Treatment is complex for patients with head and neck cancer, which requires a multidisciplinary team with expertise in the management of this condition.
When a surgery is complex, for example when the patient is younger than 6 months, the anesthetist must be present during the complete surgery which includes the surgical procedure.
Patient management issues are complex for HIV disease (Table 2).
Finally clinical decision making can be complex in patients for whom the focus of treatment is palliative, but who are not imminently dying [ 20] since best care will focus on control of symptoms and maintaining quality of life rather than treating a clinical condition at all costs.
External factors included access to alternative provision which tended to be complex making it difficult for patients to know where to seek help [ 33].
Nevertheless, because health norms about nutrition and physical activity may differ and may be more complex for patients with chronic diseases, a stand-alone advice is not appropriate for such cases.
The composite of 13 different recommendations may be too complex for patients to understand and follow [ 6, 9], limiting the benefits.
Decision-making is more complex for patients who are vulnerable and have concomitant mild functional or cognitive issues, well-controlled and non-life threatening comorbid conditions, and/or depression.
22 While reasons for this are complex, many patients with lung cancer are ineligible for radical treatment at presentation due to poor PS or comorbidity, while others fail to receive their intended treatment plan because of functional decline.
The BT-PABA test is the standard pancreatic exocrine function examination in Japan, but it is affected by various factors, such as liver and renal dysfunction, and is somewhat complex for patients to understand.
