Palliative Ultrasound for Home Care Hospice Patients

The evolving relationship between emergency and palliative medicine is expected to benefit patients of each. Two collaborative care encounters involving home hospice patients are discussed. Portable bedside ultrasound was performed in the home to diagnose ascites and to guide palliative paracentesis...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Academic emergency medicine 2010-03, Vol.17 (3), p.293-296
Hauptverfasser:	Mariani, Peter J., Setla, Judith A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged, 80 and over ascites Ascites - diagnostic imaging Ascites - etiology Ascites - therapy Cancer Clinical Protocols Collaboration Colonic Neoplasms - complications Emergency medical care Emergency Medicine - methods Female home care Home Care Services hospice Hospice Care Humans Intervention Medical diagnosis Palliative care Palliative Care - methods Pancreatic Neoplasms - complications paracentesis Paracentesis - methods Patient Care Team - organization & administration Patient Selection Point-of-Care Systems Ultrasonic imaging Ultrasonography, Interventional - methods ultrasound guided procedures
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