| Journal: | Revista médica del Hospital General de México |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000439560 |
| ISSN: | 0185-1063 |
| Authors: | Anica Malagón, Eduardo D1 Cordero Pelayo, Miguel2 Salgado Abrego, Yareni N1 Vilchis Palacios, Guillermo R1 Sosa Bolio, Jorge A1 |
| Institutions: | 1Hospital General de México, Servicio de Medicina de Urgencias, Ciudad de México. México 2Centro Médico Dalinde, Servicio de Anestesiología, Ciudad de México. México |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Season: | Abr-Jun |
| Volumen: | 84 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 87-91 |
| Country: | México |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | Regarding medical emergencies, physicians exclusively deal with seriously ill patients suffering from advanced, progressive, and chronic diseases, where the diagnostic and therapeutic approach becomes simultaneous. Sometimes with a very wide range of possibilities that lead to a greater complexity when identifying if the patient is in the last phase of life. Thus, there is a risk of falling into therapeutic obstinacy or disinterest leaving aside the main objective of ensuring the comfort of these patients. In response to this need, our work team carried out an algorithm that aims to integrate palliative care to the emergency service, by identifying end-of-life patients, in addition to implementing management proposals for each stage thereof |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Hospitales, Terapéutica y rehabilitación, Medicina de urgencias, Pacientes terminales, Cuidados paliativos |
| Keyword: | Hospitals, Therapeutics and rehabilitation, Emergency medicine, Terminal patients, Palliative care |
| Full text: | https://www.hospitalgeneral.mx/frame_esp.php?id=95 |
