The blood circulation during end-of-life. Observation of the blood circulation of hospice patients before and after the diagnosis of dying: a pilot study.
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- Conditions
- Patiënten gedurende de laatste fase van het levenPatients during end-of-life
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 25
Inclusion Criteria
1. Estimated life expectancy of three months or less
2. Age >= 18 years
Exclusion Criteria
1. Insufficient understanding of the Dutch language
2. Functional disorders (for example severe dementia or delirium)
3. Great oral cavity defect as a result of a (treatment of) malignancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>1.The feasibility of the pilot (to determine if the study could be done on<br /><br>larger scale), determined on three criteria: a. possible practical problems of<br /><br>measuring, b. the willingness to participate the study, c. reactions to the<br /><br>measurements of patients and their relatives.<br /><br>2.An inventory of the course of the blood circulation, measured by four<br /><br>non-invasive measurement instruments, before and after the recognition of the<br /><br>dying phase. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The relationship of the course of the blood circulation (the pulsatory volume,<br /><br>the heart rate, blood pressure, cardiac output, systemic vascular resistance,<br /><br>peripheral perfusion, peripheral oxygenation and perfusion of the<br /><br>microcirculation) measured through four non-invasive measurement instruments<br /><br>with clinical signs of the approached death to patients with a life expectancy<br /><br>of only days. </p><br>