[Venous protection of acute leukemia treatment with amsacrine]

Amsacrine (AMSA) was a high effective medicine of acute leukemia treatment. But it could lead to severe phlebitis with venous drip. 44 patients were treated 71 courses with AMSA. After we used fasting venous drip and diluting high concentration AMSA, occurrence of phlebitis remarkably decreased and patients of phlebitis could be cured with early comprehensive nursing.