Impact of nursing intervention on the secondary infection in chemotherapy of elderly patients with lung cancer
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2013.18.023
- VernacularTitle:强化护理干预对老年肺癌患者化疗期继发感染的影响
- Author:
Ping LU
;
Ping ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Aged patients with lung cancer;
Chemotherapy;
Infection;
Nursing intervention
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2013;(18):48-49
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effect of intensive nursing intervention on the secondary infection in chemotherapy of elderly patients with lung cancer.Methods 168 cases of elderly lung cancer patients whose neutrophil ≤ 1.0×109/L during chemotherapy were randomly divided into two groups,namely,the intensive care group and the control group,with 84 cases in each group.The control group was given routine nursing of infection prevention,while the intensive care group was given intensified nursing for infection prevention.A contrastive analysis was conducted in terms of the incidence,clinical characteristics and the duration of antibiotic treatment of the two groups of patients with secondary infection.Results The secondary infection rate of the intensive care group was lower than that of the control group during chemotherapy.What's more,the duration of fever and treatment of the intensive care group was shorter than that of the control group,hence the patients were safe during infection period.The difference was statistically significant.Conclusions Strengthening the nursing intervention can reduce the incidence rate of secondary infection in aged patients with lung cancer,increase the tolerance of patients to chemotherapy and ensure the successful completion of the chemotherapy cycle,prolong the life span of the patients with an improved quality of life.
