ANI*, also for monitoring the comfort of palliative care patients
Feedback from the palliative care unit at Lille University Hospital.
In the online journal “Repères en gériatrie” https://geriatries.fr/, Dr Chloé Prod’Homme, a hospital practitioner in palliative medicine at Lille University Hospital, reviews several years’ use of ANI technology to assess the comfort of non-communicative patients at the end of life.
Following an overview of the principle of ANI technology, which is non-invasive and painless, Dr Prod’Homme explains why the palliative care department has implemented this technology, which was initially used by anaesthesia / intensive care departments. The ANI has made it possible to adjust potentially painful treatments.
Assessing the patient’s state of comfort or discomfort has modified the actions of medical and paramedical teams, such as adjusting the doses of medication administered or the frequency of symptomatic treatments.
Over and above the beneficial clinical aspect of the technology, the human aspect of this care reassures most families, who are “very positive about the ANI because they see that we are doing everything we can to ensure that their loved one does not suffer”. If you would like to read the full article by Dr Prod’Homme, visit the Repères en Gériatrie website or follow this link directly:
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*ANI: Analgesia Nociception Index
