Resultados: 2

Effect of cryotherapy in preventing mucositis associated with the use of 5-fluorouracil

Objective: to evaluate the effect of oral cryotherapy compared to physiological serum on the development of oral mucositis in outpatient cancer patients using the 5-fluorouracil antineoplastic agent. Method: this is a controlled, randomized, double-blind, and multi-center clinical trial, conducted with ...

PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MUCOSITIS AT AN ONCOLOGY OUTPATIENT CLINIC: A COLLECTIVE CONSTRUCTION

Texto & contexto enferm; 25 (1), 2016
The aim was to develop a nursing care protocol for the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy-induced mucositis at an outpatient clinic of a High Complexity Center in Oncology. A qualitative convergent-care research was undertaken. The construction of the protocol was driven by the criteria of Evidence...