Tratamiento de la anorexia y caquexia en el paciente terminal

Creation of an instrument to measure the quality of life in terminal patient in hospice ECAVIPTE -IH01

“…The physical dimension meets two fundamental objectives in the terminal patient, the first is the assessment of pain as the most relevant and important symptom in oncological and non-oncological patients, this parameter may facilitate efficient interventions in pain management and the realization of studies related to opioid disposition and pain management, as it is applied and the importance that it takes in palliative care. 21,22 The second fundamental point is the complete evaluation of the additional symptoms that produce progressive deterioration, 23 for the evaluation of them a scale that characterizes the damage and the loss of quality of life that they produce is taken into account; these symptoms are the product of the same terminal pathology and its course, or as a side effect to the support drugs. 24,25 ECAVIPTE IH 01 carries out a holistic approach to the spiritual dimension, seeking to optimally identify the problems generated from the terminal diagnosis and the impact that this produces on the interaction being superior-person and the interpersonal relationship; this in order to make optimal interventions that generate from this dimension a source of support and resilience for the patient.…”