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The anesthesiologist and end-of-life care

2012

Purpose of review Anesthesiologists may face problematic situations when patients are close to death, in which clinical problems, decision-making processes, and ethical issues are often interconnected and dependent on each of them. The aim of this review is to assess the recent literature regarding the anesthesiological role for advanced cancer patients. Recent findings Palliative sedation in the dying patients, end-of-life problems in the ICU, and pain control in advanced cancer patients have been the subject of recent research. All these issues have shown that anesthesiologist would be expert in the field of pain and symptom control at the end of life. End-of-life care problems are common…

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Reliability of Frail and Barthel Tests for Detecting Frailty in Palliative Oncological Patients in a Home Hospitalization Unit: A Comparative Study.

2022

Cancer is a condition that can increase the risk of frailty. In addition, palliative oncological patients in home hospitalization can find their activities of daily living affected. The main objective was to measure the degree of frailty in the oncological population in home hospitalization comparing Barthel and Frail-VIG Indexes. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. A sample of oncological patients in home hospitalization (n = 50) that included 27 men and 23 women were recruited, and disability due to frailty was measured using the VIG frailty index and the Barthel scale for Activities of Daily Living (ADLs). Spearman’s correlation coefficients were categorized as weak (rs &l…

palliative carePaliative careFrailtyHospitalització domiciliàriafrailty; palliative care; cancer; home care; frail-VIG indexPaleontologyCáncerCuidados en casaCuidados paliativosHome careGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular BiologyOncologíaSpace and Planetary ScienceFrail-VIG indexTractament pal·liatiuÍndice VIG de vulnerabilidadEnfermeríaCàncer Pacientshuman activitiesVulnerabilidadEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsCancerLife (Basel, Switzerland)
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Pediatrisku pacientu paliatīvās aprūpes kvalitāte

2017

Maģistra darba tēma ,,Pediatrisku pacientu paliatīvās aprūpes kvalitāte”. Tēmas aktualitāti nosaka pediatrisku pacientu skaita pieaugums katru gadu. Darba mērķis -noskaidrot un analizēt māsu un vecāku viedokli par pediatrisku pacientu paliatīvās aprūpes kvalitāti. Darba uzdevumi: pielietot pētījuma teorētiskajā pamatojumā pamatvajadzību aprūpes teoriju un komforta teoriju, izpētīt un analizēt zinātnisko literatūru par pediatrisku pacientu paliatīvās aprūpes kvalitāti un tās vērtēšanu, izstrādāt un aprakstīt pētniecības instrumentus, veidot respondentu atlasi, organizēt un veikt māsu anketēšanu un intervijas ar pacientu vecākiem, aprakstīt un analizēt pētījuma rezultātus, izstrādāt un argume…

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