Eventos Adversos Relacionados a Terapia Infusional em Pacientes Oncológicos em Cuidados Paliativos - Revisão de Escopo

Abstract

The study aims to map and identify adverse events related to infusion therapy in cancer patients receiving palliative care. This is a Scoping Review designed in accordance with the JBI Reviewer Manual and under the criteria of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews. The searches took place in November, in the databases: Scopus, Web of Science, PUBMED, SccienceDirect, and Google Scholar. The selection of studies followed the eligibility criteria: complete studies available in the databases that address adverse events related to infusion therapy in cancer patients receiving palliative care and that are available in full electronically were included. And abstracts, editorials, correspondence, book chapters and expert opinions were excluded. From the search in the databases, 14,912 studies were found, of which 216 duplicates were found, 14,688 were excluded for not meeting the eligibility criteria, and after adopting the inclusion criteria, 76 studies were selected, and 9 full studies analyzed for the final sample. When evaluating the main adverse events related to infusion therapy, it was evident that the main one was “local pain”, followed by edema. The type of catheter most mentioned in the studies was the non-needled catheter. With this, the main problems related to care related to infusion therapy in cancer patients in palliative care became clear. Thus, this study provides evidence of the main gaps relating to the study in question, so that the data obtained will serve as a basis for research with other methodological designs, which aim to evaluate the main ways to alleviate these circumstances, as well as, generate an improvement in the quality of care for these patients.