Peripherally inserted central venous catheter and the intravenous catheter in the value of chemotherapy in comparison.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Peripherally inserted central venous catheter and the intravenous catheter in the value of chemotherapy in comparison [Keywords:] peripherally inserted central venous catheter, intravenous catheter, chemotherapy Cancer chemotherapy is an important means of medical treatment of malignant tumors, clinical common route of administration is repeated superficial vein injection. Because chemotherapy drugs on vascular irritation large, will inevitably result in vascular injury, such as improper operation also allows the chemotherapy Drug extravasation, the light can lead to local redness, swelling, heat, pain, severe cases can cause local skin and tissue damage, causing great suffering to patients, and even affect the smooth progress of chemotherapy. With the development of medical technology, cancer patients method of intravenous injection of chemotherapy drugs have become diverse and constantly updated [1]. peripherally inserted central venous catheter (PICC as a new technology, since 2004 in our department began to use .2007 September to October 2008 our department in the course of cancer patients take chemotherapy and intravenous catheter PICC injection in two ways, observe and record the results now reported as follows. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General Information I choose to inpatient cancer patients receiving chemotherapy 111 patients, depending on the infusion approach is divided into two groups, those who will accept the PICC infusion set A group of channels, in 54 cases, 35 males and 19 females, aged 22 to 71 years, mean 47 years, will be those who use intravenous catheter infusion set B, 57 patients, 36 males and 21 females, aged 20 to 76 years, mean 45 years, all patients were receiving intravenous chemotherapy for the first time, puncture protection of the former good and exclude venous peripheral vascular disease. 1.2 Methods (1A group selected the German company’s PICC catheter Braun, model 257 and 355. PIC