title: [Descriptive study of the results of nursing interventions applied to surgical patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Knowing the evolution of health outcomes of surgical patients during their hospital stay, evaluating NOC outcome criteria at admission and discharge.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective observational study conducted in the surgical hospital wards of the Hospital General de Vic, with patients who required surgical intervention of any specialty, of 18 or more years old and anesthetic risk levels I, II or III. The main outcome variables were indicators associates with each NOC of a standard of care based on the "patient type" concept.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four hundred and six patients participated. Of these, 69 (15%) were operated of the musculoskeletal system and 391 (85%) were operated on the digestive or urinary systems, male/ female genitalia, skin, integuments, and endocrine system. NOC scores high of all patients were maintained or improved, never worse and in all patients the number of falls and recurrent infections was constant, virtually no patient fell or became infected.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of surgical patients at the time of hospital discharge improves or maintain their conditions of admission and patients who never worse substantially.
authors: Universidad de Barcelona, Unidad de Programa de Clínica del Consorcio Hospitalario de Vic. echirveches@chv.cat
authors: Emilia
authors: E
authors: Chirveches-Pérez
authors: Josep
authors: J
authors: Roca-Closa
authors: Emma
authors: E
authors: Puigoriol-Juvanteny
authors: Judit
authors: J
authors: Pons-Baños
authors: Olga
authors: O
authors: Iserin-Farrés
authors: Pilar
authors: P
authors: Fernández-Burgos
authors: Carles
authors: C
authors: Bisquert-Illa
authors: Xavier
authors: X
authors: Quer-Vall
authors: Gemma
authors: G
authors: Clotet-Argemir
authors: Inmaculada
authors: I
authors: Dot-Suárez
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000451:nursing*