[Nursing diagnosis related with oxygenation, in trauma victims admitted to ICUs]

This is a descriptive study carried out at a public hospital in the city of João Pessoa--PB, with the objective of establishing a profile of nursing diagnoses related to the component oxygenation in trauma victims. Roy's Theory on physiologic mode of adaptation was used as theoretical reference. The study population was composed of trauma victims admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, after initial assistance in the emergency unit of the hospital. For sample organization, a "time setting" framework was determined during which time data from twenty-two patients was collected. Six different nursing diagnoses related to the component oxygenation were established for these patients, four of which reached a frequency > = 50% in the sample studied and were incorporated into the expected diagnostic profile: Altered tissue peripheral perfusion (81.8%), Ineffective breathing pattern (77.3%), Inadequate gas exchange (77.3%) and Hipoxia (77.3%).