In:
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, SAGE Publications, Vol. 31, No. 4 ( 2014-06), p. 454-458
Kurzfassung:
We analyzed one case of end-stage liver disease and discussed whether the palliative care should be considered for this case. The medical record of a 56-year-old woman with alcoholic liver cirrhosis admitted to our hospital due to hypovolemic shock and esophageal varices (EV) was reviewed. The EV with active bleeding were arrested by panendoscopic intervention. However, repeat surgery revealed transmural laceration over the cardia, and immediate surgery and splenectomy were needed. The patient died postoperatively in the surgical intensive care unit due to bleeding tendency and hypovolemic shock. We suggest that palliative care and/or hospice care should have been considered for this patient before the crisis developed and that physicians require education about timely palliative and hospice care for patients with end-stage nonmalignant disease.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1049-9091
,
1938-2715
DOI:
10.1177/1049909113495707
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
SAGE Publications
Publikationsdatum:
2014
ZDB Id:
2236674-X
