Possible cause of drug extravasation in patients under tumor chemotherapy and application of a novel table to evaluate the risk of drug extravasation before chemotherapy

Objective To investigate the possible cause of drug extravasation in patients under tumor chemotherapy,design and application of a novel table to evaluate the risk of drug extravasation before chemotherapy.Methods 1600 patients under tumor chemotherapy were enrolled.The risk of drug extravasation was assessed.The risk of drug extravasation before chemotherapy was evaluated.Results There was significant difference between the drug extravasation group and the non-drug extravasation group in family support.T including he status of peripheral vascular,cooperative,the route of administration,nursing publicity,and nourishment condition(P0.01),and there was no significant difference between two groups in characteristic of drug,chemotherapy cycle,and administrating method(P0.01).According to the novel risk assessment table,we found that patients with the average score ≤11 were in high risk.Conclusion The family support,the status of peripheral vascular,cooperative,the route of administration,nursing publicity,and nourishment condition is highly related to the drug extravasation,and the drug extravasation risk assessment table designed accordingly is uncomplicated and helpful,and could be used as an index of predicating the risk of drug extravasation before chemotherapy in nursing work.