THE NURSING CARE IN OXIDE NITRIC THERAPY IN NEWBORN WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION PERSISTENT

Abstract

This is a literature review on the use of inhaled nitric oxide in the treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, and to reflect on nursing care of children with persistent pulmonary hypertension undergoing treatment with nitric oxide from the analysis of scientific production of nursing nationally and internationally on this topic. Data were published in the last ten years, in journals indexed in databases: MEDLINE, LILACS, BDENF and SCIELO. After the search with the following keywords: nitric oxide, persistent pulmonary hypertension, neonatal and nursing care, were found 109 publications including 3 fell on the research objective. For analysis of the productions were analyzed to content in the thematic mode, resulting in 3 categories: a) Caution regarding installation and use of equipment, b) Implications for the nursing care of newborns treated with Nitric Oxide c) Assistance nursing the family of the newborn. However, we observed therapy be a relatively new and complex for neonatal nursing with little research conducted by these professional son the topic.