In the last phase, symptoms from , , decrease of vigilance, , and were the prominent clinical features. Our study demonstrates that the end of life in patients with has several periods with different clinical aspects with respect to symptoms and treatment. 展开 关键词: AED;Glioblastoma DOI:...
Palliative care is an importanttype of carefor anyone with a serious illness. It is not the same thing as hospice care, which provides comfort at the end of life. Instead, palliative care provides you with medications and other treatments for comfort, to manage side effects of your cancer tr...
end of lifesupportive carepalliative careBackground: High-grade gliomas are the most frequent primary brain tumors. Despite improvement in diagnostics and treatment, survival is still poor and quality-of-life issues are of major importance. Little is known regarding the clinical signs and symptoms ...
Symptoms of burnout and feelings of insufficient information emphasize the urgent need for psychological support and training dedicated to caregivers. The end-of-life phases of patients with glioblastoma represent a critical factor that significantly affects not only the patient but also the caregiver's...
Seizures: If oral administration of antiepileptic drugs is not an option, intranasal midazolam and buccal clonazepam are a feasible way to treat seizures in the end-of-life phase, when patients often have difficulty swallowing. Venous thromboembolism (VTE): VTE prophylaxis with low molecular weight...
- 《European Journal of Clinical & Medical Oncology》 被引量: 0发表: 2010年 End of life care for glioblastoma patients at a large academic cancer center Comprehensive medical record review of 100 randomly selected patients with GBM, who were actively treated at JHH. Secondary analysis of all ...
Use of the GliaSite has yielded significant improvements in quality of life and tumor control.302,303 GliaSite was taken off the market for several years but was recently reintroduced, and the introduction of a new liquid form of cesium-131 is planned. Another means of increasing dose to ...
Given that cancer patients constitute the largest population of immunocompromised individuals, it is essential to understand the impact of HCMV reactivation on GBM disease progression and quality of life. The substantial burden of clinically-relevant virus reactivation among HCMV-positive GBM patients ...
When the first mouse showed neurologic symptoms that significantly affected their quality of life (such as seizures, ataxia and lethargy and inability to feed), all the mice were euthanized (isoflurane anaesthesia followed by cervical dislocation). Their brains were then harvested, fixed in 4% ...
MRI scans should be conducted 2‒6 weeks after the end of radiation therapy. Additional scans should be performed every 2‒4 months to check for any new brain tumors as early as possible. Those who cannot undergo MRI (such as those with certain types of pacemakers or defibrillators) can...