Prevalência de intercorrências clínicas em pacientes com uso de terapia nutricional enteral sob cuidados paliativos

Abstract

Introduction:The introduction of enteral nutrition should always take into account the professional's performance so that a futile treatment is not applied to the patient, consequently leading to discomfort. Objective:To analyze the prevalence of clinical complications caused in palliative care patients using enteral nutritional therapy. Materials and methods:The research methodology was based on the observation paradigm and was a descriptive and observational study. Data were collected directly from the electronic medical records of patients in palliative care units using enteral nutritional therapy. Results and discussions:Most participants were using a nasoenteric tube (69.4%), had undergone a change in nutritional behavior (67.7%), mainly reducing the volume of the diet (83.3%), due to complications such as abdominal distention (40.5%), reflux (26.2%) and dyspnea (21.4%).