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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - New strategies for the management of malignant ascites.
AU - Preston, Nancy
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Intractable malignant ascites accounts for 6% of all hospice admissions. The onset of malignant ascites indicates a poor prognosis, hence minimal supportive therapy is indicated. This paper examines the method of control for malignant ascites presently available to patients, examines their limitations and proposes new strategies for managing intractable malignant ascites. Ascites is discussed in terms of its pathology—that is, as a form of lymphoedema. With this in mind treatment is proposed based upon principles incorporated into lymphoedema management. Nurses have taken a dominant role in the care of patients with lymphoedema and there appears no reason why ascites management cannot become the remit of nurses offering appropriate, but predominantly palliative therapy.
AB - Intractable malignant ascites accounts for 6% of all hospice admissions. The onset of malignant ascites indicates a poor prognosis, hence minimal supportive therapy is indicated. This paper examines the method of control for malignant ascites presently available to patients, examines their limitations and proposes new strategies for managing intractable malignant ascites. Ascites is discussed in terms of its pathology—that is, as a form of lymphoedema. With this in mind treatment is proposed based upon principles incorporated into lymphoedema management. Nurses have taken a dominant role in the care of patients with lymphoedema and there appears no reason why ascites management cannot become the remit of nurses offering appropriate, but predominantly palliative therapy.
KW - malignant ascites • nursing care • treatment • causes
U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2354.1995.tb00090.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2354.1995.tb00090.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 4
SP - 178
EP - 183
JO - European Journal of Cancer Care
JF - European Journal of Cancer Care
SN - 1365-2354
IS - 4
ER -