Clinical Characteristics and Discharge Assessment of Patients From Palliative Care
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Critical Illness
- Type
- Observational
- Design
- Observational Model: Case-ControlTime Perspective: Retrospective
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 100 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Adult patients admitted to the Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Teaching and Research Hospitals Palliative Care Unit between August 2018 and September 2020. will be retrospectively evaluated. Patient's age, gender, diagnosis, conditions/comorbidities, Karnofsky Performance Scale, discharge status (death, in...
Adult patients admitted to the Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Teaching and Research Hospitals Palliative Care Unit between August 2018 and September 2020. will be retrospectively evaluated. Patient's age, gender, diagnosis, conditions/comorbidities, Karnofsky Performance Scale, discharge status (death, intensive care unit or at home), gastrostomy status, presence of tracheostomy and/or mechanical ventilation, nutritional status (total parenteral nutrition or enteral nutrition), pressure ulcers, the lowest and highest recorded hemoglobin concentration, white blood cell count and serum sodium concentration and the education level of the patient and the caregiver will be recorded. Patients will be grouped according to length of stay (LOS) as Early discharged (less than 21 days) or Prolonged discharge (longer than 21 days) and analysed accordingly
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04755374
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Gulten Utebey, Dr Netherlands: Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports