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Current chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting management guidelines recommend taking into account the emetogenic potential of the chemotherapy employed as well as individual risk factors to such effects. We performed an interventional prospective study to assess the impact of an innovating therapeutic optimization strategy. The latter combines current guidelines application to a specific consultation in order to individualize the treatment. This study included 170 patients and covered a total of 1,746 days of various chemotherapies. Among these patients, 86.5% never vomited and 53.8% never had any nausea or vomiting. These results seem generally better than the ones found in the literature with all kinds of chemotherapies. Regarding them, we have attempted to highlight the determining criteria for a successful antiemetic treatment.
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Antieméticos/uso terapéutico , Náusea/prevención & control , Vómitos/prevención & control , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Antieméticos/administración & dosificación , Antineoplásicos/administración & dosificación , Antineoplásicos/efectos adversos , Ansiedad/diagnóstico , Protocolos Clínicos , Esquema de Medicación , Femenino , Adhesión a Directriz , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Náusea/inducido químicamente , Medicina de Precisión/métodos , Estudios Prospectivos , Medición de Riesgo , Factores de Riesgo , Vómitos/inducido químicamenteRESUMEN
Nurses, the main caregivers to administer medications, often find themselves lacking the information which is nevertheless essential for the preparation of injectable antibiotics. This problem, frequent in hospitals, impacts on patient safety. On the initiative of the pharmacy and nursing staff, a tool has been created in the Percy Army Teaching Hospital in Clamart.
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Antibacterianos/administración & dosificación , Inyecciones Intravenosas/enfermería , Errores de Medicación/prevención & control , Humanos , Errores de Medicación/enfermeríaRESUMEN
The administration of medicines, the last stage in the process, is mainly carried out by the nurse. She is therefore the last person to be able to intercept any quality defects in the medication which, despite the stringent safety measures taken by pharmaceutical laboratories throughout their manufacturing processes, remain unavoidable. These interceptions are vital for the patient's safety.