Patiënten gedurende de laatste fase van het leven Patients during end-of-life
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Estimated life expectancy of three months or less 2. Age >= 18 years
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Insufficient understanding of the Dutch language 2. Functional disorders (for example severe dementia or delirium) 3. Great oral cavity defect as a result of a (treatment of) malignancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.The feasibility of the pilot (to determine if the study could be done on larger scale), determined on three criteria: a. possible practical problems of measuring, b. the willingness to participate the study, c. reactions to the measurements of patients and their relatives. 2.An inventory of the course of the blood circulation, measured by four non-invasive measurement instruments, before and after the recognition of the dying phase. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The relationship of the course of the blood circulation (the pulsatory volume, the heart rate, blood pressure, cardiac output, systemic vascular resistance, peripheral perfusion, peripheral oxygenation and perfusion of the microcirculation) measured through four non-invasive measurement instruments with clinical signs of the approached death to patients with a life expectancy of only days. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed