Artificial hydration at the end of life in an oncology ward in Singapore

Autor: Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna, M. Cynthia Goh, Jissy Vijo Poulose
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
Předmět:
Oncology
Palliative minor caregivers
Palliative care
Cachexia
Rehabilitation in reverse
Review
Care giving
Artificial hydration
Advanced disease
Hospice
Rural setup
lcsh:R5-920
Knowledge of nurses
Depression
Health Policy
Incidence (epidemiology)
Rehabilitation
Awareness
Information booklet regarding palliative care
Total traumatic paraplegia
Denial
Palliative physiotherapy
Psychosocial issues
HIV/AIDS
Perfidy
Case note
Original Article
End of life care
lcsh:Medicine (General)
Attitude toward caring for dying persons
Quality of life
medicine.medical_specialty
Frequency of use
Terminally ill
Therapeutic modalities
survival
Education
Internal medicine
Breaking bad news
medicine
Cancer care
terminal cancer
Transcultural nursing
Survival analysis
Comprehensive cancer center
Undergraduate
Community home based care program
business.industry
Palliative ethics
Significant difference
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health

Cancer
Attitude toward death
medicine.disease
Treatment
supportive care
Stigma
Conventional spinal instrumentation
Nursing students
business
Physical therapy
Zdroj: Indian Journal of Palliative Care, Vol 16, Iss 3, Pp 168-173 (2010)
Indian Journal of Palliative Care
ISSN: 1998-3735
0973-1075
Popis: Aim: The objective of this study has been to examine the frequency of use of artificial hydration in terminally ill cancer patients during the last 48 h of life and the occurrence of symptoms specific to hydration status. Other objectives were to find out if artificial hydration has any impact on survival or had any influence on the patterns of use of opioids and sedatives while under palliative care. Materials and Methods: Retrospective review of case notes of palliative care patients who died in a 95 bedded oncology ward was done. Information on demographic profile, duration of palliative care, medication use and on symptoms related to hydration status was collected. Patients on artificial hydration were compared to those who were not on artificial hydration for the above parameters. Survival curves were plotted for both groups using Kaplan-Meier method. Results : There were 238 patients of which 55.5% were females. The median age was 62 years and the median duration of palliative care was five days. Artificial hydration was given to 59.2% of patients. There was no significant difference in the incidence of symptoms related to hydration status or in the patterns of medication use between patients who received artificial hydration and those who did not. Kaplan-Meier survival curves did not show any significant survival difference (P value=0.9) between the two groups. Conclusion: Artificial hydration during the last 48 h of life did not have any significant impact on symptoms related to hydration status, medication use or on survival in terminally ill cancer patients under palliative care.
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