Malignant hyperthermia in the operating room: can the nursing team recognize it and intervene?
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Centro cirúrgicoAbstract
Objective: To assess the knowledge of the nursing team of the operating room (OR), on the diagnosis and treatment of malignant hyperthermia.
Method: Field research, correlational, with quantitative analysis. Data collection from the 50 nursing team professionals (34 technicians and 16 nurses)
working in the OR of a private hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, who answered 10 questions (six on diagnostics, and four on treatment). Descriptive analysis
and comparison of means, using the Student t test. Results: Average of correct answers in 62.5% of the diagnostic questions, and in 71.2% of the treatment
questions; percentage of correct answers in diagnosis was significantly lower than in treatment (p=0.007); average of 6.52 correct answers (6.4 for
technical and 6.8 for nurses); there was no significance for the total of hits between the two groups (p>0.05). Conclusion: The nursing staff had reasonable
knowledge of malignant hyperthermia, showing more than 50.0% accuracy.
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