Cancer affects the patient in an extensive way, reverberating in his quality of life. The technology in health, such as the use of continuous infusion device in the administration of antineoplastic aimed at favoring the treatment, positively reverberating in the welfare of the patient. The research aimed at evaluating the quality of life of the patient who use an antineoplastic continuous infusion device from t...
This is a qualitative study whose aim was to describe the perception of an oncologic patient regarding the use of a device for continuous infusion of a chemotherapeutic agent. It was carried out with eight patients, through a semi-structured interview with this guiding question: “How do you feel about using a device for continuous infusion of a chemotherapeutic agent?”. Three categories emerged: avoiding hospit...
This is an exploratory, descriptive study with a quantitative approach, which aimed at describing the use of central venous catheters for a short period in an intensive care unit regarding their insertion, maintenance, and removal, and at identifying the profile of patients who received the catheter in the period from June to December 2012, in a private hospital in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Data were collected thr...
Objetivou-se descrever a utilização do cateter venoso central de curta permanência em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva quanto à inserção, manutenção e remoção, e identificar o perfil dos pacientes que receberam o cateter de junho a dezembro/2012 em hospital da rede privada de Fortaleza-CE, Brasil. Estudo exploratório, descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa, cujos dados foram coletados por questionário preenchido co...
This is an exploratory, descriptive study with a quantitative approach, which aimed at describing the use of central venous catheters for a short period in an intensive care unit regarding their insertion, maintenance, and removal, and at identifying the profile of patients who received the catheter in the period from June to December 2012, in a private hospital in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Data were collected thr...
Estudo qualitativo cujo objetivo foi descrever a percepção do paciente oncológico em relação à utilização de um dispositivo para infusão contínua de quimioterápico, realizado com oito pacientes, por meio de entrevista semiestruturada com a questão norteadora: “Como você se sente utilizando dispositivo para infusão contínua de quimioterápico?”. Três categorias emergiram: evitando a hospitalização; desvendando o ...
This is a qualitative study whose aim was to describe the perception of an oncologic patient regarding the use of a device for continuous infusion of a chemotherapeutic agent. It was carried out with eight patients, through a semi-structured interview with this guiding question: “How do you feel about using a device for continuous infusion of a chemotherapeutic agent?”. Three categories emerged: avoiding hospit...