nursing Diagnosis Hypothermia in Newborns.

Purpose: To analyze the accuracy of the defining characteristics of hypothermia in newborns and to verify associations between defining characteristics and clinical variables.

Methods: A cross-sectional accuracy study with statistical analysis.

Findings: Slow capillary refill, decrease in ventilation, peripheral vasoconstriction, and insufficient weight gain were the defining characteristics with the highest specificity values, while slow gastric emptying, skin cool to touch, irritability, and bradycardia were the defining characteristics with the highest values for both sensitivity and specificity.

Classification tree for the assessment of sedentary lifestyle among hypertensive.

Objective: To develop a classification tree of clinical indicators for the correct prediction of the nursing diagnosis "Sedentary lifestyle" (SL) in people with high blood pressure (HTN).

Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted in an outpatient care center specializing in high blood pressure and Mellitus diabetes located in northeastern Brazil. The sample consisted of 285 people between 19 and 59 years old diagnosed with high blood pressure and was applied an interview and physical examination, obtaining socio-demographic information, related factors and signs and symptoms that made the defining characteristics for the diagnosis under study.

Validation of Clinical Indicators of Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements in Early Childhood.

This is a clinical validation study of the nursing diagnosis of imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements based on the diagnostic accuracy measures. Measures of sensitivity and specificity were calculated based on the latent class analysis method using a random effects model in a sample of 123 children between 0 and 6 years old. The prevalence of the diagnosis was estimated to be 27.