[Nursing care in patients after thoracosurgical treatment especially esophageal tumor].
The main target of this study is to create a model of after-surgery nursing care system in patients after thoracic operations, especial patients with lungs and esophagus tumors. The main task of thoracosurgery is surgical treatment of lungs cancer which is the most common cancer in polish society. The main trigger of this cancer is smoking. In nursing the patients after the thoracosurgery operations the most important is to take care of efficient pleural drainage. This group of patients need special supervision in the early postoperative period. In the further postoperative days nursing care concentrate on mobilization and respiratory rehabilitation. Postoperative care in patient after esophagus operations simply means: continuous monitoring of vital signs, pharmacological treatment, parenteral feeding and daily nursing activities.
Jarmusz
Katarzyna
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Departament of Chest Surgery, General and Oncologic Surgery, University Hospital No 2, Medical University of Łódź. kasiaj69@gmail.com
D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000451:nursing; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000451:nursing; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000451:nursing*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000451:nursing*