The Francolí Sociosanitary Hospital of Tarragona has a capacity of 156 beds. Of these beds, 14 belong to the Palliative Cures Unit (PCU).
The unit includes oncological and non-oncological patients from the city of Tarragona and its surroundings.
The Francolí Sociosanitary Hospital of Tarragona has 156 beds in different units: convalescence, subacute, palliative care, orthogeriatry and long stay. The PCU has 14 beds. Provides coverage to Tarragona and environment and haematological patients of HJ23 with specific treatment ...
The Intermediate Care Units (IMCUs) are defined as those that offer specialized, interdisciplinary care, with the aim of achieving the maximum level of autonomy of the person or the clinical stability that allows them to return to their habitual residence ...
The prevailing ideal in twentieth-century medicine of overcoming death and disease has been replaced in recent decades by preventing premature death and old age overwhelmed by disease and disability1, the human being is more than a set of structures and organs, is also formed by emotions, personal relationships, ideas ...
Although Irruptive Dyspnea (ID) is a very frequent symptom in cancer patients, there are no precise recommendations for its treatment.
The objective of the study was to analyze the treatment guidelines of ID in routine clinical practice.