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

Autor: Tâmara Taynah Medeiros da Silva, Joyce Karolayne dos Santos Dantas, Sara Cristina Matias de Araújo, Silmara de Oliveira Silva, Daniele Vieira Dantas, Rodrigo Assis Neves Dantas
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, Vol 75, Iss 4 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1984-0446
0034-7167
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0154
Popis: ABSTRACT 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.
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