Nursing care of a patient with severe aplastic anemia type Ⅱ treated with umbilical cord blood transfusion sequentially combined with second haploid allogeneic bone marrow transplantation / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To summarize the nursing care for one successful haploidentical allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (haplo-BMT) for one patient with severe aplastic anemia type-Ⅱ (SAA-Ⅱ). The patient accepted an umbilical cord blood transfusion sequentially combined with the second haplo-BMT after an engraftment failure of the first haplo-BMT. The experience of nursing care will be discussed and shared for patients with a second haplo-BMT. Methods The comprehensive nursing cares were utilized during haplo-BMT, it included preventive measures for secondary infections, closely control of side effects, promptly nursing intervention for gastrointestinal mucositis, hemorrhagic cystitis and epilepsy, psychological nursing for appeasing emotional variations, and addition of intravenous indwelling needle if necessary. Results The patient achieved a successful stem cell engraftment and survived a long-term granulopenia (granulocytes＜0.1×109/L) which lasted for 52 days with a recovery of varied complications. Conclusion The comprehensive nursing care can reduce the risk for secondary infections and other complications, it shed a new light on second allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for complicated patients