Most patients with very advanced cancer suffer from severe pain, and many studies have demonstrated how this pain can be sufficiently controlled. It is of great importance to find out if the findings are also true during the final stage of cancer and how the treatment must be adapted. We the...
As in any stage of the disease, cancer pain treatment requires standardized guidelines adapted to the WHO's three-step ladder of cancer pain relief (WHO 1996). Burdens and suffering of patients and relatives should be minimized, and physical, psychosocial, and spiritual symptoms must be treated ...
Considering two advanced illnesses, cancer and end-stage dementia, the aim of this study was to describe the symptoms of caregiver psychological distress and burden.In this cross-sectional study, regression analyses were calculated to explain the influence of psychological distress in caregiver burden....
a.the identification of diseases by the examination of symptoms and signs and by other investigations b.an opinion or conclusion so reached 2. a.thorough analysis of facts or problems in order to gain understanding and aid future planning ...
any negative response by the patient to an important question about possible symptoms. In which stage of patient-clinician interaction is the patient identification bracelet checked? Introductory stage Obtaining background information during an interview is very important because it allows the RT to: ...
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These symptoms usually result from radiation therapy; however, we will continue to monitor your laboratory and x-ray studies. The nurse is caring for a patient has just been given a 6-month prognosis following a diagnosis of extensive stage small-cell lung cancer. The patient states that he ...
screening available. Nearly half (48%) of the non-recurrent cancers were found in early-stages (Stage I or II). Standard of care screening identified 29 cancers, and another 56 cancers were diagnosed because symptoms appeared or tumors were found incidentally ...
test can predict the cancer signal of origin, resulting in a more efficient and targeted diagnostic evaluation to help decrease unnecessary tests, radiation and costs. We believe this study helps pave the way for its clinical adoption, with the aim of reducing th...
stage 4 cancer metastasized thyroid - produces triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4)- regulates basal metabolic rate/body temp, lipid/carbohydrate metabolism- affects linear growth of brain, libido, fertility calcitonin (thyroid) - decreases blood calcium, inhibits bone resorption by osteoclast- reab...