Abstract

FERRER PEREZ, Rebeca de la Caridad; FERRER CARRION, Mercedes Aurora  and  MIRANDA QUINTANA, Jorge Alberto. Acciones de enfermería en pacientes con afecciones cerebrovasculares. Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 2002, vol.18, n.3, pp.189-193. ISSN 0864-0319.

A retrospective, descriptive and cross-sectional study was performed in the Cerebrovascular Service Department of "Dr Ambrosio Grillo Portuondo" provincial clinical, surgical and teaching hospital in 1996 in Santiago de Cuba province. The universe of study was made up of 522 patients,200 of which were included in the random sample. The objective of the study was to show the importance of nursing actions in taking care of patients with cerebrovascular diseases, among other variables of interest. To this end, medical histories were checked to obtain necessary data, which was manually processed. The most affected patients were 56-65 years-old, females prevailed. According to the diagnostic classification of encephalic vascular accidents, the higher frequency lies in ischemic events with the lowest mortality rates. The work of the nurse in close cooperation with the health care team was fundamental at the different rehabilitation types targeted to these patients.

Keywords : CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS [nursing]; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS [rehabilitation]; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT [nursing]; CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA [nursing]; NURSING CARE.

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