Palliative Care for a Mentally Incompetent End Stage Renal Failure Patient: Why Is It Important?
People with intellectual disabilities are among the most disadvantaged groups in society. Here we report a mentally incompetent end stage renal failure (ESRF) patient with frequent emergency visits who made a significant improvement in symptoms control and reduction in casualty visits after introduc...
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| description | People with intellectual disabilities are among the most disadvantaged groups in society. Here we report a mentally incompetent end stage renal failure (ESRF) patient with frequent emergency visits who made a significant improvement in symptoms control and reduction in casualty visits after introduction of renal palliative care service. Multidisciplinary approach would be useful in this case. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-21a57e907a60467fb96658a899038d952025-02-03T05:46:50ZengWileyCase Reports in Nephrology2090-66412090-665X2015-01-01201510.1155/2015/478783478783Palliative Care for a Mentally Incompetent End Stage Renal Failure Patient: Why Is It Important?Kwok-Ying Chan0Terence Yip1Mau-Kwong Sham2Benjamin Hon-Wai Cheng3Cho-Wing Li4Yim-Chi Wong5Vikki Wai-Kee Lau6Palliative Medical Unit, Grantham Hospital, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong KongRenal Unit, Department of Medicine, Tung Wah Hospital, Sheung Wan, Hong KongPalliative Medical Unit, Grantham Hospital, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong KongPalliative Medical Unit, Grantham Hospital, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong KongPalliative Medical Unit, Grantham Hospital, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong KongPalliative Medical Unit, Grantham Hospital, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong KongPalliative Medical Unit, Grantham Hospital, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong KongPeople with intellectual disabilities are among the most disadvantaged groups in society. Here we report a mentally incompetent end stage renal failure (ESRF) patient with frequent emergency visits who made a significant improvement in symptoms control and reduction in casualty visits after introduction of renal palliative care service. Multidisciplinary approach would be useful in this case.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/478783 |
| spellingShingle | Kwok-Ying Chan Terence Yip Mau-Kwong Sham Benjamin Hon-Wai Cheng Cho-Wing Li Yim-Chi Wong Vikki Wai-Kee Lau Palliative Care for a Mentally Incompetent End Stage Renal Failure Patient: Why Is It Important? Case Reports in Nephrology |
| title | Palliative Care for a Mentally Incompetent End Stage Renal Failure Patient: Why Is It Important? |
| title_full | Palliative Care for a Mentally Incompetent End Stage Renal Failure Patient: Why Is It Important? |
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