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- Title
Nursing care to patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy.
- Authors
Caniçali Primo, Cândida; Dias Cesar, Flavia; de Fátima Almeida Lima, Eliane; Caniçali, Renato Alves; Marabotti Costa Leite, Franciéle
- Abstract
Objective: developing the main diagnoses and nursing interventions related to complications of radiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer. Method: a descriptive study developed in three stages: literature review in the databases MEDLINE and LILACS; identification of complications reported at least in 50% of the articles, which were xerostomia and mucositis and composition of diagnoses and nursing interventions according to the International Classification for Nursing Practice. Results: there were formulated the diagnoses: "Low Salivation" and "Inflammation of the Oral Mucous Membrane" and 40 nursing interventions. Conclusion: this study contributed in the organization of nursing care through the use of a standardized terminology for diagnoses and nursing interventions that support the nursing consultation in the sector of radiotherapy.
- Subjects
HEAD tumors; RESEARCH methodology; MEDLINE; NECK tumors; NURSING; NURSING diagnosis; SYSTEMATIC reviews; XEROSTOMIA; MUCOSITIS; INTERNATIONAL Classification for Nursing Practice
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2016, Vol 8, Issue 1, p3820
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2016.v8i1.3820-3831