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Background: To investigate the efficacy of individualized symptom management based on patients' self-reports during interventional therapy (IT) for liver cancer. Methods: Patients with liver cancer who recieved IT from April to August 2019 were assigned to either the intervention (n =70) or control group (n =70). The control group received routine nursing care and the intervention group received a nursing management program. The severity of specific symptoms, as measured by the Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS), and satisfaction with nursing care, were analyzed. Results: Compared to the control group, patients given individualized management experienced significantly less severe pain, nausea, anxiety, and fatigue (p <.05). The scores for KPS and satisfaction with care were both significantly improved in the intervention group than in the control group (p <.05). Conclusion: This high-quality nursing management program predicated on patients' self-reports is worthy of clinical application and popular adoption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Heart failure due to volume overload is a major reason for rehospitalization in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients. Strict volume control provides better cardiac functions and blood pressure in this population. Volume management, which is a volume control strategy, may decrease volume overload and related complications. Using a quasi-experimental design, 66 continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients were randomly assigned to the intervention group (n = 34) and control group (n = 32). The patients were followed up for 6 months with scheduled clinic and/or telephone visits; the intervention group adopted volume management strategy, while the control group adopted conventional care. Volume overload and cardiac function were compared between the two groups at the baseline and at 6 months. At Month 6, the intervention group resulted in significant improvement in volume overloaded status, cardiac function, and volume-overload-related rehospitalization. Volume management strategy allows for better control of volume overload and is associated with fewer volume-related readmissions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]