National Guideline Clearinghouse | Putting evidence into practice: prevention and management of bleeding in patients with cancer.

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Putting evidence into practice: prevention and management of bleeding in patients with cancer.
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Damron BH, Brant JM, Belansky HB, Friend PJ, Samsonow S, Schaal A. Putting evidence into practice: prevention and management of bleeding in patients with cancer. Clin J Oncol Nurs 2009 Oct;13(5):573-83. [47 references] PubMed

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National Guideline Clearinghouse | Putting evidence into practice: prevention and management of bleeding in patients with cancer.





Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2009 Oct;13(5):573-83.

Putting evidence into practice: prevention and management of bleeding in patients with cancer.
Damron BH, Brant JM, Belansky HB, Friend PJ, Samsonow S, Schaal A.

Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico, Santa Fe, USA. bdamron@salud.unm.edu

Abstract
The primary cause of bleeding in patients with cancer is thrombocytopenia and it commonly is attributed to myelosuppressive chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or bone marrow infiltration of the malignancy. Oncology nurses have a critical role to play in the prevention and management of bleeding in patients with cancer. As part of an Oncology Nursing Society Putting Evidence Into Practice (PEP) project team, the authors of this article reviewed the current literature to identify effective interventions in the prevention and management of bleeding in patients with cancer. The authors evaluated research studies conducted since 1991, current clinical practice guidelines, and systematic reviews. The literature was reviewed, synthesized, and developed into evidence tables that were ultimately published in a PEP card. All data were reviewed by experts in the field of thrombocytopenia. The Prevention of Bleeding PEP card was unveiled at the 8th Annual Institutes of Learning in November 2007.
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PMID: 19793714 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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