Nursing care of the blood cell transplant recipient.
OBJECTIVE
To review the complications of blood cell transplantation (BCT) and their clinical and nursing management.


METHODS
Review articles, research studies, book chapters pertaining to the complications of peripheral stem cell transplantation and the management of these complications.


CONCLUSIONS
As the number of patients receiving BCT increases, complications related to stem cell mobilization, harvesting, dose-intensive conditioning therapy, infusion, and engraftment are being documented with increasing accuracy.


CONCLUSIONS
Oncology nurses will be caring for an increasing population of patients undergoing BCT. Although complications of both bone marrow transplantation and BCT are similar there are unique differences. Support and nursing interventions are of utmost importance for BCT patients and their family caregivers.
Buchsel
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University of Washington, Issaquah, USA.
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Randolph
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D001781:Blood Component Removal / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000209:etiology; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy*