Cuidados paliativos em neonatologia: revisão integrativa da atuação fonoaudiológica

Abstract

Introduction: Currently, there is a growing concern in relation to humanized care, which refers to the importance of the so-called existential practices carried out with patients who were affected by a disease that limits their lives or in support as a family who are experiencing this situation. These care practices are called Palliative Care. The present study focuses on analyzing and demonstrating the speech therapy performance in palliative care in neonatology. Objective: To analyze the contribution of speech therapy in palliative care in neonatology. Methods: This is a quantitative-qualitative research of the type integrative review and had procedures and instruments for data collection and the search for journals indexed in databases, such as Scielo; Bireme; Lilacs; Medline and PubMed. The analysis criteria were carried out by surveying the speech therapy performance in the intervention in palliative care in neonates. The descriptors used were: palliative care, neonatology, speech therapy intervention, where at first they were used, and later in combination, in the period from 2020 to 2015. Results: The researches were arranged, bulletin, in a table showing a general survey for analysis results, using the criteria defined for data analysis, making it possible to establish a general overview, where the 03 (100%) surveys produced the following categories: title, year of publication, UF, type of research, description of the subjects and the research location. Conclusion: Through this research it can be seen that the speech therapist is the professional qualified to act either in changes or to compose a team where there are patients who undergo palliative care in neonatology. Keywords: Speech Therapy, Palliative Care, Neonatology.