Application of the escale Full Outline of Unresponsiveness in the assessment of the level of consciousness: integrative review
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.19175/recom.v13i0.4790Keywords:
Adulto, Idoso, Transtornos da Consciência, HospitaisAbstract
Objective: to identify evidence in the scientific literature of the application of the Full Outline of UnResponsiveness scale to assess the level of consciousness of adult and older adult patients in a hospital environment. Method: a integrative review was conducted in the following sources: Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, the US National Library of Medicine databases, Scopus, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Web of Science, and Embase. Rayyan was used to select and analyze the retrieved content. Results: We found 937 studies, 23 of which composed our final sample. We elected two categories: potentialities and limitations of the Full Outline of UnResponsiveness scale. Conclusion: We showed that this scale can predict the mortality of adult and older adult patients’ with altered level of consciousness, offering interobserver reliability and assessing their respiratory pattern and brainstem reflexes.