title: Defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis "ineffective airway clearance".
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to analyze the defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis "ineffective airway clearance" in children with acute respiratory infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  cross-sectional descriptive study, developed in two hospitals specialized in care for children. It was held a detailed respiratory evaluation of the child to identify the defining characteristics of the diagnosis under study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  a total of 249 children were evaluated, 55.8% were male and the median age was 13.76 months. Ineffective airway clearance was identified in 222 children (89.2%). The following defining characteristics presented statistically significant associations: dyspnea, expectoration, orthopnea, respiratory adventitious sounds, decreased breath sounds and ineffective cough. Decreased breath sounds, ineffective cough and respiratory adventitious sounds composed the logistic regression model.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the characteristics decreased breath sounds, ineffective cough and respiratory adventitious sounds have better predictive capacity for the diagnosis "ineffective airway clearance" in children with acute respiratory infection.
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors: Daniel Bruno Resende
authors: DB
authors: Chaves
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors: Beatriz Amorim
authors: BA
authors: Beltrão
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors: Lívia Maia
authors: LM
authors: Pascoal
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors: Ana Railka de Souza
authors: AR
authors: Oliveira
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors: Lívia Zulmyra Cintra
authors: LZ
authors: Andrade
authors: Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors: Ana Carla Bonfim
authors: AC
authors: dos Santos
authors: Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors: Karine Kerla Maia
authors: KK
authors: de Moura
authors: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors: Marcos Venícios de Oliveira
authors: MV
authors: Lopes
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors: Viviane Martins
authors: VM
authors: da Silva
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009079:Mucociliary Clearance; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D012135:Respiratory Sounds; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*