Integration of palliative care to the emergency department. Management algorithm approach



Título del documento: Integration of palliative care to the emergency department. Management algorithm approach
Revista: Revista médica del Hospital General de México
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000439560
ISSN: 0185-1063
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Hospital General de México, Servicio de Medicina de Urgencias, Ciudad de México. México
2Centro Médico Dalinde, Servicio de Anestesiología, Ciudad de México. México
Año:
Periodo: Abr-Jun
Volumen: 84
Número: 2
Paginación: 87-91
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés 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
Disciplinas: Medicina
Palabras clave: Hospitales,
Terapéutica y rehabilitación,
Medicina de urgencias,
Pacientes terminales,
Cuidados paliativos
Keyword: Hospitals,
Therapeutics and rehabilitation,
Emergency medicine,
Terminal patients,
Palliative care
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