Fatal Tetanus in a Patient with Carcinoma of the Breast - A Case Report.

Tetanus in patients with malignant wounds can be fatal. We report a case of a patient with carcinoma of the breast, with a malignant wound. She had applied native medication and approached us for pain management.

A Typical Perplexing Life-sustaining Therapy Decision at the End of life: A Case Report from Sri Lanka with Attributes Potentially worth Adopting from the UK Legislature.

In many developing parts of the world, evidence on advance care planning (ACP) is either lacking or fragmented. Lack of streamlined means for ACP is known to lead to inconveniences for the clinicians as well as the patients and their families. This case report focuses on a young male diagnosed with metastatic osteosarcoma, who explicitly verbalised his wishes to be managed conservatively without involving invasive life-sustaining measures.

Prescription Pattern of Analgesic Drugs for Patients Receiving Palliative Care in a Teaching Hospital in India.

Background: Drugs used in the palliative care unit for managing symptoms are major contributors toward the expenditure occurring in palliative care. This study was conducted to understand the prescription pattern of analgesic drugs in the patients who are receiving palliative care in a teaching hospital in India by a retrospective study of case records.

Methods: Case record based, retrospective, descriptive study was conducted at the Pain and Palliative Care Department of St.

Prevalence of Pain in Patients with HIV/AIDS: A Cross-sectional Survey in a South Indian State.

Objectives: Primary - To measure the prevalence of pain in HIV/AIDS with patients. Secondary - To assess the type, site, severity, management of pain and impact of pain on quality of life in these patients.

Design: Multicentre cross-sectional survey (This paper is a pilot study).