Assessment of death mechanisms in terminal phase cancer patients

Abstract

In order to assess death mechanisms in terminal phase cancer patients, in the first stage a retrospective study was conducted through specially designed questionnaire to examine medical histories of patients admitted to the Palliative Care Clinic of JSC “Universal Medical Center” in 2019. Information on 150 oncology (study group) and 150 neurological (control group) patients was retrospectively obtained. In the second stage, prospective study was performed at the Acad. Z. Kakhiani clinic REDI (2021) to study terminally ill oncological (main study group - 50 patients) and circulatory-neurological (control group, due to history of cerebrovascular stroke, mainly in comatose patients, without tumor intoxication - 44 patients) patients, a total of 94. When monitoring terminal patients, vital signs were recorded for each patient using a specially designed questionnaire. With retrospectively and prospectively obtained data electronic database was created. Databases were processed using SPSS software package.