Example of a clinical case discussed in one onco-palliative ethics meeting
| Onco-palliative | 31 March 2020 | 2 April 2020 | |
| Information collected | Age | 53 years | |
| Performance status | 2 | ||
| Nutritional status | Severe malnutrition | ||
| Albuminaemia | 26 | ||
| Type of primitive cancer | Anal cancer | ||
| Metastasis | Lung and liver | ||
| Comorbidities | Asthma with long-term therapy | ||
| Number of prior lines of anticancer | 1 | ||
| Prognosis before COVID-19 | Rapid recurrence after surgery | ||
| Estimated life expectancy <1 year | |||
| Family environment | Good family support | ||
| Cognitive status and ability to communicate | Correct | Correct | |
| COVID-19 clinical course | Mild respiratory distress | Severe respiratory distress | |
| Issues discussed | Resuscitation status | No transfer in ICU | No transfer in ICU |
| COVID-19 management | Symptomatic treatment | Addition of an antiviral drug | |
| Cancer treatment | Cancer therapeutic suspension | Cancer therapeutic stop | |
| Sedation | No need | Anticipated prescription | |
| Information to deliver | Bad cancer prognosis | Vital risk in short-term | |
| Evolution | Hospice, death in 17 May |
ICU, intensive care unit.