Symptom management may be complex at end of life and the unique needs of each individual necessitates a person-centred approach. This article discusses several symptoms at end of life including pain, anxiety, agitation, breathlessness and epilepsy, as well as their management strategie...
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In neonates, the course of illness is often unpredictable and symptom assessment is difficult. This is even truer at the end of life (EOL). Time to death can take minutes to days, and ongoing management of the infant is needed during the time between discontinuation of life-sustaining treatme...
If, on the other hand, the patient desires total control of the nausea and vomiting, even at the expense of alertness, such medication would be appropriate. The goal of symptom management is quality of life. Fatigue. Fatigue is the most prevalent end-of-life symptom, second only to pain...
This book is a welcome addition to the efforts to establish and document the evidence for interventions in symptom management in end of life care. The intent of this book is to “allow clinicians to improve their patients’ clinical outcomes and quality of remaining life.” It does not aim ...
Symptom management and its barriers among patients with terminal advanced cancer in Thailand Effective symptom management is important part of end of life care. It is aimed at improving the quality of dying. The findings presented in this conference are taken from a larger project, the aim of wh...
Pain was uniquely elevated in the cervical cancer cohort as death approached. Adequately managing the symptom burden appears to be a significant issue in end-of-life gynecologic care. 展开 关键词: Symptoms Performance status End-of-life Gynecologic cancer ...
However, delirium at the end of life is usually multifactorial and exacerbated by the progressive shutdown of multiple body systems. Therefore, the effective management of terminal restlessness requires a different approach than the usual care of residents with delirium. For many nurses, this ...
Emergency management of the adolescent suicide attempter: a review of the literature S.EvelynStewartM.D., ...SimonDavidson, inJournal of Adolescent Health, 2002 BDI =Beck Depression Inventory; ED = emergency department; FACES III = Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales; HASS = Harkavy...
Symptom management for the adult patient dying with advanced chronic kidney disease: A review of the literature and development of evidence-based guideline... Improvement in end-of-life-care is required for patients dying with . The UK government now recommends that tools such as the Liverpool ...