Palliative Care for a Mentally Incompetent End Stage Renal Failure Patient: Why Is It Important?

People with intellectual disabilities are among the most disadvantaged groups in society. Here we report a mentally incompetent end stage renal failure (ESRF) patient with frequent emergency visits who made a significant improvement in symptoms control and reduction in casualty visits after introduc...

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Autores principales: Chan, Kwok-Ying, Yip, Terence, Sham, Mau-Kwong, Cheng, Benjamin Hon-Wai, Li, Cho-Wing, Wong, Yim-Chi, Lau, Vikki Wai-Kee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4370191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25838954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/478783
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Sumario:People with intellectual disabilities are among the most disadvantaged groups in society. Here we report a mentally incompetent end stage renal failure (ESRF) patient with frequent emergency visits who made a significant improvement in symptoms control and reduction in casualty visits after introduction of renal palliative care service. Multidisciplinary approach would be useful in this case.

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