S先生入院以後情況急劇惡化,他和妻子明確地說不要氣管插管或者CPR,唯一的要求是盡可能用藥物維持生命。很多時候,病人和家人會有一種心理,希望有一種折衷,既不要增加無謂的痛苦,又不想完全放棄,但是這是很難做到的。搶救是一套完整的方案,光用藥物維持心髒和血壓卻不通過插管來維持呼吸,是毫無意義的。深夜,我和他的妻子坐在他的身邊,把他的情況盡可能緩和而又誠實地告訴他。要麽就盡可能搶救,忍受痛苦來延長生命,要麽就維持comfort care,讓自然來決定命運。這之間沒有過渡,沒有折衷。S先生帶著氧氣麵罩,艱難地握著妻子的手說,sorry, honey, i am too tired.第二天黎明,他去世了。
落花, 這兩天在看Grey's Anatomy,每次都想起你。很久沒來了,所以今天特意來看看你。你說的醫學名詞我看不懂,但是還是體會了你的感受。看到"sorry, honey, i am too tired", 忍不住好好感動了一番。作為醫生,你們每天目睹而且參與到非常戲劇話的人生事件,對生命的體驗,一定很特殊。
The use of IVC filters in patients with brain tumors has been associated with substantial complication rates [12,16]. As an example, in a series of 42 such patients, 12 percent had recurrent pulmonary emboli and 57 percent developed IVC or filter thrombosis, recurrent deep vein thrombosis, or postphlebitic syndrome [12]. These complications severely reduced the quality of life of the affected patients.
Warfarin anticoagulation — Several retrospective studies have suggested that, outside of the perioperative period [17], the risk of tumor-associated intracranial hemorrhage may not be significantly increased in patients with primary or metastatic brain tumors if the degree of anticoagulation with warfarin is carefully controlled.
We recommend anticoagulation in all patients with brain tumors except those that have a high rate of intracranial hemorrhage (ie, metastases from melanoma, choriocarcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, and renal cell carcinoma). (Grade 1C). VTE in low-grade glioma and benign tumors should be treated for 3 to 6 months. Long-term anticoagulation is recommended for malignant gliomas.
I have been searching articles about this topic too, there are mulitple studies have been done to compare IVC filter and anticoagulation.
Altschuler, E, Moosa, H, Selker, RG, Vertosick, FT Jr. The risk and efficacy of anticoagulant therapy in the treatment of thromboembolic complications in patients with primary malignant brain tumors. Neurosurgery 1990; 27:74.
Choucair, AK, Silver, P, Levin, VA. Risk of intracranial hemorrhage in glioma patients receiving anticoagulant therapy for venous thromboembolism. J Neurosurg 1987; 66:357.
S先生入院以後情況急劇惡化,他和妻子明確地說不要氣管插管或者CPR,唯一的要求是盡可能用藥物維持生命。很多時候,病人和家人會有一種心理,希望有一種折衷,既不要增加無謂的痛苦,又不想完全放棄,但是這是很難做到的。搶救是一套完整的方案,光用藥物維持心髒和血壓卻不通過插管來維持呼吸,是毫無意義的。深夜,我和他的妻子坐在他的身邊,把他的情況盡可能緩和而又誠實地告訴他。要麽就盡可能搶救,忍受痛苦來延長生命,要麽就維持comfort care,讓自然來決定命運。這之間沒有過渡,沒有折衷。S先生帶著氧氣麵罩,艱難地握著妻子的手說,sorry, honey, i am too tired.第二天黎明,他去世了。