Related Articles [Care costs and activity in the last three months of life of cancer patients who died in the Basque Country (Spain)]. Gac Sanit. 2017 Nov – Dec;31(6):524-530 Authors: Nuño-Solinís R, Herrera Molina E, Librada Flores S, Orueta Mendía JF, Cabrera-León A Abstract OBJECTIVE: To analyse the use of health resources and its budget in the last months of life of the population who died from malignant neoplasm in the Basque Autonomous Country (Spain). METHOD: Retrospective observational study of a population with a diagnosis of malignancy deceased in the Basque Country (2010 and 2011). DATA SOURCE: MDS and Mortality…
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Related Articles [Integration of palliative care into intensive care : Systematic review]. Anaesthesist. 2017 Sep;66(9):660-666 Authors: Adler K, Schlieper D, Kindgen-Milles D, Meier S, Schwartz J, van Caster P, Schaefer MS, Neukirchen M Abstract BACKGROUND: One of the prime aims of intensive care is to cure patients or at least to extend life duration, sometimes to the extent of losing quality of life. Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of patients with life-limiting conditions; however, some patients need both intensive and palliative care. About 5-10% of all deaths in Germany and 20% of all deaths in the…
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Related Articles Energetic performance analysis of staged palliative surgery in tricuspid atresia using vector flow mapping. Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2017 Dec 14;15(1):27 Authors: Kinoshita M, Akiyama K, Itatani K, Yamashita A, Ishii M, Kainuma A, Maeda Y, Miyazaki T, Yamagishi M, Sawa T Abstract BACKGROUND: Staged palliative surgery markedly shifts the balance of volume load on a single ventricle and pulmonary vascular bed. Blalock-Taussig shunt necessitates a single ventricle eject blood to both the systemic and pulmonary circulation. On the contrary, bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt release the single ventricle from pulmonary circulation. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of tricuspid atresia patient…
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