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Título del libro: Mechanical Ventilation In Critically Ill Cancer Patients: Rationale And Practical Approach
Título del capítulo: Outcome: Prognosis determinants

Autores UNAM:
THIERRY HERNANDEZ GILSOUL;
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Año de publicación:
2018
Resumen:

Since ventilator support is considered to be a life-sustaining method, and since the aim of palliative care is to improve quality of life, cancer patients requiring ventilation support usually face the dilemma of advance directive. For better palliative care decision, indications for ventilatory support may include the need to mitigate dyspnea, decrease opiate dosages, or prolong time in order to ensure the desire for continued family communication. To understand palliative care and fulfill the patient?s desire, given outcomes and predictors may help patients and their families make decisions about ventilator support in various types of situations; therefore, the aim of this chapter is to review the predictive factors and proposed scores associated with mortality when mechanical support is needed in critical-care cancer patients, as well the predictors of mortality or ventilator support failure in ?do-not-intubate? patients who prefer comfort measures only, and hence alternative ventilator support over invasive mechanical ventilation. © Springer International Publishing AG 2018.


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