Palliative Care on Patients With Paraquat Poisoning: Analysis of 90 Cases From 2005–2016

ConclusionPatients with paraquat poisoning are suitable candidates to have palliative care, owing to the extremely high mortality rate and rapid disease progression. The expanded palliative care policy had a positive impact on terminal paraquat poisoning patients; it decreased non-beneficial life-sustaining treatments in the end-stage of disease. Nevertheless, there is still much room for improvement in our management of paraquat poisoning by reducing non-beneficial life-sustaining treatments and reinforcing palliative treatments.
Source: International Journal of Gerontology - Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research