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Clinical study of complications of a peripherally inserted central catheter in cancer patients.
- Source :
- Nursing Open; Jul2023, Vol. 10 Issue 7, p4480-4489, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Aim: To evaluate complications after PICC use in cancer patients. Design: This was a clinical and retrospective study in which the risk factors and complications of PICC use were evaluated. Methods: This study was carried out in the patient, emergency room, and intensive care units through the evaluation of electronic medical records. To assess the association between qualitative variables, the chi‐squared test or Fisher's exact test was used, and to compare the reason for withdrawal, the Kruskal–Wallis test was applied. Results: A total of 359 patients (53.5% men) with 43.1 ± 14 years who had a PICC (88% with solid tumours) were evaluated. The most common complications were mechanical complications (61.2%), infection (38%), and thrombosis (57.1%). Patients with double‐lumen catheters experienced thrombosis (85.7%). This study demonstrated the effectiveness of PICC and that patients with haematological cancer are more prone to multiple PICC passages and more mechanical complications and infections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
CATHETER-related infections
MEDICAL device removal
PERIPHERALLY inserted central catheters
RETROSPECTIVE studies
ACQUISITION of data
FISHER exact test
RISK assessment
CANCER patients
CATHETERIZATION complications
MEDICAL records
CHI-squared test
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
HEMATOLOGIC malignancies
TUMORS
CATHETER-related thrombosis
DATA analysis software
CATHETERIZATION
DISEASE risk factors
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20541058
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nursing Open
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164396649
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1690