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Colostomy/adverse effects , Hemorrhage/nursing , Varicose Veins/nursing , Female , Hemorrhage/etiology , Humans , Liver Neoplasms/nursing , Liver Neoplasms/secondary , Middle Aged , Sigmoid Neoplasms/nursing , Sigmoid Neoplasms/pathology , Sigmoid Neoplasms/surgery , Varicose Veins/etiologyABSTRACT
The Authors report a case of a patient submitted to chemotherapy that has a complication of its totally implantable venous access device (TIVAD) due to incorrect nursing. The symptoms related to the extravasation of drugs were due to the lateral lesions of the catheter with Huber needle. After X-ray examination the therapy was ablation of the non-functioning device and implant of a new TIVAD. The Authors conclude about careful nursing of the TIVAD in order to avoid further psychological problems in cancer patients.
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Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials/etiology , Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials/nursing , Infusion Pumps, Implantable/adverse effects , Sigmoid Neoplasms/drug therapy , Sigmoid Neoplasms/nursing , Aged , Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage , Antineoplastic Agents/adverse effects , Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use , Humans , Male , Radiography, Thoracic , Sigmoid Neoplasms/surgery , Venous CutdownSubject(s)
Home Care Services , Sigmoid Neoplasms/surgery , Terminal Care , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Neoplasm Metastasis , Patient Care Team , Sigmoid Neoplasms/nursingABSTRACT
The efficiency of a supervised nurse endoscopist having been established, the role of nurse endoscopists has been extended to the treatment of diminutive colonic mucosal lesions. One nurse endoscopist, under supervision by a physician mentor, has carried out more than 6,000 sigmoidoscopies in a recent 1-year period and has fulgurated one or more diminutive polyps in almost 500 patients. Larger lesions detected by the nurse endoscopist were treated by the physician.