Prospective Study of Home Morphine Infusion in 62 Terminally Ill Patients

Smeets, Patrick M.J.H; Beusmans, George; Weber, Wilhelm

doi:10.1016/s0885-3924(99)00105-0

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“…Also in cancer care, home administration of intravenous medication (chemotherapy, opiates) is becoming a widely used alternative to treatment in hospital [7,14,17]. Especially in terminally ill cancer patients, it is preferred to provide palliative care in their own environment [18,19].…”

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Treatment adherence and patients’ acceptance of home infusions with adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP) in palliative home care

Beijer

Wijckmans

Rossum

et al. 2008

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Goals of work In preterminal cancer patients, provision of palliative care in the patients' own environment is preferred. The aim of the present study was to evaluate patients' and caregivers' treatment adherence and patients' acceptance of home infusions with adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP). Patients and methods Preterminal cancer patients (life expectancy <6 months) with mixed tumor types were eligible for the study. Patients received a maximum of eight weekly intravenous 8-10 h ATP infusions. Evaluation of treatment adherence was based on registration of protocol deviations and patients' acceptance by structured interviews with patients. Main results Fifty-one patients received a total of 266 intravenous ATP infusions. The infusion protocol was well executed: mean duration ≈8.30 h, stepwise achievement of the maximum infusion rate within 30 min in 65% of the infusions, and almost no delay in weekly administration. All except one patient were not burdened by the administration of the infusions at home and none of them had felt afraid.

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Treatment adherence and patients’ acceptance of home infusions with adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP) in palliative home care

Beijer

Wijckmans

Rossum

et al. 2008

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Vía subcutánea: Utilidad en el control de síntomas del paciente terminal

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López

Rodríguez

2002

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The home care to the terminal patients is a more and more frequent situation inside the enviro n m e n t of the Primary Health Care. A great number of these patients will evolve, for different reasons, to the loss of the oral route. In these cases, the election method is going to be the subcutaneous route. This it is a route of simple use, which presents few complications and it allows the patient to continue in his home, improving this way his quality of life.

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Prospective Study of Home Morphine Infusion in 62 Terminally Ill Patients

Cited by 2 publications

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Treatment adherence and patients’ acceptance of home infusions with adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP) in palliative home care

Treatment adherence and patients’ acceptance of home infusions with adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP) in palliative home care

Vía subcutánea: Utilidad en el control de síntomas del paciente terminal

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