Venous access practices for delivery of chemotherapy for women with breast cancer.
| Autor: | Szwajcer, Alison, Hannan, Rosemary, O'Brien, Liane, Fournaris, Marie, Fernandez, Ritin |
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ANTINEOPLASTIC agents
BLOOD vessels BREAST tumors ONCOLOGY nursing CHI-squared test HOSPITALS INTRAVENOUS catheterization LYMPHEDEMA RESEARCH methodology MEDICAL cooperation MEDICAL equipment MEDICAL records RESEARCH STATISTICAL sampling JUDGMENT sampling RETROSPECTIVE studies CENTRAL venous catheterization DESCRIPTIVE statistics SENTINEL lymph node biopsy |
| Zdroj: | Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing; Nov2017, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p28-32, 5p, 3 Charts |
| Abstrakt: | Purpose To explore venous access practices for delivery of chemotherapy for women with breast cancer. Method Medical records of all women (N=274) who had breast cancer surgery and who received chemotherapy for breast cancer over a three-year period were reviewed. Findings One hundred and fifty seven (57%) of women required 16 or more chemotherapy treatments and of these women 83 (52%) required a central vascular access device (CVAD). Fifty-four (34%) had a CVAD inserted prior to chemotherapy whilst the other 29 (18%) had one inserted after commencing chemotherapy. Women who received only four cycles of chemotherapy did not require a CVAD. Conclusion Venous access needs to be considered for women having chemotherapy for breast cancer as over half of women who have a longer duration of chemotherapy will require a CVAD. There is no definitive answer as to whether women who have a sentinel node biopsy can be cannulated on that arm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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