Cancers are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, responsible for 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million deaths in 2018. Pain is experienced by 55% of patients undergoing anti-cancer treatment and by 66% of patients who have advanced, metastatic, or terminal disease. This can be ...
This guideline covers safe and effective prescribing of strong opioids for pain relief in adults with advanced and progressive disease. It aims to clarify the clinical pathway for prescribing and help to improve pain management and patient safety. Care during the last 2 to 3 days of life is covered by ca...
Proponer recomendaciones basadas en la evidencia para la atención depacientes en cuidados paliativos....
Travers, A. H;
Perkins, G. D;
Berg, R. A;
Castren, M;
Considine, J;
Escalante, R;
Gazmuri, R. J;
Koster, R. W;
Lim, S. H;
Nation, K. J;
Olasveengen, T. M;
Sakamoto, T;
Sayre, M. R;
Sierra, A;
Smyth, M. A;
Stanton, D;
Vaillancourt, C.
This review comprises the most extensive literature search and evidence evaluation to date on the most important international BLS interventions, diagnostics, and prognostic factors for cardiac arrest victims. It reemphasizes that the critical lifesaving steps of BLS are (1) prevention, (2) immediate rec...
