Cancer patients, emergencies service and provision of palliative care

Miranda, Bruno; Vidal, Suely Arruda; Mello, Maria Júlia Gonçalves de; Lima, Jurema Telles de Oliveira; Rêgo, Judith Correia; Pantaleão, Milena Cândido; Leão, Viviane Gomes Carneiro; Gusmão, Fernando Antônio Ribeiro de; Costa, José Iran da

doi:10.1590/1806-9282.62.03.207

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“…Segundo Alves et al 18 , o câncer de mama é o que mais acomete as mulheres em todo o mundo, sendo a faixa etária elevada a mais atingida. Ferreira et al 13 encontraram resultados semelhantes, enquanto Miranda et al 19 identificaram maior prevalência de indivíduos com câncer de colo do útero, seguido de câncer de mama, com 18,3% e 13,6%, respectivamente. Antunes et al 3 obtiveram maiores taxas de prevalência para câncer de próstata e coloretal, com 22,0% e 21,0%, respectivamente, ficando o câncer de mama na terceira posição, com 19,0% das ocorrências.…”

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Perfil clínico-epidemiológico de idosos submetidos à quimioterapia antineoplásica atendidos em um hospital de referência oncológica do estado do Pará, Brasil

Santos¹,

Souza²,

Santos³

et al. 2017

Revista Pan-Amazônica de Saúde

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Perfil clínico-epidemiológico de idosos submetidos à quimioterapia antineoplásica atendidos em um hospital de referência oncológica do estado do Pará, Brasil MATERIALS AND METHODS:A cross-sectional study involving 200 elderly people was performed from April to October, 2015. A socioeconomic and clinical questionnaire was applied and statistical analyses were done afterwards. RESULTS: The prevalence was 60-80 years old (83.5%); no gender predominance; low schooling -82.5% of the participants had finished the elementary school; low family income, from them 79.5% had a family income less than three minimum wages, and 87.5% participating actively in family income; and 57.0% were married or were in stable union. The most common cancer type was breast cancer (26.5%), followed by prostate cancer (17.0%); and the most prevalent anti-neoplasic or adjuvant treatments were bisphosphonate and alkylating agent. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated the elderly patients profile receiving anti-neoplasic treatment at an oncological reference unit in the North of Brazil, predominating individuals with other comorbidities besides neoplasm, which increases the risks of complications and adverse reactions related to the chemotherapy.

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Perfil clínico-epidemiológico de idosos submetidos à quimioterapia antineoplásica atendidos em um hospital de referência oncológica do estado do Pará, Brasil

Santos¹,

Souza²,

Santos³

et al. 2017

Revista Pan-Amazônica de Saúde

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“…Institutions are also responsible for providing comprehensive care to all people undergoing treatment through a 24-hour emergency care unit (5) . That is because people undergoing cancer treatment may have complications that require more frequent care in health services, especially in hospital units, for emergency care (6) .…”

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“…From this perspective, studies indicate that most cancer patients experience at least one emergency episode during their treatment for the disease, resulting in complications and aggravations, resulting in death. Therefore, rapid and invasive interventions (6)(7)9) are required. Pain, nausea and vomiting, weakness, lack of appetite, fever, dyspnea, and pleural effusion are usually the main signs and symptoms presented by cancer patients seeking care in emergency departments (7) .…”

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Nurses and physicians’ perception of the care of oncology patients in the emergency department

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Objectives: to understand nurses’ and physicians’ perceptions of the care of people with cancer admitted to an emergency department of a general hospital. Methods: descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Data collection took place from September to November 2017 through semi-structured interviews in which participated 12 professionals from the emergency department, including nurses and physicians. The data were analyzed using Minayo’s operative proposal. Results: three categories emerged: 1) The person with cancer from nurses and physicians’ perspective; 2) Comprehensive care of people with cancer or deconfiguration in the emergency department?; and 3) The context of the emergency department and the repercussions on the care of people with cancer. Final Considerations: we identified that the care provided to people with cancer in the emergency department is carried out differently regarding the overall population due to the disease’s particularities, which lead us to reflect on the quality and humanization of care.

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“…It has great impact in developing countries, given the prolonged life expectation, the precarious and difficult access to preventive health care and early treatment, and unhealthy lifestyles such as smoking, sedentary habits and unbalanced diets 1 .…”

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Myiasis associated with an invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast: case study

Rodrigues

Klemig

Cardozo

et al. 2017

Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

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Most breast cancers originate in the ductal epithelium and are referred to as invasive ductal carcinoma. In this study we report on the clinical procedures adopted to diagnose myiasis in association with infiltrating metastatic breast carcinoma in a female patient. A 41 years old woman came to the Federal Hospital of Andaraí complaining of intense itching, warmth, redness and hardening of the breast, which had acquired the aspect of an orange peel. A lesion in the left breast was cavitated, dimpled, had fetid odor, and had fibrotic and infected air nodules filled with exudate and Dipteran larvae. The tissue was cleaned and 33 larvae were extracted. The patient was hospitalized and received Ivermectin. Eighteen of the larvae extracted from the patient were placed in 70% alcohol, and twelve were placed in a container with sterile wood shavings under controlled conditions until they metamorphosed into adults. The taxonomic identification of the flies revealed that the culprit was Cochliomyia hominivorax. A histopathological exam conducted three months earlier had revealed infiltrating ductal carcinoma. Two months after the myiasis treatment, the breast tissue had healed. The patient had waited ten days from the onset of the myiasis to seek treatment, and that delay interfered negatively in the prognosis of both the neoplasm and the myiasis. This study is relevant to public health in view of the strong social impact of myiasis.

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Cancer patients, emergencies service and provision of palliative care

Cited by 19 publications

References 18 publications

Perfil clínico-epidemiológico de idosos submetidos à quimioterapia antineoplásica atendidos em um hospital de referência oncológica do estado do Pará, Brasil

Perfil clínico-epidemiológico de idosos submetidos à quimioterapia antineoplásica atendidos em um hospital de referência oncológica do estado do Pará, Brasil

Nurses and physicians’ perception of the care of oncology patients in the emergency department

Myiasis associated with an invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast: case study

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