Dharamshila Cancer Foundation And Research Centre

Symptoms requiring palliative care?

  • Pain   
  • Breathlessness   
  • Secretions in the Mouth/Nose   
  • Anxiety/Depression        
  • Delirium    
  • Fatigue    
  • Loss of Appetite   
  • Inability to Swallow Food   
  • Acute Constipation     
  • Diarrhea     
  • Dehydration    
  • Acute Infections    
  • Surgical Emergencies eg Obstructions (Airway, GI Billiary, Urinary Tract) Bleeding, Perforations, Effusions, Pathological Fractures, Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Emergencies requiring palliative care

  • Choking * Hypoglycaemia * Medicinal opioid overdose
  • Superior vena cave obstruction * Spinal Cord Compression
  • Hypercalcemia  * Haemorrhage * Acute Severe Pain
  • Over Whelming Distress * Surgical and Neurological Emergencies  * Pathological Fractures * Chemo Extravasation * Cord Compression.

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