Care interventions in the elderly with stasis syndrome: a clinical essay

Online braz. j. nurs. (Online); 12 (suplementar), 2013
Publication year: 2013

Object:

Losses in functional capacity of upper limbs of elders confined to bed may be due to the fracture of the femur.

Aims:

To perform a systematic review of the literature regarding the Stasis Syndrome; to elaborate, according to a previous analysis, an intervention proposal involving multidisciplinary care, to alleviate the effects of the Stasis Syndrome; to verify the effect of this multidisciplinary protocol of intervention according to the biological variables of elders with Stasis Syndrome through the use of an instrument created for this purpose.

Method:

This is controlled clinical research, with a quantitative approach. It involves the use of quantification during and treatment of patients and the associated data collection, through statistical techniques and the use of specific software...