Publications by authors named "Alexandra Rivalland"
Background: Preparing informal caregivers for a patient's transition to outpatient care is an important component of safe, quality hematological cancer care. The development of many novel therapies and emerging treatments has created opportunities to address the needs of informal caregivers following the discharge of patients from inpatient settings.
Objective: To review and synthesize the literature on the needs of informal caregivers of patients with a hematological malignancy postdischarge from inpatient care.
Article Synopsis
- Infectious diarrhoea is a common issue following allogeneic haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (alloHSCT), with a study showing a 1-year incidence of 23% among 374 patients.
- The main causes of diarrhoea were identified as Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI, 17%), bacterial infections (4%), and viral infections (3%), with CDI being the most prevalent.
- There is a strong link between non-viral infectious diarrhoea and the risk of developing severe graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), suggesting the need for further research on infection control measures to potentially reduce GVHD rates.