[A case report of delay in switching from inpatient treatment to home-based care due to changes in pain and other symptoms following chemotherapy].
Kazumi Hayashia b, Daisuke Inoue, Toshikazu Sakuyama, Junichi Mouri, Tamotsu Ichiba, Tadashi Kobayashi, Keisuke Aiba
- aDept of Oncology and Hematology, Jikei University, School of Medicine
- bDept. of Oncology and Hematology, Jikei University, School of Medicine
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Abstract
The number of cancer patients and their families desiring home-based care has been increasing. A support system for home-based care is urgently needed for a patient who continues to receive cancer chemotherapy. We introduce a patient for whom the decision to switch from inpatient treatment to home-based care was delayed because of changes in various symptoms associated with chemotherapy. We also examined the factors that resulted in a 7-month hospitalization until the symptoms had abated with third-line chemotherapy, chemotherapy regimens and pain control during the hospital stay, and an optimal timing for proceeding to home care.
TL;DRA patient for whom the decision to switch from inpatient treatment to home-based care was delayed because of changes in various symptoms associated with chemotherapy is introduced. (Semantic Scholar)