ABSTRACT
Objective To discuss the key points of nursing care for patients using ultrasound-guided microwave coagulation therapy with artificial pleural effusion for liver carcinoma in the hepatic dome.Methods The preoperative and postoperative data of 34 patients who were hospitalized in our hospital from June 2004 to February 2009 were reviewed.Results All the patients finished the treatment successfully.Slightly chest distress was the most frequently complication correlated to artificial pleural effusion,mostly disappeared in 3-7 days.Only 3 patients suffered from dyspnea and a decrease of SpO_2 in the second day after the treatment.The symptoms were relieved after a drainage of pleural.The common side effects of microwave coagulation therapy were found as fever,pain during deep respiration and liver dysfunction,which were relieved after symptomatic treatment and nursing care.No severe complication was found.Conclusions Adequate preoperative preparation,proper intraoperative cooperation,close postoperative observation and nursing are the key points to decrease complications.