在老年成年人中,流体状态脆弱性
Suzanne Purvis1,2,3, Terry Gion1,2,3
1Confidence in Aging, LLC, Alexandria, Virginia (Purvis); Confidence in Aging, LLC, Madison, Wisconsin (Gion).
概括
老年人经历了影响液体平衡的生理变化. 精通老年护理的输液护士可以通过最佳实践和新技术预防脱水和损伤等并发症.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 腎臟病學 (nephrology) 是一種醫學專業.
- 老年护理的护理工作
背景情况:
- 与衰老相关的生理变化显著影响老年人的液体和电解质平衡.
- 输液护士需要专门的知识来管理老年患者,并识别与年龄有关的液体平衡变化.
- 如果无法管理这些变化,可能会导致老年人群的严重健康并发症.
研究的目的:
- 审查有关与年龄相关的生理变化的文献,这些变化使老年人易患流体失衡并发症.
- 强调以老年为重点的护理护理在预防不良结果方面的重要性.
- 讨论监测老年人流体状况的新兴技术.
主要方法:
- 对影响衰老过程中流体和电解质平衡的生理变化进行文献综述.
- 在Medline®/PubMed®上使用与衰老,功能和液体/电解质障碍有关的特定MeSH术语进行的搜索.
- 包括与脱水,电解质异常,妄想和监测技术相关的术语.
主要成果:
- 衰老会改变生理机制,增加对脱水,损伤和电解质障碍的易感性.
- 老年人特定的护理知识对于早期识别和管理流体失衡至关重要.
- 技术进步,包括脱水和电解质监测器,在改善流体状况管理方面显示出希望.
结论:
- 对于输液护士来说,对与年龄相关的液体平衡变化的更好理解至关重要.
- 在患者教育和护理中实施老年病的最佳实践可以减轻风险.
- 新技术为改善老年人液体和电解质状况的监测和管理提供了潜力.
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