DECISION MAKING ON REFRACTORY PAIN IN A YOUNG ONCOLOGICAL PATIENT
GESTION CLINICA Y TOMA DE DECISIONES FRENTE A DOLOR REFRACTARIO EN PACIENTE ONCOLÓGICA JOVEN
DECISÃO FAZENDO CONTRA A DOR REFRATÁRIA NO PACIENTE ONCOLÓGICO
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Pain Critical management Palliative Care Sedation Dolor Gestión Clínica Cuidados Paliativos Sedación Dor Manejo clínico Cuidados Paliativos Sedação |
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| Español | |
| Universidad Católica del Uruguay | |
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https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/enfermeriacuidadoshumanizados/article/view/1796
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/6251 |
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| Sumario: | The vast majority of cancer patients in advanced stages feel pain. Most are controlled with analgesics following the WHO analgesic ladder. However, a percentage of patients persist feeling pain. These are patients with difficult-to-control pain who often benefit from interventional measures. An even smaller percentage of patients keep on feeling pain as a refractory symptom despite adequate therapeutic measures. In these cases, palliative sedation is indicated. We present the case of a young patient with refractory pain who required palliative sedation in a palliative care unit of a private institution in Montevideo. |
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