Effects in the development of children exposed to zika virus in the fetal period: an integrative review.

Autor: Santos GPG; Universidade Estadual do Piauí. Parnaíba, Piauí, Brazil.; Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, Piauí, Brazil., Gouveia MTO; Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, Piauí, Brazil., Costa RMPG; Universidade Estadual do Piauí. Parnaíba, Piauí, Brazil.; Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, Piauí, Brazil., Santos AMRD; Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, Piauí, Brazil., Avelino FVSD; Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, Piauí, Brazil.
Jazyk: English; Portuguese
Zdroj: Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2020 Nov 11; Vol. 73 (suppl 4), pp. e20190883. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 11 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0883
Abstrakt: Objective: To know the evidence available in the literature on the effects of the zika virus in children development after fetal exposure.
Methods: This is an integrative literature review with 16 scientific articles found in five databases (PubMed, LILACS, CINAHL, Web of Science and Scopus), based on the guiding question: "What are the effects in the development of children aged 0 to 6 years exposed to the zika virus in the fetal period? The STROBE statement was used for data extraction and evaluation of primary studies.
Results: Exposure to the zika virus in the fetal period resulted in several congenital anomalies and/or changes in the central nervous system: microcephaly, ocular problems, neurosensorial problems, ventriculomegaly, intracranial calcification, cardiopathy, arthrogryposis, among others.
Conclusion: The zika virus is neurotropic; its effect in the fetal nervous system causes irreparable damage to the child, so health professionals, especially nurses, must intensify maternal and also childcare.
Databáze: MEDLINE