PROTOCOL OF CARE IN PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY: A MULTIPROFESSIONAL APPROACH Dissertation
Gastrostomy. Protocols. Multi-professional Care.
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a safe surgical method for supplying enteral nutrition for patients with difficulty swallowing. The increase in the number of people with ostomies has brought the need to offer integral attention to these users and their relatives. In order to provide guidance to patients and / or caregivers and systematize the actions of professionals, this study is about an intervention project with the development of a protocol of multi-professional care protocol for patients who will undergo to PEG in the endoscopy department of the University Hospital Professor Edgard Santos (HUPES). In order to achieve this goal the following methodological steps were developed: The first one was the elaboration of a preliminary version of the multi-professional care protocol and a folder with home orientation, based on a review of the literature in order to know the care and recommendations about of gastrostomy, care according to multi-professional team intending to identify scientific evidences of good practices and information for home care; The second step consisted in the elaboration of a protocol validation strategy to be submitted later to the health professionals involved with HUPES gastrostomized patient care, for future implementation in the service. It is hoped that the elaborated protocol may contribute to the improvement of the technical quality of the care provided to the user and his companion in the pre, intra and post-procedure periods.