Abstract
Supportive care is a key element in the management of transplant recipients and has probably contributed the most to their improved outcomes over the years. Important elements for the establishment of supportive care in a new transplant unit are discussed in other chapters, including the structure and isolation requirements for the in-patient unit and ambulatory care, the structure of the program and its healthcare teams supporting patient management, the required transfusional support, and laboratory requirements for patient management.
In this chapter, we aim to provide combined general guidance on the recommended practices for key aspects of supportive care and their implementation in a new transplant unit, including intravenous access, intensive care, antiemetic and pain relief, management of mucositis, nutritional support, drug toxicity, and anti-infective management.
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Duarte, R.F., Sánchez-Ortega, I. (2018). Supportive Care. In: Gluckman, É., Niederwieser, D., Aljurf, M. (eds) Establishing a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59358-6_12
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