Efetividade da irrigação intestinal em pessoas com colostomia: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

Patients presenting with permanent colostomy, made in the left colon, the descending or sigmoid part, has the possibility of not using the sink device. To do so, they must perform the procedure through bowel irrigation ostomy, colostomy making the "mainland". In clinical practice, it is perceived that this procedure is not performed often because professionals do not have clarity on the same. Objective: recognize the effectiveness of colostomy and benefits for the patient. Methodology: This is an integrative review, whose article search was performed in MEDLINE, LILACS and SciELO data. 373 studies were identified and selected seven. Three studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the sample. Results: The studies were published in the period 2004-2009, in Portuguese and English two studies haddesign case study and a descriptive, classified as level of evidence IV. The surveys were conducted in Brazil, Turkey and the United States. The patients had negative social changes , emotional and physical due to the presence of the colostomy and the effectiveness of self irrigation was proven, since the procedure resulted in total control of the removal of effluent. Conclusion: The colostomy irrigation is an important method of bowel control, because it regulates the elimination of stool through the stoma. However, it is necessary to conduct further studies on the subject, not only for the dissemination and implementation of this method in several departments, but also to standardize some practices unexplored.