Frequency and characteristics of advanced cancer patients with COVID + ve status among inpatient supportive care consults during the pandemic: experience from a tertiary cancer center
| Autor: | Eduardo Bruera, Zhanni Lu, Minxing Chen, Sriram Yennurajalingam |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Palliative care Referral Supportive cancer care Virtual care Spiritual distress Internal medicine Neoplasms Pandemic Medicine Humans Pandemics Referral and Consultation Depression (differential diagnoses) Retrospective Studies Inpatients business.industry SARS-CoV-2 Palliative Care Cancer COVID-19 medicine.disease Advanced cancer Oncology Delirium Original Article medicine.symptom business Cancer symptoms |
| Zdroj: | Supportive Care in Cancer |
| ISSN: | 1433-7339 0941-4355 |
| Popis: | Purpose There is limited literature available regards the frequency and characteristics of COVID-19 + ve status among advanced cancer patients referred to an inpatient supportive care consultation(PC) at a tertiary cancer center. Our study aimed to determine the frequency and characteristics of COVID-19 + ve cancer patients seen by PC. Methods Advanced cancer patients seen as a consult by PC between June 15 and September 25, 2020, at MD Anderson Cancer Center were eligible for the study. We evaluated the patient demographics, clinical characteristics including symptoms(ESAS), delirium(MDAS), COVID + status prior to, and after PC referral(converters), and type of PC delivery(in person or virtual care). Results Sixty-six out of 1380 (4.8%) PC consults were COVID-19 + ve: 42 prior to PC (79%), and 14 (21%) were COVID-19 + ve after the PC (converters). COVID-19 + PC patients had lower depression (P = .035), spiritual distress (P = .003), and were more seen frequently virtually (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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