Chronic pancreatitis: an update for home care and hospice clinicians.
Summary of "Chronic pancreatitis: an update for home care and hospice clinicians."
Chronic pancreatitis is a relentlessly painful condition associated most commonly with alcoholism. Patients suffer wasting and depression as a result of chronic pain. It is important for home care clinicians to recognize the signs of pancreatitis and understand the current evidence-based treatment strategies to control the symptoms. Although alcoholism and depression are frequent comorbidities of pancreatitis, a full discussion of alcoholism and depression is outside the scope of this article.
Affiliation
Mellisa A. Hall, DNP, ANP/FNP/GNP-BC, is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Home healthcare nurse
ISSN: 1539-0713
Pages: 562-70
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21956011
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NHH.0b013e31822eb6e2
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Pancreatitis
INFLAMMATION of the PANCREAS. Pancreatitis is classified as acute unless there are computed tomographic or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographic findings of CHRONIC PANCREATITIS (International Symposium on Acute Pancreatitis, Atlanta, 1992). The two most common forms of acute pancreatitis are ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS and gallstone pancreatitis.
Home Nursing
Nursing care given to an individual in the home. The care may be provided by a family member or a friend. Home nursing as care by a non-professional is differentiated from HOME CARE SERVICES provided by professionals: visiting nurse, home health agencies, hospital, or other organized community group.
Hospice Care
Specialized health care, supportive in nature, provided to a dying person. A holistic approach is often taken, providing patients and their families with legal, financial, emotional, or spiritual counseling in addition to meeting patients' immediate physical needs. Care may be provided in the home, in the hospital, in specialized facilities (HOSPICES), or in specially designated areas of long-term care facilities. The concept also includes bereavement care for the family. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
After-hours Care
Medical care provided after the regular practice schedule of the physicians. Usually it is designed to deliver 24-hour-a-day and 365-day-a-year patient care coverage for emergencies, triage, pediatric care, or hospice care.
Respite Care
Patient care provided in the home or institution intermittently in order to provide temporary relief to the family home care giver.
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