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Fukui S, Ikuta K, Maeda I, Hattori S, Hatano Y, Yamakawa M, Utsumi M, Higami Y, Tanaka H, Higuchi A. Association between respiratory and heart rate fluctuations and death occurrence in dying cancer patients: continuous measurement with a non-wearable monitor. Support Care Cancer 2021; 30:77-86. [PMID: 34232391 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-021-06346-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The present study aimed to explore the association between impending death and continual changes in respiratory and heart rates measured using a non-wearable monitor every minute for the final 2 weeks of life in dying cancer patients. METHODS In this longitudinal study, we enrolled patients in a palliative care unit and continuously measured their respiratory and heart rates via a monitor and additionally captured their other vital signs and clinical status from medical records. RESULT A dataset was created comprising every 24-h data collected from every-minute raw data, including information from 240 days prior to death from 24 patients (345,600 data); each patient's data were measured for 3-14 days until death. After confirming the associations between the respiratory and heat rate values on the day of death (n = 24) or other days (2-14 days before death, n = 216) and the mean, maximum, minimum, and variance of respiratory and heart rates every 24 h by univariate analyses, we conducted a repeated-measures logistic regression analysis using a generalized estimating equation. Finally, the maximum respiratory rate and mean heart rate were significantly associated with death occurring within the following 3 days (0-24 h, 0-48 h, and 0-72 h), except for the maximum respiratory rate that occurs within 0-24 h. CONCLUSION The maximum respiratory rate and mean heart rate measured every minute using a monitor can warn family caregivers and care staff, with the support of palliative care professionals, of imminent death among dying patients at home or other facilities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sakiko Fukui
- Department of Home Care Nursing, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-15 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan.
- Department of Evidence-Based Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
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- Department of Evidence-Based Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Palliative Care, Senri-Chuo Hospital, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Statistics, Graduate School of Medicine, and Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Palliative Care, Daini Kyoritsu Hospital, 5-28 Sakaemachi, Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Evidence-Based Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Evidence-Based Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Nursing, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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