| Autor: |
Feng-Chi Kuo, Meng-Ruey Wu, Chia-Ying Hsiao, Chun-Yen Chen, Kung-Te Wang, Hung-I Yeh, Min-I Su |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
International Journal of Gerontology, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp 218-221 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1873-9598 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.ijge.2018.02.009 |
| Popis: |
Summary: Background: Paraquat poisoning has high mortality rate. Hospice services have been provided by National Health Insurance program in Taiwan since 2000, and were expanded to noncancer illnesses in September 2009. The palliative care strategy and the impact of this expanded palliative care policy on patients with paraquat poisoning remain unclear. Methods: The study included 90 in-patients with paraquat poisoning, hospitalized between January 2005 and April 2016. We analyzed these patients by two factors, survivors vs. non-survivors and patients admitted between 2005 and 2010 vs. between 2011 and 2016, to compare the differences in life-sustaining treatment orders, symptom management, and use of non-beneficial life-sustaining treatments. Results: The mortality rate was 75.6% and patients progressed rapidly to death (mean time: 74.69 h). 91.2% of non-survivors had a do-not-resuscitate order. Within the 24 h before death, non-survivors in the 2011–2016 group had significantly less treatment with vasopressors (p |
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