%0 Journal Article %T VALIDA£¿£¿O DO DIAGN¨®STICO TROCA DE GASES PREJUDICADA EM ADULTOS NO ATENDIMENTO DE EMERG¨ºNCIA %A BARCELLOS DALRI %A MAR¨ªA CELIA %A ROSSI %A L¨ªDIA APARECIDA %A MOLINA ZACARELI CYRILLO %A REGILENE %A MAR¨ªN DA SILVA CANINI %A SILVIA RITA %A CAMPOS DE CARVALHO %A EM¨ªLIA %J Ciencia y enfermer¨ªa %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0717-95532008000100008 %X this study aimed to val¨ªdate the content of the defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis "impaired gas exchange" for an adult client with respiratory alterations and oxygenation receiving emergency care. based on the defining characteristics of the diagnosis presented by nanda and others identified in literature, an instru-ment was elaborated to assess the pertinence of these diagnosis elements, which was filled out by eleven nurses. twenty-seven defining characteristics were presented, 12 of which obtained a mean score of 0.80 or higher, and 12 others scored between 0.50 and 0.79, so that all characteristics were considered validated. three did not score high enough for validation. %K oxygenation %K nursing diagnosis %K validation studies %K nursing. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-95532008000100008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en