Hospice Units as a requirement for terminal stage patients in need of intensive care in Turkey

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dc.authoridikizceli, ibrahim/0000-0002-9825-4716
dc.authoridAkbas, Sedat/0000-0003-3055-9334
dc.authorwosidikizceli, ibrahim/D-1981-2019
dc.authorwosidAkbas, Sedat/ABI-6053-2020
dc.contributor.authorKaraoren, Gulsah
dc.contributor.authorAkbas, Sedat
dc.contributor.authorSerin, Sibel Ocak
dc.contributor.authorBalta, Musa
dc.contributor.authorKoksal, Guniz
dc.contributor.authorIkizceli, Ibrahim
dc.contributor.authorOz, Huseyin
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-04T20:42:38Z
dc.date.available2024-08-04T20:42:38Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Intensive care units (ICUs) are special units providing intensive observation, monitoring and supportive treatments, which can be applied as standardised and continuous patient care. Patients at the terminal stage of illness require monitoring in special units that are staffed by a multi-disciplinary team, which are known as a hospice unit. In this study, we determined whether or not there is a need for a 'hospice unit'. Material and method: In this retrospective study, data for demographic characteristics, diagnoses, comorbidities, examination and laboratory findings were obtained from the emergency department patient records for each patient. Predicted mortality (PM) rates were calculated for each patient using the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score and the Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) II score. The Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) grading score was used for grading the patients diagnosed with cancer. Results: We reviewed the records of patients presenting at the emergency department over a 1-year period and found that the majority (63.8%) of patients for whom tertiary level IC monitoring was recommended were over the age of 60 years, 20% had a diagnosis of advanced stage cancer and the predicted mortality rate was almost 60%. Conclusion: The establishment of hospice units in regional reference center would reduce the load on ICU and could be considered to partially resolve the problem of bed unavailability in ICUs.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage14912en_US
dc.identifier.issn1940-5901
dc.identifier.issue7en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84985903357en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage14907en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/97492
dc.identifier.volume9en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000386428400320en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherE-Century Publishing Corpen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicineen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectHospice careen_US
dc.subjectpalliative careen_US
dc.subjectcanceren_US
dc.subjectAPACHE IIen_US
dc.subjectSAPS IIen_US
dc.titleHospice Units as a requirement for terminal stage patients in need of intensive care in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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