Frequency of symptom distress and poor prognostic indicators in palliative cancer patients admitted to a tertiary palliative care unit, hospices, and acute care hospitals
Frequency of symptom distress and poor prognostic indicators in palliative cancer patients admitted to a tertiary palliative care unit, hospices, and acute care hospitals
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DOI：
10.1177/082585970001600304
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发表时间：
2000-09-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Quan, H
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作者：
Bruera, E;Neumann, C;Quan, H
埃德蒙顿地区姑息治疗计划的建立是为了增加该地区晚期癌症患者获得姑息治疗的机会。住院病人的护理是由三级姑息治疗单位、急症护理机构的咨询小组和收容所按照痛苦程度递减的顺序提供的。我们审查了1997年11月1日至1998年10月31日期间从该计划出院的所有患者的入院数据，以确定人口统计学和临床变量是否建议适当使用三级护理。第三级姑息治疗病房的患者明显比急性临终关怀病房的患者年轻（分别为61岁、68岁和71岁，P
The Edmonton Regional Palliative Care Program was established to increase access to palliative care for terminal cancer patients in the region. Inpatient care is delivered, in decreasing order of distress, at the tertiary palliative care unit, by consult teams in acute care facilities, and in hospices. We reviewed the admission data for all patients discharged from the program between November 1, 1997, and October 31, 1998, in order to determine ii demographical and clinical variables suggested appropriate use of the three levels of care. Patients admitted to the tertiary palliative care unit were significantly younger than those admitted to acute care of hospices (61 years versus 68 years and 71 years respectively, p