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Assessment of Palliative Needs in Primary Care Unit
Gonçalves, Ilda; Rocha, Céu; Ferraz Gonçalves, JoséIntroduction: The Portuguese population is in an aging process so palliative needs should be predictably increasing. One of the barriers to timely access to palliative care is the difficulty in identifying patients who may benefit from it. These patients are mainly in the community. Therefor primary health care teams are in the best position to identify patients with potential palliative needs. We aimed to asse...
Hyponatremia in Cancer Patients Hospitalized in a Palliative Care Department: A...
Ferraz Gonçalves, José; Brandão, Mariana; Arede, Ana; Prucha, Bárbara; Grilo, Inês; Freitas, Susete; Costa, Isabel; Martins, Olímpia; Araújo, VâniaIntroduction: Hyponatremia is frequent in cancer patients, as many studies carried out in these patients have shown. However, there are only a few studies carried out at the end of life and in palliative care. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of hyponatremia in cancer patients in the palliative care department of an oncology center and its association with survival.Material and Methods: The...
Control and Treatment of End-of-Life Diabetes Mellitus: Review
Vasconcelos Oliveira, Adriana; Soares, Beatriz; Ferraz Gonçalves, JoséIntroduction: Diabetes mellitus prevalence in palliative patients tends to rise. The therapeutic goal guided strategies commonly used in diabetic patients are inadequate in the context of palliative care. Actually, these strategies may compromise the principles of well-being and quality of life by focusing on the prevention of long-term complications. The issues in this context are numerous. What is the target ...
Ketamine in Context of Oncologic Palliative Care: A Challenge Experience of a P...
Martins, Olímpia; Ferraz Gonçalves, JoséIntroduction: Ketamine is a dissociative anaesthetic agent which has analgesic and antidepressants properties in suban- aesthetic doses, and it has been used as an adjuvant treatment for opioid-refractory cancer pain.The aim of this study was to assess the use of ketamine in a palliative care centre. Material and Methods: Retrospective study for thirty months in an oncologic adult palliative care service of pat...