Pattern of symptoms and symptomatic treatment in adults and the aged population: a retrospective analysis of advanced cancer patients followed at home

Autor:	Alessandro Mercadante, Francesco Masedu, Giampiero Porzio, Lucilla Verna, Sebastiano Mercadante, Marco Valenti, Federica Aielli
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Adult Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Palliative care Nausea Population Symptomatic treatment Pain Home care 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Elderly Advanced cancer Neoplasms Retrospective analysis Old patients Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Drugs Symptoms Medicine (all) Karnofsky Performance Status education Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study business.industry Anti-Inflammatory Agents Non-Steroidal Age Factors Cancer Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Home Care Services Analgesics Opioid 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Antiemetics Female medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	Current medical research and opinion. 32(5)
ISSN:	1473-4877
Popis:	Context Data regarding symptom burden and symptomatic drugs in palliative population in different classes of age are lacking. Objective The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the symptom burden, and the profile of symptomatic drugs in the last four weeks of life in adults and older cancer patients followed at home. Methods Charts of 412 patients were retrospectively analyzed by using a backward analysis. Patients were divided into three groups: adults (
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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