Managing febrile neutropenia in adult cancer patients: an integrative review of the literature

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira,Juliana Nunes
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Correia,Lury Renata Barbosa Ribeiro, Oliveira,Renata Moreira de, Watanabe,Silvia Naomi, Possari,João Francisco, Lima,Antônio Fernandes Costa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672017000601301
• topic: Oncology; Hospital Oncology Service; Chemotherapy-Induced Febrile Neutropenia; Management; Patient Care Team

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the interventions performed by health professionals with a view to managing chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia. Method: Integrative literature review, the sample of 12 primary articles was selected from the following databases: LILACS, SciELO, BVS, PubMed, CINAHL and Web of Science. Results: There was a prevalence of studies, realized by doctors, focused on pharmacological treatment and on the association of methods for greater diagnostic accuracy of febrile neutropenia. A study was found on pharmaceutical management regarding antibiotic dosing efficacy and a study indicating that nurses could contribute to the identification of elderly patients who would benefit from prophylactic use of growth factor. Conclusion: There was a shortage of studies involving the participation of other health professionals, besides the doctors, and a knowledge gap regarding interprofessional practice in the management of interventions specific to their area of specialism, joint interventions and non-pharmacological interventions.