• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Dosage of heparin for patency of the totally implanted central venous catheter in cancer patients
  • Contributor: Oliveira, Francisca Jane Gomes de; Rodrigues, Andrea Bezerra; Ramos, Islane Costa; Caetano, Joselany Áfio
  • Published: FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 2020
  • Published in: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 28 (2020)
  • Language: Not determined
  • DOI: 10.1590/1518-8345.3326.3304
  • ISSN: 1518-8345
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  • Description: Objective: to analyze the evidence available in the literature about the lowest necessary dose of heparin to maintain the patency of the totally implanted central venous catheter in adult cancer patients. Method: an integrative literature review, carried out in the following databases: Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências de Saúde, Sciverse Scopus, Web of Science, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, including thirteen studies. Results: the evidence showed that the dose of heparin (300 IU/ml) is the most used in maintaining the patency of the totally implanted central venous catheter. Conclusion: according to the selected studies, the lowest dose of heparin found in maintaining the patency of the totally implanted central venous catheter in cancer patients was 10 UN/ml with a volume of 5 ml of the heparin solution.
  • Access State: Open Access