The transplant, in some areas is being considered a healing option and the nurse must incorporate demands of this specialty. Amongst these, he is distinguished I diagnosis of nursing, object of this study, that had as objective to compare the nursing diagnostic, according to Horta, of decurrent transplant patients of liver of etílic cirrhosis with other cause of cirrhosis. This retrospective study with quantitative carried out in a university hospital of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Thirty and seven descriptions of transplant patients of liver in the first period of September1st, 2005 to September30th, 2006 were considered for inclusion in the study. Of these 8 (21,6%) were carrying of etílic cirrhosis and 29 (78,4%) of not etílic cirrhosis. 25 affected necessities: psychobiology (83,6%), psycho-social (12,7%) and psycho-spiritual had been identified (3,7%). It was evident that the psychobiology and psycho-spiritual necessities, from general way, do not differ between the two groups. However, the necessities of auto image and auto concept had been evident in the carrying patients of etílic cirrhosis.
Liver cirrhosis; Liver Transplantation; Nursing Theory
