Table 4 Symptoms of palliative patients at the time of anesthesiological evaluation
Symptoms/symptom group | Percentage of palliative patients showing symptoms |
|---|---|
Pain | 42.8 % |
Gastrointestinal (e.g. nausea, constipation) | 42.0 % |
Nutritional (e.g. cachexia, swallowing disorder) | 39.9 % |
Pulmonary (e.g. pleural effusion) | 34.4 % |
Neuropsychiatric (e.g. depression, anxiety) | 30.4 % |
Airway (e.g. laryngeal obstruction) | 16.7 % |
Bleeding | 9.4 % |
Social (e.g. financial problems) | 4.0 % |
Other | 12.3 % |