Nursing care to pacients with high body temperature

an integrative review

Authors

  • Patrícia de Oliveira Salgado ViçosaMG, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Medicina e Enfermagem , Brasil
  • Ludmila Christiane Rosa Silva Belo HorizonteMG, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Enfermagem , Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Brasil
  • Priscila Marinho Aleixo Silva Belo HorizonteMG, UFMG, Escola de Enfermagem , Curso de Enfermagem, Brasil
  • Isabella Rodrigues Alves Paiva
  • Tamara Gonçalves Rezende Macieira GainesvilleFL, Universidade da Florida, USA
  • Tânia Couto Machado Chianca Belo HorizonteMG, UFMG, Escola de Enfermagem , Departamento de Enfermagem Básica, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5935/1415-2762.20150017

Keywords:

Fever, Nursing Care, Nursing, Body Temperature, Nursing Diagnosis

Abstract

The aim of this integrative review is to identify available evidence in the literature concerning the best practices in nursing care for patients with high body temperature. The search was performed in the databases PubMed/MedLine, LILACS, CINAHL and Cochrane Reviews. The sample was composed by 16 studies. The studies were analyzed according to their level of evidence and grade of recommendation. The articles of the sample are classified as systematic reviews, randomized clinical trials, case studies, descriptive, transversal, qualitative, experience report and quasi-experimental. The best evidence refers to care of children and adults with fever. There is a lack of studies with experimental design that test the nursing practices recommended in the literature for patients with high body temperature in different ages, specially the elderly. We suggest the development of new clinical researches, which will investigate nursing care interventions to adult patients with the nursing diagnosis hyperthermia, especially the physical interventions such as warm/cold bathing, warm/ice compresses and also ventilation of the environment.

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