Experiencia en el Manejo terapéutico de Mucositis Oral en el Centro Oncológico de un hospital en Colombia

Abstract

Objective
Identify, evaluated and to compare the therapeutic conducts applied in the patients' managing with mucositis secondary to chemotherapy and / or radiotherapy for the Cancer Center of the University Hospital Hernando Moncaleano Perdomo Neiva's (HUHMP) during the year 2016.
Materials and methods
Observational, monocentric, historical cohort study, 1512 clinical histories were reviewed and therapeutic conducts were analyzed, evaluating these in terms of time to resolution of the disease and its evidence.
Results
Using prophylactic therapeutic conduct, the disease was prevented in 87.5% of cases. The 75.5% responded to treatment with an average resolution of 9.8 days. A 100% of the complications corresponded to oral candidiasis and they were managed with fluconazole achieving an average resolution of 11.8 days.
Conclusions
The current evidence on the management of mucositis is scarce and contradictory in some cases. There does not exist definitive treatment for this condition, but if options that can improve the symptomatology.