Patients with malignant pleural effusion comfort care.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 Patients with malignant pleural effusion comfort care Paper Keywords comfort care of malignant pleural effusion pleural puncture central venous catheter Abstract Objective: To investigate comfort care for patients with malignant pleural effusion, making comfort care in nursing work in full swing. Methods: 58 patients with chest puncture the implementation of indwelling central venous catheter or pump, the application of comfort care model results: in the chest wearing surgical patients can take the initiative in co-indwelling catheter, a small number of patients with adverse reactions, most patients receive a more satisfactory results. Conclusion: Comfort care used in the treatment of patients with malignant pleural effusion, so that patients in the physical, psychological met, reflecting the a “people-oriented” concept of care. Comfort care is comfort care activities through the intervention, people in the mental, physical, social contacts, etc. to achieve a happy state or reduce unpleasant degree. Malignant pleural effusion caused by malignant tumors is the abnormal accumulation of fluid in the chest, is late complication of cancer from August 1997 - September 2008, admitted to our department a total of 58 cases of malignant pleural effusion, the implementation of chest drainage pumping, while the implementation of comfort care, and achieved satisfactory results. now as follows. Materials and Methods August 1997 - September 2008 our department admitted 58 cases of pleural effusion were evil, of which 32 males and 26 females, aged 48 to 78 years old, was diagnosed with advanced cancer patients, B-positioning moderate single-chamber effusion in 46 patients, 12 patients with dual chamber fluid, agreed to implement the chest home central venous catheter in 48 cases, 10 patients refused catheter. Indwelling central venous catheters: patient was sitting, according to B-positioning or shoulder line as the first 9 to 10