PPT-Palliative Management of Gastrointestinal Symptoms

IGCE Session By Cora Pontee MD Baylor Geriatrics February 6th 2013 Common Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Palliative Patients Oral discomfort Dysphagia Nausea and vomiting Hiccups Objectives. Lisa Newton. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Palliative care and haematology. Background information. Blood product support. Bleeding in cancer patients. Case studies. Myelodysplasia. Overview And Concepts. Mike Harlos MD, . CCFP(PC), . FCFP. Professor and Section Head, Palliative Medicine, University of Manitoba. Medical Director, WRHA Adult and Pediatric Palliative Care. http://palliative.info. Objectives . Understand the definition of Palliative Care.. Recognize the difference between hospice and palliative care. Recognize patients that are appropriate for palliative care consultation. Hospice . Pippa Hawley,. . UBC and BCCA, Vancouver. July 2016. Objectives. Discuss words used . when talking about . palliative care. Present a visual model to help you describe it’s various aspects to patients, families, colleagues and the . . Dr. Sandhya Bhalla-Regev, MD. . . Palliative care is the right of every individual suffering from incurable illness.. Position. Palliative care (pronounced pal-lee-uh-. tiv. ) is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious illness—whatever the diagnosis. . for . Health . C. are . I. nterpreters. Cynthia . Roat. , MPH. Anne . Kinderman. , MD. Alicia Fernandez, MD. Interpreting in Palliative Care. Produced with . support from . the . California . HealthCare . Dr.Sundar Balasubramanian. L.Consultant in Palliative Care.. Cumbria Partnership Trust.. Carlisle.. Myth No.1. Palliative care equates to End of Life Care. Myth No:2. Hospice is a one way ticket.. Integration of Services & Provision of Palliative care for MND patients in North Cumbria( Eden Valley Hospice & Community).. The GI smooth muscle acts as a functional syncytium.. Characteristic features of the basic electrical activity of GIT & its relation to smooth muscle contractile activity under physiologic conditions. 1. Interpreting in Palliative Care. Produced with the support of the . California HealthCare . Foundation. www.chcf.org. . August 2011. Interpreting in Palliative Care. 2. Palliate =. to make less severe. Phytotherapy. GIT. The treatment of different diseases of the digestive tract and alleviation of the related symptoms is a very wide area and has the longest tradition in . phytotherapy. . The majority of the applied plants originate from folk medicine, though some of them have been investigated studied in modern clinical studies too. Dyspnea Hospice Palliative Care ProgramSymptom GuidelinesDyspnea This guideline is adapted for inter-professional primary care providers working in various settings in Fraser Health, British Columbia Prevalence of GI and liver manifestations during COVID-19 Nausea/VomitingAvoid Polypharmacy MANAGEMENT OF POST-COVID GASTROINTESTINAL SEQUELAE AST, ALT�ASTALTAL�TASTTemporal association . The term gastrointestinal muscular tube that begins at the mouth and ends at the anus.. :Structure. Oral cavity. Esophagus. Stomach. Small intestine. Large intestine. Drug affecting on gastrointestinal function. CNS Fiona Smith and Dr Yvonne Cartwright. DH. NASH cirrhosis with portal hypertension diagnosed 2011. 2014-2018 - 6 monthly cirrhosis surveillance. Stable. Evidence of decompensation 2018 – found to have moderate ascites on scan and bilateral leg oedema- started Spironolactone, Ciprofloxacin and had monthly review from this point.