End-stage psychological care of cancer patients.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 5 End-stage psychological care of cancer patients [Keywords:] end stage; cancer patients; psychological care With the development of medical technology, diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients continue to improve the implementation of norms in the treatment of cancer patients, but also pay more attention to quality of life of cancer patients and prolong survival time and reduce the suffering of patients. End-stage refers to the body is getting worse, especially the physical strength, appetite and perception stage of deterioration, the expected survival time is usually not more than 6 months. Undergraduate at March 28, 2010 has so far treated 115 cases of cancer patients, where liver cancer 42 cases, 33 cases of gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, 25 cases of lymphoma in 2 cases, 3 cases of cervical cancer, 10 cases of rectal cancer. In the course of treatment and care, the more prominent is the end-stage cancer patients have a special psychological changes, there will be varying degrees of anxiety, fear, despair and other psychological problems. now focus of care during hospitalization are summarized below. 1 Clinical data 4 patients in this group, aged 36 to 77 years, 1 case of metastasis of breast cancer after 5 years, 1 patient with advanced pancreatic cancer, 2 cases of postoperative metastasis of gastric cancer, belongs to multi organ failure in patients with chronic diseases at admission showed capacity, body weight, vital signs were normal, patients with varying degrees of lower extremity edema, oliguria, fatigue, loss of appetite, cough, sputum, difficult to expectorate sputum, nausea, vomiting, vomit, and with the stomach contents abdominal distension, dry stool, difficult to discharge, poor sleep. Admission, given to improve the relevant checks, oxygen, symptomatic, nutrition therapy, addition of fat emulsion, amino acids, trace elements, anti-inflammatory. Instruct patient to bed rest, observation of patient’s