Abstract

CABRERA FERNANDEZ, Miriam  and  YERA MARTINEZ, Delis. Complicaciones de la braquiterapia en pacientes con cáncer cervicouterino. Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 2000, vol.16, n.3, pp.167-170. ISSN 0864-0319.

A descriptive and cross-sectorial study of 144 patientw with carcinoma of the cervix uteri, hospitalized in the Oncological Hospital of Santiago de Cuba province in 1996 was performed with the purpose of analyzing the most frequent treated with brachytherapy; among them 2^nd degree rectitis prevailed. The diarrheas and dysuria also prevailed, as symptoms of the digestive and genito-urinary tracts, respectively. The pain in the hypogastrium was pfresent during the treatment and arterial hypertension stood out as a concurrent disease. The largest number of the sample was given 5 endocavity applications.

Keywords : EPIDEMIOLOGIA DESCRIPTIVA; ESTUDIOS TRANSVERSALES; NEOPLASMAS DEL CUELLO UTERINO [TERAPIA]; BRAQUITERAPIA [efectos adversos]; ATENCION DE ENFERMERIA; DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CERVIX UTERI NEOPLASM [therapy]; BRACHYTHERAPY [adverse effects]; NURSING CARE.

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