Abstract
People with intellectual disabilities are among the most disadvantaged groups in society. Here we report a mentally incompetent end stage renal failure (ESRF) patient with frequent emergency visits who made a significant improvement in symptoms control and reduction in casualty visits after introduction of renal palliative care service. Multidisciplinary approach would be useful in this case.
Highlights
As the risk of life-limiting diseases such as end stage renal disease (ESRD), it could be speculated that more people with intellectual disabilities suffer such disease and may require palliative care if they are chosen for conservative therapy without dialysis [1]
We report a mentally incompetent ESRD patient with frequent emergency visits who made a significant improvement in symptoms control and reduction in casualty visits after introduction of renal palliative care service
Mr K suffered from heavy symptom burden which was commonly found in renal palliative care patients [6]
Summary
As the risk of life-limiting diseases such as end stage renal disease (ESRD), it could be speculated that more people with intellectual disabilities suffer such disease and may require palliative care if they are chosen for conservative therapy without dialysis [1]. We report a mentally incompetent ESRD patient with frequent emergency visits who made a significant improvement in symptoms control and reduction in casualty visits after introduction of renal palliative care service
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