A cross-sectional study of the clinical characteristics of cancer patients presenting to one tertiary referral emergency department
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- 作者：Meredith Oatley ; RN ; Grad Cert (Cancer Nursing)a ; meredith.oatley@health.nsw.gov.au" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author (Clinical Nurse Consultant Oncology) ; Margaret Fry ; RN ; NP ; BASc ; MEd ; PhDb (Director ; Conjoint Professor) ; Lesley Mullen ; RN ; BASc (Nursing) Grad Dip (Critical Care)c (Clinical Nurse Educator)
- 关键词：Cancer ; Oncology ; Haematology ; Emergency ; Time to antibiotic ; Chemotherapy ; Radiation
- 刊名：International Emergency Nursing
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：January 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：24
- 期：Complete
- 页码：35-38
- 全文大小：254 K
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Cancer patients visiting the Emergency Department had a high acuity with the majority admitted to the hospital.
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The three key common symptoms included fever, abdominal pain and shortness of breath.
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The majority of cancer patients experienced delays in time to antibiotic.
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The majority of cancer patients presented within one week of chemotherapy.
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Thirty-six per cent of patients died within 12 months of emergency department presentations.