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标题：Effectiveness of Heparin lock flush on Chemotherapy Induced Thrombophlebitis among Patients receiving Chemotherapy
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作者：Reena Thakur
期刊名称：Research Journal of Recent Sciences
电子版ISSN：2277-2502
出版年度：2015
卷号：4
页码：177-180
语种：English
出版社：International Science Community Association
摘要：Rate of catheter related thrombus formation is 66% in chemotherapy receiving patients while 32% in patients suffering from other disorders. Heparin lock flush is used to flush an intravenous catheter which helps to prevent clot in the tube after intravenous infusion. Therefore, an experimental study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of heparin lock flush in prevention of chemotherapy induced thrombophlebitis by Baxters scale among patients receiving chemotherapy at selected hospital of Indore. Research design was post test only control group design and sample size was 40 patients receiving 3 day chemotherapy cycle selected by using random sampling (lottery method). Comparison among experimental and control group in terms of development of chemotherapy induced thrombophlebitis in 3 days cycle of chemotherapy, the 2 Value was 6.82(P 0.01). The findings inferred that heparin lock flush is effective in reducing the development of chemotherapy induced thrombophlebitis.
关键词：Chemotherapy;induced;thrombophlebitis;chemotherapy;cycle;Baxter’s scale;Heparin lock flush