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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Eficacy of Cryotherapy in the Prevention of Oral Mucosistis in Adult Patients with Chemotherapy.

Ángel López-González, Marta García-Quintanilla, Carmen María Guerrero-Agenjo, Jaime López Tendero, Isabel María Guisado-Requena, Joseba Rabanales-Sotos

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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ángel López-GonzálezDepartment of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Univesitario s/n, 02071 Albacete, Spain.
Marta García-QuintanillaDepartment of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Univesitario s/n, 02071 Albacete, Spain.
Carmen María Guerrero-AgenjoCastilla-La Mancha Health Service (Servicio de Salud de Castilla-La Mancha/SESCAM), Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha/UCLM, 02071 Albacete, Spain.
Jaime López TenderoCastilla-La Mancha Health Service (Servicio de Salud de Castilla-La Mancha/SESCAM), Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha/UCLM, 02071 Albacete, Spain.
Isabel María Guisado-RequenaDepartment of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Univesitario s/n, 02071 Albacete, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6365-9070
Joseba Rabanales-SotosDepartment of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Univesitario s/n, 02071 Albacete, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6649-4395
University of Castilla-La Mancha · ESServicio de Salud de Castilla La Mancha · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral mucositis (OM) is a common side effect of cancer therapies. It causes ulcerative, painful lesions in the oral cavity that can provoke malnutrition, increased risk of infection, longer hospital stays, and seriously affect the quality of life. Cooling the mucosa with oral cryotherapy (OC) during and/or after chemotherapy is the most accessible and tolerable intervention available. The aim of this study is to define the efficacy of OC for preventing OM induced by chemotherapy/radiotherapy in adult patients with cancer. Secondary endpoints include associated problems as pain. A systematic search was performed using the Pubmed, WOS (Web of Science), Cochrane Library, CINAHL, and BVS databases for articles published up to 2010. After inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied, a total of eight articles were analyzed in this review. In seven of the eight articles, the incidence of OM of all grades was significantly lower in the OC group compared with the no-OC group. Use of opioids and level of pain were also significantly reduced. OC is an effective intervention to reduce the incidence of OM induced by chemotherapy as well as the associated severity and pain. Based on these results, OC with only water or with chamomile, associated or not with other mouthwash therapies, is an effective intervention to reduce the incidence of OM induced by chemotherapy as well as the associated severity and pain.

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NeoplasmsStomatitisAdultCryotherapyHumansMouthwashesQuality of LifeMouthwashesoral cryotherapyoral mucositisoral mucositis preventionpatients’ cancer

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PMID33498628
PMCPMC7908620
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