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Definition
Goals
Comprehensive Assesment
Assesment
and Care
Planning
physical
psychological
social
spiritual.
Assesment
and Care
Planning
Assesment
and Care
Planning
Advanced
Care
Planning
Intervention
Pain
Etiology:
Nociceptive pain
Somatic
Visceral
Neuropathic
Mixed
Pain
Assessment
Pain
Manageme
nt
Constipatio
n
Constipatio
n
Assessment
frequency,
consistency,
volume.
Identify etiology.
Abdominal and rectal examinations should be
performed to exclude impaction or acute abdomen.
Physical activity,
Adequate
hydration,
Dietary
treatments
Constipatio
n
Manageme
nt
May not be
applicable in most
seriously ill
patients.
Nausea
Etiology stimulation
at one of following:
GI tract
Vestibular system,
Chemoreceptor trigger
zone (CTZ)
Cerebral cortex.
Specific causes of
nausea
Metabolic changes
(liver failure, renal
failure,
hypercalcemia)
Bowel obstruction,
constipation
Infection
GERD
Vestibular disease
Brain metastases
Medications (including
chemotherapy)
Radiation therapy.
Anxiety
Nausea
Treatment
Cachexia
Cachexia
Treatment
Cachexia
Treatment
Dyspnea
infection,
pleural effusions,
pulmonary emboli,
pulmonary edema,
asthma,
tumor encroachment on the airway
Dyspnea
Treatment
Depression
Depression
Treatment
Delirium
Delirium
Etiology
Dehydration
Brain tumors (primary or metastases), or
leptomeningeal spread of tumor
Side effects of treatments:
Radiation for brain metastases
Medications opioids, glucocorticoids, anticholinergic
drugs, antihistamines, antiemetics, benzodiazepines,
and chemotherapeutic agents
Delirium
Treatment
Delirium
Medications
Insomnia
Care During
the Last
Hours
Care During
the Last
Hours
Care During
the Last
Hours
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