Treatable complications of cancer patients referred to an in-patient hospice.
This paper illustrates the importance of accurate diagnoses and treatments of complications in terminally ill cancer patients. The paper reports on five hospice in-patients who completely recovered from life-threatening complications; three of them had been incorrectly labeled as "imminently dying" by the referring physicians. The paper concludes that it would be beneficial for patients to receive examinations and a trial of medical treatment in their continuing treatment settings.
Morita
Tatsuya
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Seirei Hospice, Seirei Mikatabara Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Tei
You
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Shishido
Hideki
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Inoue
Satoshi
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000592:standards; D019452:Terminally Ill; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy