• Am J Hosp Palliat Care · Sep 2010

    Characteristics of the last hospital stay in terminal patients at an acute care hospital in Colombia.

    • Jairo Moyano, Sofía Zambrano, and Tatiana Mayungo.
    • Anaesthesia Department, Pain Clinic, Fundación Santafé de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia. Jairo_moyano@hotmail.com
    • Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2010 Sep 1;27(6):402-6.

    UnlabelledIn Colombia, most palliative care is provided in acute care hospitals. In those settings, a palliative care approach could be limited because of a disease-oriented approach instead of patient-centered care.PurposeTo know the framework of a typical Colombian university hospital that provides palliative care services.Material And MethodsIn a retrospective manner, the medical records of deceased patients during 2006 were revisited.ResultsMost patients were not treated by palliative care specialists, so curative-oriented treatment were common among these patients.ConclusionIn acute hospitals, palliative care teams should participate in the care of patients at the start of treatment.

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