Recién nacido a término con cardiopatía congénita grave,.proceso de atención de enfermería relacionado con la teoría de Virginia Henderson

Abstract

Congenital heart disease is a pathology that affects the structures of the great vessels, they are produced by failures in the development of the embryo. It is considered the main cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. There are various risk factors such as congenital alterations, drug use, urinary tract infection, alcoholism, among others. The most common signs of this pathology are cyanosis, dyspnea, murmur, and altered heart rate. The main congenital heart diseases worldwide are: pulmonary stenosis, aortic stenosis, atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, aortic coarctation, tetralogy of Fallot, patent ductus arteriosus, transposition of the great arteries. Studies carried out by the who report that in 2016 94% of serious congenital anomalies occurred in low and middle-income countries. According to the report of the Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital malformations, in Latin America the frequency of congenital heart disease is 2.6% per 10,000 live newborns, Bolivia up to 5.9% and in Chile up to 57.4%. At the national level, 1.7% of newborns have some type of congenital heart disease, approximately 0.8% die in the first hours of life, being one of the main causes of neonatal death since it occupies between the third or fourth place in this list of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses Objective: To establish the nursing care process for a newborn with severe congenital heart disease based on the Virginia Henderson Theory