The last days of dying stroke patients referred to a palliative care consult team in an acute hospital

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-77

  Mazzocato, C ^a   Michel Nemitz, J ^a   Anwar, D ^a   Michel, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dyspnoea; Pain; Palliative care; Stroke; Symptoms assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CARDIAC AGENT; MORPHINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

AGED; ANXIETY; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONSTIPATION; DELIRIUM; DYING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DISORDER; STROKE PATIENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; APHASIA; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DYSPNEA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73449101846     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02744.x     Document Type: Article

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