Intensive care therapy for cancer patients

Sapolnik, Roberto

doi:10.2223/jped.1100

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“…Radiotherapy alone or combined with chemotherapy are the main options used for the control and treatment of cancerous diseases. Previous reports outlined the adverse effects induced by the cancer itself and its treatment, due to the alteration of some biological parameters such as blood parameters (Sapolnik, 2003;Van Belle, 2004;Tefferi et al, 2005;Rochet et al, 2012). Almost all organs may be affected by cancer and/or its treatment, the main complications including infections, electrolytic/metabolic disorders and hematological disorders (Sapolnik, 2003); hence, blood count becomes a fundamental element in the follow-up of cancer patients in health facilities.…”

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Hematological malignancies in Cameroonian women with cancer attending a health facility: High prevalence and implications for follow up

2016

Int. J. Biosci.

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This study aimed at determining the prevalence of hematological malignancies in cancer patients and discussing about implications for follow-up. A five-month hospital-based cross sectional study was carried out in 2015 in the town of Douala, Cameroon. Personal data were documented and 4 mL of venous blood was collected for full blood count. A total of 172 women were enrolled and divided into three groups: 74 in the cervical cancer group (CCG), 69 in the breast cancer group (BCG) and 29 in the control group (CG). Radiotherapy associated with chemotherapy was the most used therapeutic option (> 50.0 %). The prevalence of hematological disorders was 86.5 %, 75.4 % and 51.7 % in CCG, BCG and CG respectively (χ 2 = 13.909; p-value < 0.0001). Anemia was the most observed disorder and accounted for more than 40 % of all disorders observed in the three groups. Cancer and its therapy have negatively affected each of the blood parameters analyzed (p-value < 0.05).Our findings suggest the need for cautious and adjusted follow-up of Cameroonian cancer patients through surrogate markers such as blood parameters in order to enhance their life expectancy.

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Hematological malignancies in Cameroonian women with cancer attending a health facility: High prevalence and implications for follow up

2016

Int. J. Biosci.

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“…Pain may limit patients' daily activities, such as appetite and sleep, thus leading to feelings of abandon, depression and anxiety. Pain management should be a priority to relieve distress and decrease pain [17][18][19] . "When evaluating PO pain, one should pay attention to emotional aspects, anxiety, daily and social activities, and sleep" 20 .…”

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Gerenciamento da dor no pós-operatório de pacientes com câncer pela enfermagem

Macedo¹,

Romanek²,

Avelar³

2013

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“…Cancer is the second most common cause of death in children aged between 1 and 15 years throughout the world. [ 6 ] Worldwide, the yearly number of new cases of childhood cancer exceeds 200,000, of which more than 80% occur in resource-challenged countries. [ 7 ] The evolution in the field of oncology, both in diagnostic and therapeutic domains, has changed cancer from a terminal illness to a chronic disease.…”

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Complications of tracheal intubation in critically ill pediatric cancer patients

Siddiqui

Janarthanan

Harish

et al. 2016

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

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Background and Aims:The oncologists are treating cancer more aggressively, leading to increase in number of pediatric admissions to the ICU. Due to anatomical and physiological differences, pediatric patients are at high risk of complications during intubation. We evaluated the incidence of complications during intubations in pediatric patients in our ICU.Subjects and Methods:We performed retrospective analysis of complications occurring during intubation in 42 pediatric patients. All intubations were orotracheal. We recorded number of attempts at intubation, need for use of intubation adjuncts and complications during laryngoscopy and intubation. The incidence of difficult intubation, hypoxia, and severe cardiovascular collapse was also noted.Results:Complications occurred during 13 (31%) intubations. Hypoxia and severe cardiovascular collapse occurred in during 7 (16.7%) intubations each, while 4 patients (9.5%) (n=4) had cardiac arrest during intubation. Thirty three (78.6%) intubations were successful in first attempt and difficult intubation was recorded in 4 patients.Conclusion:Critically ill pediatric cancer patients have a high rate of complications during intubation.

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Intensive care therapy for cancer patients

Cited by 5 publications

References 45 publications

Hematological malignancies in Cameroonian women with cancer attending a health facility: High prevalence and implications for follow up

Hematological malignancies in Cameroonian women with cancer attending a health facility: High prevalence and implications for follow up

Gerenciamento da dor no pós-operatório de pacientes com câncer pela enfermagem

Complications of tracheal intubation in critically ill pediatric cancer patients

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