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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...
Identification of Patients Admitted in an Internal Medicine Ward with Palliativ...
Martins, OlímpiaIntroduction: Palliative Medicine is a growing area in Portugal, but until now the existence of such care has not been done in a structured way. The ageing population and the increasing in chronic diseases prevalence in advanced stage, progressive and debilitating diseases, provides increasingly demand of health care services and hospitalization, implying increased spending if such patients are not identified a...
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...
Palliative Radiotherapy for End-of-Life Oncology Care
Martins, Olímpia; Azevedo, IsabelPalliative radiotherapy can help to alleviate a multitude of symptoms related to advanced cancer. Time to symptom relief is measured in 24-48 hours or weeks to months after the completion of radiotherapy. The optimal rate of radiotherapy use in the final months of life is unclear; therefore, its use must be judicious. But would incorporate anticipated efficacy in patients whose survival allows it and minimize o...
Preliminary biocompatibility investigation of magnetic albumin nanosphere desig...
Estevanato, Luciana Landim Carneiro; Cintra, Débora; Baldini, Nayara; Portilho, Flávia; Barbosa, Luzirlane dos Santos; Martins, OlímpiaBackground: The magnetic albumin nanosphere (MAN), encapsulating maghemite nanoparticles, was designed as a magnetic drug delivery system (MDDS) able to perform a variety of biomedical applications. It is noteworthy that MAN was efficient in treating Ehrlich’s tumors by the magnetohyperthermia procedure. Methods and materials: In this study, several nanotoxicity tests were systematically carried out in mice fro...