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ESPUN S5: BASIC RESEARCH
Moderators: Brigitta Karanikas (Sweden) & Anna Giambonini (Switzerland)
ESPU-Nurses Meeting on Thursday 15, October 2015, 10:45 - 11:15
10:45 - 10:55
ESPUN S5-1
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NURSING CARE IN UROLITHIASIS. LITERATURE REVIEW
Maria Teresa ALONSO TORRES, Anna PALOMINO MARTÍNEZ, Laura GARCIA PORRAS, María MUÑOZ PÉREZ, Esther
FRANQUET BARNILS, Anna BULLICH LLOSA, Sandra GONZALEZ CAÑAS and Sofia BOSCH COLLETTE
Fundación Puigvert, Nursing, Barcelona, SPAIN
PURPOSE
Urinary calculi are a problem in uropediatric clinical practice since their management is difficult and expensive, both in
the way they are studied and treated. The main symptoms are: severe pain, nausea and/or vomiting, hematuria and/or
fever, possibly secondary to a urinary tract infection or renal obstruction. The types of calculi are diverse and
multifactor. The aim of this study is to review the published literature on nursing care in pediatric urolithiasis.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
A literature search was performed in databases PubMed, Medline, Scielo, The Chocrane, Science Direct and Academic
Google from November 2014 to March 2015. Articles in English and Spanish exclusively referring to: Nursing care in
pediatric urolithiasis, urolithiasis, ESWL, LEOCs in pediatrics were included and reviewed; articles on kidney calculi in
adults were excluded.
RESULTS
Articles related to nursing care of pediatric urolithiasis are scarce and many refer to the genetic origin of the calculus.
Others refer to sociodemographic variables, including race and dietary habits as relevant factors in the development of
urolithiasis in children
CONCLUSIONS
The role of the nurse in pediatric urolithiasis is essential to carry out interventions to improve the health of these
patients, based on the therapeutic education regarding dietary habits, treatment patterns, pain monitoring and
emotional factors.