IMPROVING PATIENT SAFETY BY IMPLEMENTING AN EMERGENCY BLEEDING ALGORITHM.
Significance & Background: Gynecological (GYN) patients with locally advanced cervical cancer are often treated with interstitial brachytherapy, a radiation treatment targeting residual tumors. During this procedure, it is possible for the patient to develop unexpected bleeding leading to hemodynami...
| Publicado en: | Oncology Nursing Forum Vol. 53; no. 2; p. 12 |
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Oncology Nursing Society
Mar2026
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