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Identification Of Palliative Care Requirement In Hospital Inpatients In Internal Medicine Services In A Peruvian Reference Hospital, Annie Velasquez-Manrique, Claudia Benavides-Luyo, Susan Chaupi-Rojas, Sandra Andahua-Inuma, Manuel Andrade-Acuña, Rubén Sánchez-Ruiz, Alonso Soto
Identification Of Palliative Care Requirement In Hospital Inpatients In Internal Medicine Services In A Peruvian Reference Hospital, Annie Velasquez-Manrique, Claudia Benavides-Luyo, Susan Chaupi-Rojas, Sandra Andahua-Inuma, Manuel Andrade-Acuña, Rubén Sánchez-Ruiz, Alonso Soto
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Introduction: Hospitals of greater complexity tend to care for patients with advanced chronic diseases, which is why it is important to recognize the need for palliative care. Objective: To identify the proportion of patients who require palliative care in the medicine department of a Peruvian referral hospital. Methods: Observational, analytical, cross-sectional study. All hospitalized patients were studied in the Department of Internal Medicine of the Peruvian hospital during the period April-May 2018. To determine the need for palliative care, the NECPAL CCOMS-ICO © instrument was used. The quantitative variables are presented as median and interquartile range (IQR); and numerical variables, …