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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl)
J Nurs Care, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1168
World Nursing 2017
July 10-12, 2017
23
rd
World Nursing and Healthcare Conference
July 10-12, 2017 Berlin, Germany
Peristomal skin problems: Systematic literature review
Yasemin Altinbas
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and
Turkan Karaca
*
*
Adıyaman University School of Health, Turkey
P
atients with stoma can face many complications throughout their lifetimes, And these complications can only be prevented by
good patient care. One of the most common undesirable situations faced by the person with a stoma is peristomal skin problems.
Peristomal skin problems are caused by various reasons including physical, chemical and microbiological ones. These problems
which are preventable to a large extent, is observed in a spectrum extending from a mild disorder as itching and redness to severe
tissue losses. This study intends to determine the common peristomal skin problems, to draw attention to the importance of early
diagnosis and treatment is possible, patient care starting from the preoperative period and trained and followed-up regularly by
nurse and in order to make a contribution to the literature. Decreasing complications can prevent prolonged hospital stays and
costly interventions caused by peristomal skin problems and increase the quality of patient care. This literature search was performed
using Science Direct, Pub Med, Scopus and CINAHL. The following search terms were used:, ‘stoma care’ and, ‘peristomal skin
problems’ and ‘ostomy nursing’. This study was limited to articles in Turkish and English full articles were analyzed by topic, author,
year, sample, stoma type (colostomy and ileostomy), assesment form and method and peristomal skin problems. According to the
studies were included in the review, peristomal skin problems represent one of the most common complications and can emerge as
irritant dermatitis, peristomal skin irritation, allergic dermatitis, mechanical trauma and infection, The most common skin problems
are dermatitis, pseudovarianosis lesions, mechanical injury, folliculitis, fungal infection, uric acid crystals and bleeding due to caput
medusa. The results of this study provide clinical data for nurses and physicians that are all caregivers about which problems may arise
from peristomal skin integrity after the surgical procedure. It was concluded that the responsibility for nurses and physicians that are
all caregivers in the prevention of problems that may arise; is providing to the patient with holistic and humanistic care that is planned
according to the needs of the patient, to use the equipments to provide it, and thereby increasing the quality of care.
Biography
Yasemin Altinbas has completed her PhD from Ege University Institute of Health Science. She had worked in Ege University Faculty of Nursing, as a Research
Assistant between 2011-2016. She is working as an Assistant Professor at Surgical Nursing Department in Adıyaman University School of Health-Turkey.
Yasemin Altinbas et al., J Nurs Care 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-049