Nursing measures and retention time of central venous catheter in esophageal cancer patients underwent radical operation

Abstract

Objective To explore nursing measures and retention time of central venous catheter in esophageal cancer patients underwent radical operation. Methods According to retention time of central venous catheters, a total of 90 cases of esophageal carcinoma patients were randomly divided into three groups: 31 cases with 5 days retention time in group Ⅰ , 29 cases with 7 days retention time in group Ⅱ; 30 cases with 10 days retention time. Complications of central venous catheter including swelling and pain in punition site, fever,extravasation, extrusion and block of catheter and the bacterial culture of central venous catheter were compared among three groups. Results Incidence of complications in group Ⅰ,group Ⅱ and group Ⅲ were 3.2%,20.6% and 46.7% respectively. The differences were significant( P ＜ 0.01 ). As for the positive of bacteria culture, differences among three groups were significant too, with no case in group Ⅰ , one case in group Ⅱ and 4cases in group Ⅲ. Conclusions Retention time of central venous catheter should under 7 days. Retention time depends on the quality of nursing care. Key words: Esophageal cancer radical operation; Central venous catheter; Indwelling time; Nursing