Proposal of Speech-Language Pathology activities in Palliative Care in hospitalized oncology patients

Authors

  • Cristina Zerbinati Carro Hospital de Ensino Padre Anchieta - Complexo Hospitalar de São Bernardo do Campo/SP Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (FMABC)
  • Felipe Moreti Hospital de Ensino Padre Anchieta - Complexo Hospitalar de São Bernardo do Campo/SP Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (FMABC)
  • Juliana Milena Marques Pereira Hospital de Ensino Padre Anchieta - Complexo Hospitalar de São Bernardo do Campo/SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-2724.2017v29i1p178-184

Keywords:

Palliative Care, Deglutition Disorders, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Patient Care Team

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present a Speech-Language Pathology – SLP proposal to guarantee the security aspects of swallowing and facilitate the communication of palliative care patients with cancer admitted at a hospital. Everyday, patients characterized as palliative care in the hospital receive a SLP visit and undergo professional assessment specially if it is observed predictors of aspiration risk or complaints of discomfort while feeding. After the clinical assessment, if oropharyngeal dysphagia is inferred, patients are accompanied by the SLP. The treatment aim’s rehabilitation and/or minimization of the aspiration risk, according to the clinical status and desires of the patient and the family. The patient evaluation is always considered and the SLP seeks to avoid any discomforts related to feeding and/or communication disorders. Thus, it was concluded that the SLP can contribute actively within the multidisciplinary team of palliative care patients with cancer admitted at a hospital, assessing, preventing, rehabilitating and maintaining, when possible, the swallowing safe and pleasurable by managing the risk of aspiration and improving the patient quality of life related to the oral feeding and communication.

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Author Biographies

Cristina Zerbinati Carro, Hospital de Ensino Padre Anchieta - Complexo Hospitalar de São Bernardo do Campo/SP Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (FMABC)

Fonoaudióloga especialista em Motricidade Orofacial - Ambiente Hospitalar e mestranda em Ciências da Saúde pela Faculdade de Medicina do ABC-FMABC

Fonoaudióloga na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva do Hospital de Ensino Padre Anchieta - Complexo Hospitalar Municipal de São Bernardo do Campo/SP

Felipe Moreti, Hospital de Ensino Padre Anchieta - Complexo Hospitalar de São Bernardo do Campo/SP Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (FMABC)

Fonoaudiólogo especialista em Voz e Disfagia pelo CFFa, mestre e doutor em Ciências – Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana (Fonoaudiologia) pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP.

Juliana Milena Marques Pereira, Hospital de Ensino Padre Anchieta - Complexo Hospitalar de São Bernardo do Campo/SP

Fonoaudióloga com especialização em Linguagem pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC-SP, especializanda em Disfagia pela Faculdade de Medicina do ABC – FMABC

Published

2017-03-27

How to Cite

Carro, C. Z., Moreti, F., & Marques Pereira, J. M. (2017). Proposal of Speech-Language Pathology activities in Palliative Care in hospitalized oncology patients. Distúrbios Da Comunicação, 29(1), 178–184. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-2724.2017v29i1p178-184

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Communication