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Indian Journal of Surgical Nursing

Volume  10, Issue 2, May- August 2021, Pages 55-57
 

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Implantable Vascular Access Port insertion and Management

Avadhesh Kumar Yadav

Nursing Officer Incharge Operation Theatre, Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Cancer Centre, Varanasi,Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh - 221005

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijsn.2277.467X.10221.3

Abstract

The device which is used to draw blood and some treatments including intravenous fluids, chemotherapy, blood transfusion and antibiotics therapy. The port should be placed under the skin preferably right side of chest. It is attached to a catheter (a thin, flexible tube) that is guided (threaded) into a large vein above the right side of the heart called the superior vena cava. The medication will be done by inserting a needle to draw blood or give fluids and other treatments. A port may stay in place for many weeks, months, or years. Also called chemo port (port-a-cath). The main advantage of this vein-access device is that chemotherapy medications can be delivered directly into the port rather than a vein, eliminating the need for needle sticks. It needs to be inserted by specially trained professionals and prepare the patient to keep the chemo port safe with special care in order to prevent complication.

Keywords: Venous Port Catheter; Vein-access Device; Vascular Access Port; Implantable Vascular Access Port; Chemotherapy and Safe handling.


Corresponding Author : Avadhesh Kumar Yadav