Fournier syndrome: nurse's actions, a literary review

Abstract

Fournier syndrome is a severe infectious process that affects fast-advancing soft tissues, has a polymicrobial etiology, with predominant presence of aerobic and anaerobic gram positive and negative microorganisms. The purpose of this study is to identify through literature review the knowledge and performance of nurses about the Fournier syndrome so that nursing systematization is performed effectively, providing efficient care to the patient. A literature review was conducted between 2009 and 2019. The applicability of the systematization of nursing care in the treatment, diagnosis, and complications according to the nurse's performance was emphasized. The treatment was found to include broad spectrum antibiotic therapy and the most appropriate coverage used was papain. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy was combined with treatment but questioned by some authors. It is concluded that, according to the literature review, there are not enough published data to perform the analysis.