Authors

1Emilien Amar Devilleneuve, 2Marta Aguayo Álvarez

Position

¹Enfermero. Postgrado en Neurorehabilitación. Supervisor de Enfermería del Instituto Guttmann. Hospital de Neurorehabilitación. ²Enfermera. Hospital de Neurorehabilitación.

Contact address

Emilien Amar Devilleneuve. C/ Ura, 24. Ático 1º, esc B. 08914 Badalona (Barcelona).

Contact email: amardevilleneuve@gmail.comu

Abstract

Patients affected by brain damage or by a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or head trauma, present regularly urinary incontinence, which may affect between 40-60% of patients admitted for stroke and usually 25% have this problem at the time of discharge and 15% are still incontinent after one year. This is a problem that requires a multidisciplinary approach due to the complexity of this type of patient. This article discusses how bladder rehabilitation is performed in these patients from the nursing discipline, whose goal is the acquisition of voluntary voiding (sphincter continence). Action protocols and care plans are based on the taxonomy NANDA-NIC-NOC. Rehabilitation requires the participation of the patient and / or family and success will largely depend on the patient's cognitive status.

Keywords:

Bladder rehabilitation; brain damageurine incontinence

Versión en Español

Título:

Rehabilitación vesical en el paciente afectado de lesión cerebral