Ekaterini Lambrinou1, Julia Decourcey2, Loreena Hill3. 1. Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus. ekaterini.lambrinou@cut.ac.cy. 2. King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. 3. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The current review describes the role of the cardio-oncology nurse and the need for personalized heart failure care for the patient with cancer. RECENT FINDINGS: It is a new role whereby cardiology or heart failure nurses care for patients with cancer who develop cardiotoxicity or cardiovascular diseases, either during the cancer therapy or in a later stage. Inter-disciplinary approach is important for individualized early treatment, shortened interruptions to cancer therapy, and irreversible cardiovascular injury prevention. Nurses have a key role in early evaluation and quality control of the care provided. This is a quite new clinical area and not much evidence exists for the development of clinical guidelines and pathways to support clinicians. More trials are needed for the development of clinical recommendations.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The current review describes the role of the cardio-oncology nurse and the need for personalized heart failure care for the patient with cancer. RECENT FINDINGS: It is a new role whereby cardiology or heart failure nurses care for patients with cancer who develop cardiotoxicity or cardiovascular diseases, either during the cancer therapy or in a later stage. Inter-disciplinary approach is important for individualized early treatment, shortened interruptions to cancer therapy, and irreversible cardiovascular injury prevention. Nurses have a key role in early evaluation and quality control of the care provided. This is a quite new clinical area and not much evidence exists for the development of clinical guidelines and pathways to support clinicians. More trials are needed for the development of clinical recommendations.
Authors: Michael G Fradley; Mohammed Alomar; Marcus W Kilpatrick; Bernadette Shields; Nhi Tran; Amey Best; Erika Bianco; Merna Armanious; R Ashton Vautier; Kevin Kip; Theresa M Beckie; Roohi Ismail-Khan Journal: Cardiooncology Date: 2021-05-31
Authors: Rudolf A de Boer; Joseph Pierre Aboumsallem; Valentina Bracun; Douglas Leedy; Richard Cheng; Sahishnu Patel; David Rayan; Svetlana Zaharova; Jennifer Rymer; Jennifer M Kwan; Joshua Levenson; Claudio Ronco; Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan; Sherry-Ann Brown Journal: Cardiooncology Date: 2021-06-21