Palliative care of patients with colorectal cancer

Autor: Katja Ćulav, Stanka Misir-Šitum, Ljilja Štefančić
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Libri Oncologici : Croatian Journal of Oncology
Volume 41
Issue 1-3
ISSN: 2584-3826
0300-8142
Popis: Metastatic colorectal cancer has a poor prognosis, several treatment options are available to deal with various complications that may appear in those patients. Palliative care focuses on improving the quality of patients’ lives by solving problems caused by disease progression including addressing the physical complications and symptoms it causes, pain relief, psychological support to patients and their families and caregivers. It is carried out by a multidisciplinary team that includes physicians, pharmacists, nurses, chaplains, social workers, psychologists, etc. Many equate palliative care to hospice, although they overlap in one part they should be distinguished. Palliative medicine is appropriate for patients in all disease stages, it can be provided along with curative treatment, as well as patients who are near the end of life. Hospice care provides palliative care for people who are close to the end of life, not intending to speed up or prolong the dying process. Focus is instead on relieving pain and other symptoms.
Metastatski rak debelog crijeva ima lošu prognozu , nekoliko mogućnosti liječenja je na raspolaganju za rješavanje raznih komplikacija koje se mogu pojaviti kod takvih bolesnika. Palijativna skrb fokusira se na poboljšanje kvalitete života pacijenata rješavanjem problema uzrokovanih progresijom bolesti, uključujući rješavanje fizičkih komplikacija i simptoma koje uzrokuje, olakšavanje boli, pružanje psihološke podrške za bolesnike i njihove obitelji i skrbnike. Palijativnu njegu provodi multidisciplinarni tim koji uključuje liječnike, ljekarnike, medicinske sestre, socijalne radnike, psihologe, svećenike itd. Mnogi poistovjećuju palijativnu skrb i hospicij, iako se preklapaju u jednom dijelu treba ih razlikovati. Palijativno liječenje je prikladno za bolesnike u svim fazama bolesti, može se provoditi istovremeno s kurativnim liječenjem, kao i za pacijente koji su blizu kraja života. Hospicij pruža palijativnu skrb bolesnicima koji su blizu kraja života, bez namjere da ubrza ili produži proces umiranja. Fokus je na ublažavanju boli i drugih simptoma.
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