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KMID : 1001020100080010047
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Journal of Urologic Oncology
2010 Volume.8 No. 1 p.47 ~ p.50
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Palliative Care and Clinical Characteristics of End-of-Life Patient at Urology in One Hospi
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Huh Hee-Jae
Kim Young-Joo
Kim Hyeon-Ju
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Abstract
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Purpose: The end of person’s life can be one of the most important times in that life. Physicians, nurses and volunteer workers are not sufficiently trained, understood to be competent or confident in end-life care. The purpose of this study was to understand clinical characteristics, and the combination of active and compassionate therapies of end-life-of patients in urology.
Materials and Methods : We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 21 patients who died during the end-stage-life care at the department of urology of one hospital from April 2000 to January 2009.
Results:There were 14 males and 7 females. The most prevalent reason for admission was pain (17 patients). The average survival in hospital was 22.72±16.16 months, visual analogue scale was 7.61±1.02, admission number of last 6 months was 2.67±1.5, period of last admission was 17.06±15.22 days, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation was 1 case.
Conclusions :Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and assessment and treatment of pain and other problems. It is very important to manage pain in terminal urologic diseases. Therefore continuous education and promotion of hospice and palliative care is needed for an effective care for the patients and doctors.
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KEYWORD
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Urologic neoplasm, Hospice, Palliative care
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