Accuracy of the defining characteristics in nursing diagnoses of Hyperthermia in newborns Wislla Ketlly Menezes de Aquino Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes Viviane Martins da Silva Nathaly Bianka Moraes Fróes Angélica Paixão de Menezes Aline de Aquino Peres Almeida Bianca Alves Sobreira 10.6084/m9.figshare.5861199.v1 https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Accuracy_of_the_defining_characteristics_in_nursing_diagnoses_of_Hyperthermia_in_newborns/5861199 <div><p>ABSTRACT Objective: to clinically validate the accuracy of the defining characteristics in nursing diagnoses of Hyperthermia in newborns. Method: a cross-sectional study conducted in units of medium and high risk in a maternity from the city of Fortaleza-CE. A total of 216 newborns were evaluated to identify the defining characteristics of diagnoses. A latent class model with random effects was used to measure sensitivity and specificity. Results: Hyperthermia was present in 5.6% of the sample. The characteristics lack of suction maintenance (31.3%); skin warm to touch (25.5%); lethargy (24.2%); and tachypnea (21.4%) were the most frequent. Stupor presented higher sensitivity (99.9%) and specificity (100%) while vasodilation characteristics, irritability and lethargy only showed significant values for specificity (92.7%, 91.6% and 74.3%, respectively). Conclusion: four characteristics of high specificity contribute to Hyperthemia. However, stupor is the only one with significant sensitivity to identify it at its early-stage.</p></div> 2018-02-07 02:41:41 Nursing Diagnosis Hyperthermia Newborn Control of Body Temperature Neonatology