• Support Care Cancer · Jan 2010

    Cancer pain as the presenting problem in emergency departments: incidence and related factors.

    • Shu-Ching Tsai, Li-Ni Liu, Siew-Tzuh Tang, Jih-Chang Chen, and Mei-Ling Chen.
    • Emergency Department, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.
    • Support Care Cancer. 2010 Jan 1; 18 (1): 57-65.

    Goals Of WorkSince emergency departments (ED) are designed to manage people with urgent and life-threatening conditions, cancer patients presenting with pain may not receive the appropriate care in the ED. The purpose of this study was to identify the incidence and factors related to ED visits by cancer patients with pain complaints.Materials And MethodsMedical charts selected by stratified random sampling were retrospectively reviewed to obtain information about ED visits by cancer patients during a 1-year period. The sample included 1,179 ED visits by 1,026 cancer patients.Main ResultsPain was the most common reason for ED visits by cancer patients. The incidence of ED visits for pain as a presenting problem was 27.8%. The 72-h ED return-visit rate was 8.2% for cancer patients who visited the ED with pain complaints. Patients with gastrointestinal and genitourinary cancers were more likely to visit the ED for pain. Patients who had received radiation therapy were less likely to visit the ED for pain.ConclusionEffective cancer pain management programs need to be developed and tested to reduce ED visits by cancer patients with pain. More research is needed to explore why cancer patients with pain visit the ED.

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