How do hospital-based nurses and physicians identify the palliative phase in their patients and what difficulties exist? A qualitative interview study

I Flierman, IC Nugteren, R van Seben, BM Buurman… - BMC palliative …, 2019 - Springer
Background Early start of palliative care improves the quality of life of eligible patients and
their relatives. However, in hospital, patients who could benefit from palliative care are often …

[HTML][HTML] Dying with unrelieved pain—prescription of opioids is not enough

Å Klint, E Bondesson, BH Rasmussen, CJ Fürst… - Journal of pain and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Context Fear of pain resonates with most people, in particular, in relation to dying. Despite
this, there are still people dying with unrelieved pain. Objectives We quantified the risk, and …

Patterns of comorbidities in hospitalised cancer survivors for palliative care and associated in-hospital mortality risk: A latent class analysis of a statewide all-inclusive …

L Luo, W Du, S Chong, H Ji, N Glasgow - Palliative Medicine, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: At the end of life, cancer survivors often experience exacerbations of complex
comorbidities requiring acute hospital care. Few studies consider comorbidity patterns in …

Ethical dilemmas expressed by non-oncology specialists involved in diagnosis and care of cancer patients: A preliminary study

S Rao, PL Palatty, P Rao, T George… - Middle East Journal …, 2019 - mejc.sums.ac.ir
Background: Ethical problems routinely arise in the healthcare profession and more so in
hospitals providing cancer diagnosis and care. Literature study indicates that almost all …

[HTML][HTML] Early do-not-resuscitate directives decrease invasive procedures and health care expenses during the final hospitalization of life of COPD patients

PK Fu, MC Yang, CY Wang, SP Lin, CT Kuo… - Journal of Pain and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Context Nearly 70% of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) directives for chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) patients are established during their terminal hospitalization. Whether …

Care received at the end of life in emergency services from the perspective of caregivers: a qualitative study

ÁM Ortega-Galán, MD Ruiz-Fernández… - … Clínica (English Edition), 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To discover the experiences of end-of-life patients attended by the emergency
services, through the discourse of the family caregivers who accompanied the family …

Atención recibida al final de la vida en los servicios de urgencias desde la perspectiva de los cuidadores: Estudio cualitativo

ÁM Ortega-Galán, MD Ruiz-Fernández, R Ortiz-Amo… - Enfermería …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objetivo Conocer las vivencias de los pacientes que se encontraban al final de la vida y
fueron atendidos por los servicios de urgencias, mediante los discursos de sus cuidadores …

[PDF][PDF] A Propósito de “Internamentos Prolongados numa Enfermaria de Medicina Interna”

MO Teles - Medicina Interna, 2019 - revista.spmi.pt
Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna - Volume 26 #4 Outubro/Dezembro 2019 Page
1 340 Medicina Interna REVISTA DA SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DE MEDICINA …

Estado emocional de pacientes y familiares en la unidad de cuidados paliativos de un hospital general y satisfacción con la atención recibida

MJ Zamora Muñoz - 2019 - dspace.umh.es
Las Unidades de Cuidados Paliativos (UCP) en los hospitales de agudos, constituidas por
equipos interdisciplinares, ofrecen asistencia multidimensional a pacientes con enfermedad …