Promoting Excellence : Signs and Symptoms of Approaching Death in ALS Patients

Name:
Signs and Symptoms of Approaching Death in ALS Patients

Description:
A comparison of signs and symptoms of approaching death in the ALS and Non-ALS patient.

Category:
Clinical Care Tools - Clinical Assessment Tools

Source:
The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Workgroup of
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care
Hiroshi Mitsumoto, MD, Chair

Contact:
Hiroshi Mitsumoto, MD
Chair, ALS Workgroup
Eleanor & Lou Gehrig MDA/ALS Center
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University Neurologic Institute
New York, NY
hm264@columbia.edu

Recommendation of the workgroup for use of this instrument:
Used by clinicians to further understand how common signs and symptoms of approaching death present themselves in the ALS patient.

Keywords:
ALS, symptom assessment, symptoms of approaching death

To use this tool:
You may print and copy this tool for your own use from the website. Please credit source.

References:
Hospice of Central Florida. Signs and Symptoms of Approaching Death - Non ALS. www.hospicecares.org

To view this tool:
ALS Appendix B, p 18 ( PDF 835 KB / 62 pages)

Posted March 10, 2005

Completing the Continuum of ALS Care: A Consensus Document

# ALS02, type:clinical_assessment

Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care was a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying people and their families. Visit PromotingExcellence.org for more resources.