• Acad Emerg Med · Mar 2010

    Case Reports

    Palliative ultrasound for home care hospice patients.

    • Peter J Mariani and Judith A Setla.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA. marianip@upstate.edu
    • Acad Emerg Med. 2010 Mar 1;17(3):293-6.

    AbstractThe evolving relationship between emergency and palliative medicine is expected to benefit patients of each. Two collaborative care encounters involving home hospice patients are discussed. Portable bedside ultrasound was performed in the home to diagnose ascites and to guide palliative paracentesis. Specific interventions and outcomes are reported. The interface of emergency and palliative care and the use of paracentesis in cancer palliation are briefly reviewed. It is concluded that home-performed ultrasound and ultrasound-guided procedures are promising palliative modalities for care at the end of life.Copyright (c) 2010 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

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