Systemic strengths and needs in palliative home care: exploring complexity.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the relationship between systemic strengths and complexity in home care of end-of-life patients.

Methods: Quantitative descriptive longitudinal study of patients cared for at home by a palliative care team. Place of death was analyzed in relation to complexity, as determined by the HexCom complexity model after the initial home assessment.

[Implementation of simplified diagnostic method Apnealink™Air® to diagnose sleep apnea by general practioners of primary care].

Objectives: To assess diagnosis and therapeutic decisions-making by General Practitioners (GP) using ApnealinkTM® (AL) in patients with high suspicion of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), in comparison with conclusions of Hospital Sleep Unit (HSU) specialists based on home respiratory polygraphy (PGR) results.

Methods: This study involved patients previously selected by HSU for sleep testing by PGR. After it, patients were offered to complete AL test.