Strategies for thirst management in postoperative adult patients: a scoping review.

Autor: Silva TTMD; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Dantas JKDS; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Araújo SCM; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Silva SO; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Dantas DV; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Dantas RAN; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Jazyk: English; Portuguese
Zdroj: Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2022 Oct 07; Vol. 75 (4), pp. e20220154. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 07 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0154
Abstrakt: Objectives: to map the strategies for managing thirst in postoperative adult patients.
Methods: scoping review was conducted in October 2021 in 19 data sources: 14 databases and 5 platforms to search in the grey literature. It was prepared according to the recommendations of the Joanna Briggs Institute and the checklist of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews. Nine selected articles were part of the final sample.
Results: there is evidence of strategies to manage postoperative thirst using interventions such as water, ice, mentholated measures, carbohydrate and protein enriched fluid, oral hydrator, flavored gargling, cold gargling, wet gauze, 0.75% citric acid spray, and cold water.
Final Considerations: the strategies observed may be reduced to cold and menthol use, salivary stimulants, and early introduction of fluids. The outcomes were positive in all the studies reviewed.
Databáze: MEDLINE