The characteristics of advanced cancer patients followed at home, but admitted to the hospital for the last days of life
| Autor: | Federica Aielli, Marco Valenti, Alessandro Mercadante, Francesco Masedu, Sebastiano Mercadante |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Palliative care Home care CONSECUTIVE SAMPLE 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Secondary outcome Advanced cancer Neoplasms Surveys and Questionnaires Internal Medicine medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Intensive care medicine Aged Death End of life Emergency Medicine Aged 80 and over Terminal Care business.industry Cancer Middle Aged medicine.disease Hospitals Hospitalization Palliative care.team Italy 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Emergency medicine Hospital admission Female business |
| Zdroj: | Internal and emergency medicine. 11(5) |
| ISSN: | 1970-9366 |
| Popis: | Information regarding advanced cancer patients followed at home who are admitted to the hospital in the last days of life are lacking. The aim of this study was to assess the characteristics of patients who were hospitalized in the last days of life after being assisted by a home palliative care team. The secondary outcome was to identify possible risk factors for hospitalization. The charts were analyzed of a consecutive sample of advanced cancer patients admitted to hospital wards in the last days of life after being followed at home by a palliative care team. Of 550 consecutive patients followed at home, 138 (25.1 %) were admitted to the hospital. Younger patients were more likely to die in the hospital. In a logistic risk analysis adjusted for age, patients with lung and head–neck cancer were more likely to die in the hospital. Patients having a female relative or a female consort as a caregiver were more likely to die at home. CAGE-positive patients (7.25 %), and patients with a shorter period of home assistance were more likely transported to hospital before dying (p = 0.00 and p < 0.024, respectively). The most frequent reason for hospital admission was dyspnea. Admission was more frequent to the oncology ward. Patients who were admitted to the hospital died after a mean of 10.2 days (SD 8.2, range 0–40). This study provides preliminary data on the risk factors of hospitalization at the end of life for advanced cancer patients followed at home. |
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