2021年10月12日 · Many patients will be prescribed chemotherapy as a part of their cancer treatment plan. That could involve taking pills at home or wearing a portable pump for a few days. But how does the process of getting chemotherapy at home work, and what can cancer patients and caregivers expect? Here are nine things to know about at-home chemotherapy.

2023年12月18日 · What Is a Chemotherapy Pump and How Is It Used? Pumps that deliver cancer-fighting drugs through IV lines help ensure that you receive the proper dose at the correct rate. They’re...

If you have chemotherapy into a vein, your nurse might attach a pump. This will give a controlled amount of drugs very slowly into your bloodstream. Chemotherapy pumps are also called infusion pumps. There are different types of pump: hospital pump. continuous pressure pump. battery operated pump. computerised ambulatory delivery device (CADD pump)

2022年7月8日 · Doctors often use and recommend chemotherapy pumps to deliver chemo drugs directly into a person’s bloodstream at a constant rate over hours or days. In this article, we discuss chemo pumps in...

2022年6月8日 · This information describes your elastomeric pump (SMARTeZ ® pump or Easypump ®) and explains what to do during your continuous infusion with your pump. It also tells you how to disconnect your pump after your infusion.

2022年9月15日 · A chemotherapy infusion pump is giving more time to people whose metastatic colorectal cancer has spread to the liver and who may have been told they are out of options. Duke Health surgical oncologists were the first to implant the hepatic artery infusion (HAI) pump after it received FDA approval.

2017年4月21日 · HAI employs a pump about the size and shape of a hockey puck that’s surgically implanted in the abdomen and delivers chemotherapy directly to the liver. The pump is placed under the skin between the ribs and pelvis. It is then connected to the hepatic artery, which supplies blood to the liver, and especially to liver tumors.

Ambulatory chemotherapy (AC) allows the delivery of short (5-7 hours) and extended (1-5 days) chemotherapy infusions through a portable pump from the comfort of patients’ homes. The connected infusion pump might need to be replaced during the course of treatment depending on its capacity and the length of the continuous infusion.

Hepatic artery infusion (also called hepatic arterial infusion pump chemotherapy, or HAI) is an innovative treatment for patients with certain metastatic colorectal and bile duct cancers that affect the liver. It’s a powerful tool for doctors to use to treat liver tumors and to …

One such technological marvel is the infusion pump, a critical component of chemotherapy, that has revolutionized the way cancer is managed and treated. In this article, we will delve into what infusion pumps do, the benefits they offer, and how infusion therapy plays a crucial role in …