Palliative Care and COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Study of Factors Associated With Infection and Death at an Oncological Palliative Care Reference Center.
Livia Costa de OliveiraKarla Santos da Costa RosaAna Luísa DuranteLuciana de Oliveira Ramadas RodriguesDaianny Arrais de Oliveira da CunhaLuciana Aparecida Faria de OliveiraRenata de FreitasAlessandra Zanei BorsattoEliza Maffioletti Furtunato Leocádio EstevesSimone Garruth Dos Santos Machado SampaioPublished in: The American journal of hospice & palliative care (2021)
Advanced cancer patients who underwent chemotherapy in less than 30 days before admission and who had diabetes mellitus were more likely to develop Coronavirus 2019 disease. Among the confirmed cases, those hospitalized with worse KPS and bigger CRP were more likely to die.
Keyphrases
- palliative care
- advanced cancer
- coronavirus disease
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- emergency department
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- squamous cell carcinoma
- rectal cancer
- robot assisted
- patient reported outcomes
- radical prostatectomy
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- weight loss
- minimally invasive