Publications by authors named "Lagen Liu"

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the Newman System model of care in the perioperative period for patients with endometrial cancer, to investigate the impact on psychological well-being, quality of life, and patient satisfaction.

Methods: One hundred and eight patients with endometrial cancer who were treated in our hospital from January 2020 to January 2023 were selected as research subjects and were randomly divided into the control group (n=54) and the research group (n=54); the control group received conventional nursing care, and the research group added nursing care based on the conventional nursing care with Newman's systematic nursing care model including primary, secondary and tertiary care, comparing the psychological state score, quality of life score, coping style score, and satisfaction with nursing care of the two groups.

Results: After the intervention, the anxiety self-assessment scale (SAS) and depression self-assessment scale (SDS) scores decreased in both groups, with the research group having lower scores than the control group (P < .

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Intracavitary electrocardiogram (ECG) has been widely used for PICC tip positioning in patients with a normal left heart. However, there is little information about using ECG for PICC insertion in patients with mirror dextrocardia. We report a 70-year-old stomach cancer patient with mirror dextrocardia admitted to our vascular access center for four Fr silicon Groshong PICC insertion.

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Purpose: To evaluate the influence of body posture change on the peripherally inserted central catheter tip position in Chinese cancer patients.

Methods: A prospective observational trial was conducted in a tertiary cancer hospital from August to September 2018. After the insertion of peripherally inserted central catheter, chest X-ray films were taken to check the catheter tip in the upright and supine positions, respectively.

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