Publications by authors named "Veruska Costanzo"
Context: Patients with advanced cancer stay at home for most of their time, and acute problems may occur during home care. Caregivers may call medical services for an emergency, which can result in patients being admitted to the hospital. No data exist on emergencies in patients followed by a home care team.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Patients with advanced cancer who are near the end of life may experience intolerable suffering refractory to targeted palliative therapies. Palliative sedation (PS) is considered to be an effective treatment modality for these refractory symptoms when aggressive efforts fail to provide relief.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to systematically review articles regarding PS performed at home in patients with intractable symptoms.