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ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Volume 17, Issue 3, Pages 293-296Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00678.x
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ultrasound guided procedures; paracentesis; ascites; palliative care; hospice; home care
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The evolving relationship between emergency and palliative medicine is expected to benefit patients of each. Two collaborative care encounters involving home hospice patients are discussed. Portable bedside ultrasound was performed in the home to diagnose ascites and to guide palliative paracentesis. Specific interventions and outcomes are reported. The interface of emergency and palliative care and the use of paracentesis in cancer palliation are briefly reviewed. It is concluded that home-performed ultrasound and ultrasound-guided procedures are promising palliative modalities for care at the end of life. ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2010; 17:293-296 (C) 2010 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
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