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The influence of nursing procedures on the incidence of vascular access complications during home parenteral nutrition
Chalušová, Petra ; Meisnerová, Eva (advisor) ; Pražáková, Zuzana (referee)
(EN) Home parenteral nutrition (DPV) has become a routine part of patients care whose oral intake is reduced or completely eliminated. An integral part of the application of DPV is also the permanent or temporary need for functioning vascular access. Catheter complications negatively affect the quality of life, morbidity and in case of catheter sepsis the patient mortality. In addition it also brings increased costs for therapy and the need for patients re-hospitalization. The main objective of our study is to analyze catheter-related complications and to determine whether use of catheter plugs like TauroLock and TauroLock Hep and Tegaderm CHG antimicrobial dressing affect the incidence of catheter complications with DPV, and whether the incidence of complications is affected by a person who treated the catheter. The secondary objective is to characterize patients with served DPV and types of catheter used for this purpose.The method chosen is a retrospective observational cohort study. The study contains 52 patients with 72 catheters (39 Broviac, 18 PICC and 15 ports). The monitored number of catheter- days in total was 33,875. We conclude that the use TauroLock Hep is effective in the prevention of catheter complications and significantly reduces the overall incidence of all complications (p =...
Nursing care of a patient with breast cancer with intravenous port
Suková, Markéta ; Di Cara, Veronika (advisor) ; Kulhavá, Miluše (referee)
For my bachelor thesis, I chose a topic related to nursing care of a breast cancer patient with an intravenous port and an indication of chemotherapy. I worked on the theme based on my long experience with intravenous ports at the sampling center. Breast cancer still retains primacy in cancer, and many women die yearly. Its treatment requires specific features and is very time consuming. Great benefits in this area are intravenous port systems. When used, complications occur which often prevent faster course of treatment. At the end of my work I described the patient's and healthcare staff's expressions of satisfaction with these long-term venous inlets. The aim of the work was to highlight the advantages and disadvantages of intravenous ports and their use in the treatment of oncology patients. I focused mainly on nursing procedures and care for the intravenous port during treatment, after treatment as well as on blood withdrawals associated with oncology treatment. The method of work is a case report of a patient who has long been treated with breast cancer at an oncology stationary. Information I drew from literature, from Czech and foreign articles and from patient's documentation. The main outcome of this study is the finding that intravenous ports greatly facilitate access to the venous...

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