https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/546322| Title: | To hydrate or not to hydrate? The effect of hydration on survival, symptoms and quality of dying among terminally ill cancer patients | Authors: | Wu, Chien-Yi Chen, Ping-Jen Ho, Tzu-Lin Lin, Wen-Yuan Cheng, Shao-Yi |
Keywords: | Artificial hydration; Cancer; Palliative care; Quality of dying; Survival;Artificial hydration; Cancer; Palliative care; Quality of dying; Survival | Issue Date: | 12-Jan-2021 | Journal Volume: | 20 | Journal Issue: | 1 | Source: | BMC palliative care | Abstract: | Artificial nutrition and hydration do not prolong survival or improve clinical symptoms of terminally ill cancer patients. Nonetheless, little is known about the effect of artificial hydration (AH) alone on patients' survival, symptoms or quality of dying. This study explored the relationship between AH and survival, symptoms and quality of dying among terminally ill cancer patients. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/546322 | ISSN: | 1472-684X | DOI: | 10.1186/s12904-021-00710-9 | metadata.dc.subject.other: | adult; aged; Article; cancer patient; cancer survival; controlled study; descriptive research; dying; family counseling; female; human; interpersonal communication; major clinical study; male; observational study; palliative therapy; patient counseling; pilot study; proportional hazards model; prospective study; rehydration; survival rate; symptomatology; Taiwan; terminal care; terminally ill patient; tertiary care center; university hospital; dehydration; fluid therapy; middle aged; neoplasm; procedures; statistical model; terminally ill patient; very elderly; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Dehydration; Female; Fluid Therapy; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms; Palliative Care; Pilot Projects; Proportional Hazards Models; Prospective Studies; Survival Rate; Terminal Care; Terminally Ill [SDGs]SDG3 |
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