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  • Title: [The role of anesthesiologist in the palliative care team in a public hospital].
    Author: Nakanishi M.
    Journal: Masui; 2013 Aug; 62(8):1009-12. PubMed ID: 23984587.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The Japanese government promotes palliative care and our hospital has the palliative care team including an anesthesiologist for better end of lives of cancer patients. METHODS: From the new point of an anesthesiologist, the outcome and characteristics of patients receiving palliative care in our hospital were examined. RESULTS: From August 2010 to March 2012, 93 patients were treated by the team. They were terminal patients whose remaining days were expected to be several months. The most common problem among them was severe pain amenable to opioid administration. CONCLUSIONS: Anesthesiologists familiar with pain, sedation and nausea control are important specialists in the palliative care team.
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