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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a common side effect reported by patients receiving cancer treatment, and it can affect treatment success, patient outcomes, and quality of life. CIPN typically begins with symmetrical progressive sensory alterations of the hands and feet in a stocking-gloving distribution. Currently, there is no standard treatment or intervention for the prevention, mitigation, or management of CIPN. CASES REPORT: This study represents the activity of the Pain Multidisciplinary Unit of Hospital Santa Maria in Lisbon from 2018 to 2023, specifically on oncologic patients with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy. In total, this unit observed 57 patients, 43.9% had colon/rectum cancer, 28.1% hematological, 21.1% breast, 3.5% gastric, 1.8% ovarian and 1.8% lung. The most frequent chemotherapeutic agent used was oxaliplatin (40.4%), followed by capecitabine (24.6%) and paclitaxel (22.8%). The most prescribed combination of chemotherapy agents was capecitabine with oxaliplatin, according to the CAPOX protocol. The multidisciplinary unit, in conjunction with the oncology department, has set a new procedure in which patients receiving chemotherapy with one of the known agents linked with CIPN wear a pair of frozen gloves and socks. Three patients have undergone this prevention method, none of the patients has reported symptoms of CIPN. CONCLUSION: This study contributes to draw attention to this important and limiting condition, and it also contributes to gather evidence on preventive measures that reduce the incidence of CIPN.

Objetivos: traducir y adaptar el Hospitalized Elderly Needs Awareness Scale (Henas) para el portugués de Brasil y de Portugal. Metodología: se siguieron los procedimientos metodológicos de adaptación cultural y lingüística: traducción inicial, síntesis de las traducciones, retroversión, evaluación por comité de expertos de la equivalencia semántica, idiomática, cultural y conceptual. La versión adaptada fue probada (pre-test) con aplicación de la escala a 249 enfermeros brasileños y portugueses en 2014. Resultados: no se encontraron palabras o expresiones consideradas divergentes, a excepción de la palabra awareness en el título del instrumento y de la expresión medical acuity del ítem K. De acuerdo con la fase IV del proceso de traducción y adaptación cultural, el comité de expertos planteó alterar la expresión 75 años o más por 65 años o más en la introducción del instrumento. En la versión portuguesa de Brasil, solo se reemplazó la palabra sanita por vaso sanitário. En cuanto a la versión adaptada, los participantes no presentaron dudas ni refirieron dificultades en completar el instrumento. Conclusiones: el proceso de traducción y adaptación cultural del Henas para la lengua portuguesa siguió las etapas recomendadas internacionalmente y del cual se obtuvo equivalencia semántica, idiomática, cultural y conceptual. Son necesarias nuevas investigaciones para evaluar otras propiedades del instrumento y su comportamiento en muestras distintas.

ABSTRACT Objective: to determine the incidence rate and risk factors for the nursing-sensitive indicators phlebitis and infiltration in patients with peripheral venous catheters (PVCs). Method: cohort study with 110 patients. Scales were used to assess and document phlebitis and infiltration. Socio-demographic variables, clinical variables related to the PVC, medication and hospitalization variables were collected. Descriptive and inferential analysis and multivariate logistic models were used. Results: the incidence rate of phlebitis and infiltration was respectively 43.2 and 59.7 per 1000 catheter-days. Most PVCs with these vascular traumas were removed in the first 24 hours. Risk factors for phlebitis were: length of hospital stay (p=0.042) and number of catheters inserted (p