Proceso de atención de enfermería en pacientes con riesgo de complicaciones de tuberculosis pulmonar

Abstract

Tuberculosis is an infectious-contagious, curable and preventable disease whose causative agent is the koch bacillus mainly affects the lungs, it can also affect other organs considered among the ten leading causes of mortality worldwide according to the WHO in the year 2018, the first step for the diagnosis of this pathology is based on the characteristic symptoms that cough and phlegm for more than 15 days to who is considered as respiratory symptomatic, also may present respiratory distress due to lung injuries and the accumulation of secretions, there is also fever and night sweats, anorexia and weight loss. The objective of this work is to propose the process of nursing care in patients at risk of complications of pulmonary tuberculosis, the general theory with which this work is worked is with the natural history of the disease. The methodology used in this work was retrospective, analytical, for which the review of scientific articles, Clinical Practice Guidelines and books that meet the requirements indicated for the subsequent analysis of the required information was used. One of the main problems or complications that tuberculosis presents is resistance to first-line drugs, a problem that has arisen because of poor treatment of patients, so it is considered important to focus on nursing actions according to the theory of self-care to avoid complications in primary care centers.