The First Neuropalliative Care Unit in Germany—Characteristics of Patients
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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143 Patients * | n (%) | Advance Care Planning | Mode of Admission | n (%) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age in years | 67.9 [65.6; 70.2] | Patient decree | 56 (39%) | General ward | 68 (48%) | ||
Female | 75 (52%) | Health care proxy | 79 (55%) | Electively from home/ elderly home | 32 (22%) | ||
Male | 68 (48%) | Legal guardian | 30 (21%) | Intensive care unit | 23 (16%) | ||
Disease Stage | Emergency department | 20 (14%) | |||||
Stable | 16 (11%) | ||||||
Instable | 68 (48%) | 12-SQ 3 | |||||
Deteriorating | 48 (34%) | “Surprised” | 33 (23%) | ||||
Dying | 2 (1%) | “Not surprised” | 95 (66%) | Mode of Discharge | |||
Functional Status (ECOG) 2 | Home/elderly home | 64 (45%) | |||||
1 | 12 (8%) | Death | 30 (21%) | ||||
2 | 33 (23%) | Hospice | 24 (17%) | ||||
3 | 43 (30%) | Home/elderly home with SOPC 1 | 18 (13%) | ||||
4 | 43 (30%) | Rehabilitation | 7 (5%) |
n = 143 | Group of Diagnoses | n (%) | Diagnoses | n (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neurologic | 64 (45%) | Neurodegenerative | 43 (30%) | Atypical Parkinsonian disorders | 16 (11%) |
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | 12 (8%) | ||||
Parkinson’s disease | 7 (5%) | ||||
Dementia | 4 (3%) | ||||
Other | 4 (3%) | ||||
Cerebrovascular | 17 (12%) | Ischemic | 9 (6%) | ||
Hemorrhagic | 4 (3%) | ||||
Other | 4 (3%) | ||||
Chronic inflammatory | 4 (3%) | Multiple sclerosis | 4 (3%) | ||
Neuro-oncologic | 75 (52%) | Secondary tumors of the nervous system | 35 (24%) | Cerebral metastasis | 30 (21%) |
Leptomeningeal cancer | 5 (3%) | ||||
Primary tumors of the nervous system | 21 (15%) | Glioblastoma | 12 (8%) | ||
Astrocytoma | 3 (2%) | ||||
Other | 6 (4%) | ||||
Neurological complications due to tumor or tumor-specific therapies | 19 (13%) | ||||
Other | 4 (3%) |
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Willert, A.-C.; Meyerling, J.; Ploner, C.J.; Kowski, A.B. The First Neuropalliative Care Unit in Germany—Characteristics of Patients. Brain Sci. 2022, 12, 1498. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12111498
Willert A-C, Meyerling J, Ploner CJ, Kowski AB. The First Neuropalliative Care Unit in Germany—Characteristics of Patients. Brain Sciences. 2022; 12(11):1498. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12111498
Chicago/Turabian StyleWillert, Anna-Christin, Johanna Meyerling, Christoph J. Ploner, and Alexander B. Kowski. 2022. "The First Neuropalliative Care Unit in Germany—Characteristics of Patients" Brain Sciences 12, no. 11: 1498. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12111498
APA StyleWillert, A.-C., Meyerling, J., Ploner, C. J., & Kowski, A. B. (2022). The First Neuropalliative Care Unit in Germany—Characteristics of Patients. Brain Sciences, 12(11), 1498. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12111498