Review Article
Year: 2019 | Month: May | Volume: 9 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 397-408
Effectiveness of an Intervention Bundle on Thirst Intensity and Dry Mouth among Patients Admitted in ICU
Shikha Gulia1, Vinay Kumari2, Neetu Khatri3
1Nursing Tutor (Medical Surgical Nursing), 2Professor (Medical Surgical Nursing), 3Assistant Professor(Obstetrics and gynaecological Nursing),
M.M College of Nursing, M.M Deemed to be University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana
Corresponding Author: Shikha Gulia
ABSTRACT
Background: Thirst and dry mouth are frequent impelling desire or need to drink water or any fluid. Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are exposed to many sources of distress. “Intensive care patients report thirst intensity as one of the most distressful of 10 symptoms; thirst is rated as the second prevalent symptom among patients. Thirst and Dry mouth are being the most neglected stressors during nursing care in ICU. There are multiple factors which drives the sensation of thirst in ICU: fasting, drugs used during anesthesia, endo tracheal intubation, surgical intra operative bleeding, dehydration, patients' age, treatments with drugs like diuretics, sedatives, high dose antibiotics, analgesics which stimulate the physiology of thirst and enhance it. With this background, systematic literature search was carried out.
Objective: To collect the data and review various studies.
Methodology: The study design was systematic review. The study includes the studies those which are related to occurrence of thirst and dry mouth among patients, predictors of thirst and dry mouth among patients and interventions to reduce thirst and dry mouth among patients.
Analysis: Studies were identified through searches of MEDLINE, PUBMED, Elsevier and Google Scholar. Abstracted information is about the study design, interventions and outcomes.
Conclusion: This systematic review has concluded that intervention bundle consisting of more than one intervention is significantly effective in reducing thirst and dry among patients admitted in ICU.
Key words: Thirst, Dry Mouth, Intervention Bundle