title: [Follow-up study of respiratory nursing diagnoses in children with acute respiratory infection].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the baseline prevalence and incidence rates of Impaired Gas Exchange (IGE), Ineffective Airway Clearance (IAC) and Ineffective Breathing Pattern (IBP) in children with acute respiratory infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective open cohort study was conducted in two public hospitals specialized in child care in the months from January to June of 2011. The sample consisted of 136 children with acute respiratory infection, which lasted a minimum of six and maximum of ten consecutive days. The data were collected through examination of the child and interviews with their parents. The diagnostic inference process was developed by trained nurses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The three diagnoses showed high rates at the beginning of follow-up period, with a reduction in the days after. There were similar rates of IBP and IGE. The temporal development of IBP was similar to that of IAC, but in lower proportions. Incidence rates in cases per 100 person / day were to IAC 39.28, 17.04 for DIG, and 13.31 for PRI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The three diagnoses studied appeared early and in high proportions. New cases of IAC appear more quickly when compared to the other two diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad Federal de Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
authors.forename: Lívia Maia
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pascoal
authors.forename: Beatriz Amorim
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Beltrão
authors.forename: Daniel Bruno
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Resende Chaves
authors.forename: Marcos Venícios
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: De Oliveira Lopes
authors.forename: Viviane Martins
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Da Silva
authors.forename: Vanessa Emille Carvalho
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: De Sousa
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Helcias Montoril
authors.forename: Ana Débora
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Alcântara Coelho
authors.forename: Larissa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Castelo Guedes Martins
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology