Radiation therapy in malignant spinal cord compression: what is the current knowledge on fractionation schedules? A systematic literature review.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report the results of a combined case series analysis of subcutaneous levetiracetam (Keppra) for the management of seizures in palliative care patients. METHODS:A comprehensive literature review on the use of subcutaneous levetiracetam was performed, and these data were combined with a prospective observ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Sutherland AE,Curtin J,Bradley V,Bush O,Presswood M,Hedges V,Naessens K

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Of the 40 million people globally in need of palliative care (PC), just 14% receive it, predominantly in high-income countries. Within fragile health systems that lack PC, incurable illness is often marked by pain and suffering, as well as burdensome costs. In high-income settings, PC decreases healthcare ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Reid EA,Kovalerchik O,Jubanyik K,Brown S,Hersey D,Grant L

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluate the internal consistency and temporal stability of advance directives (ADs) generated by an interactive, online computer program. METHODS:33 participants completed the program at three visits, 2 weeks apart. Agreement rates were calculated for the General Wishes component of the AD. The test-retest ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Schubart JR,Camacho F,Green MJ,Rush KA,Levi BH

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nightmares can be a distressing symptom in patients living with serious illness. Prazosin, a selective alpha-1 adrenergic antagonist, has been suggested to treat nightmares, with most data supporting its use in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We present the case of a 60-year-old woman with metastatic breast can...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Santivasi W,Taylor E,Christensen A,Strand J

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This paper examined the potential of a new classification framework, The Spectrum of Children's Palliative Care Needs, to facilitate identification of children with palliative care needs for the purposes of minimum data set collection and population needs assessment. METHODS:Health and social care professio...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Shaw KL,Brook L,Mpundu-Kaambwa C,Harris N,Lapwood S,Randall D

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Ireland, weekend and night medical cover for community based patients is largely provided by general practice co-operatives. Doctors working in this service do not have direct access to patients' medical records which challenges continuity of care. OBJECTIVES:This study investigates the opinion of genera...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Kiely F,Murphy M,O'Brien T

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The decision to refer a patient to palliative care is complex and often highly variable between medical specialists. In this paper, we examine medical specialists' motivations and triggers underpinning decision-making around referral to palliative care in order to facilitate improvements in referral practice...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Kirby E,Broom A,Good P,Wootton J,Adams J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Family caregivers suffer physically, mentally, and spiritually. Community volunteers play an important role in supporting patients at the end of life or former caregivers in bereavement. However, there are no research reports of volunteer services focused on maintaining the wellbeing of end-of-life caregiver...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Cohen SR,Keats S,Cherba M,Allen D,MacKinnon CJ,Bitzas V,Kogan N,Penner JL,Calislar MP,Feindel A,Lapointe B,Baxter S,O'Brien S,Stajduhar K

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:P-cadherin can act both as a tumour suppressor and an oncogene. The clinical prognostic value of P-cadherin overexpression in breast cancer (BC) remains unclear. We conducted a study-level meta-analysis to determine whether P-cadherin expression can help predict prognosis in BC. METHODS:A systematic literatu...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Qi R,Lin J,Chen S,Jiang J,Zhang X,Yao B,Zheng H,Jin Z,Yuan Y,Hou W,Hua B,Guo Q

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A diagnosis of cancer and anticipated death of a loved one has a significant impact on the whole family. Research has mainly focused on carers, with little emphasis on the wider, long-term implications. AIM:To explore the cancer beliefs of patients with advanced cancer and their relatives. The focus was on ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Baker N,Armour K,Meystre C,Redwood S,Dawson A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Palliative care needs rounds are triage meetings that have been introduced in residential care for older adults to help identify and prioritise care for people most at risk for unplanned dying with inadequately controlled symptoms. This study sought to generate an evidence-based checklist in order to support...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Forbat L,Chapman M,Lovell C,Liu WM,Johnston N

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with advanced diseases and frail older adults often face decisions regarding life-prolonging treatment. Our aim was to provide an overview of the feasibility and effectiveness of tools that support communication between healthcare professionals and patients regarding decisions on life-prolonging trea...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Thodé M,Pasman HRW,van Vliet LM,Damman OC,Ket JCF,Francke AL,Jongerden IP

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop and implement a methodology for capturing complete haematological malignancy pathway data and use it to identify variations in specialist palliative care (SPC) referrals. METHODS:In our established UK population-based patient cohort, 323 patients were diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, diffus...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Howell DA,Wang HI,Roman E,Smith AG,Patmore R,Johnson MJ,Garry AC,Howard MR

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In Singapore, more elderly are living in nursing homes (NHs), with a resultant increase in deaths occurring in NHs. However, palliative care training is limited in Singapore's core nursing curriculum, and many NHs rely on foreign-trained staff who may not have previous palliative care training. Our study aime...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Phua GLG,Toh HJ,Tan L,Low JAYH

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:End-of-life care practices in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are the focus of growing attention in Europe, due to rapidly increasing number of older persons living in LTCFs. The knowledge about end-of-life discussions or existence of written advance directives in the European LTCFs is scarce. This study's...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Andreasen P,Finne-Soveri UH,Deliens L,Van den Block L,Payne S,Gambassi G,Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD,Smets T,Lilja E,Kijowska V,Szczerbińska K,PACE consortium.

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:An increasing number of patients with motor neuron disease (MND) in the UK and Ireland use assisted ventilation, and a small proportion of these use long-term tracheostomy ventilation (TV).1 2 NICE guidelines recommend that patients with MND should routinely receive specialist palliative care input.3 The aim...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Gleeson A,Johnson F

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many scholars claim that recent changes to Chinese society since economic reform have challenged longstanding forms of informal social care, such as filial piety. For instance there is a societal tension at work in contemporary Chinese society today. On the one hand decreasing co-residence in multi-generatio...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： He L

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mechanical ventilation (MV) has been shown to improve survival and quality of life in motor neuron disease (MND). However, during the progression of MND, there may come a point when MV is no longer felt appropriate. Association of Palliative Medicine Guidelines have been recently published to help clinicians...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Messer B,Armstrong A,Doris T,Williams T

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been rapid progress in palliative care in Africa since the World Health Assembly in 2005 which identified palliative care as an urgent humanitarian need. Palliative care is now recognised as a basic human right, and momentum has gathered to translate this into action. From being significantly present in only...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Grant L,Downing J,Namukwaya E,Leng M,Murray SA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Resistance training (RT) is an effective way to increase muscle mass but little is known about its role to prevent sarcopenia in advanced cancer. Furthermore, the preferred setting for this training is not known. Considering home is frequently the place of care and death preferred by cancer patients, it is i...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Ribeiro C,Santos R,Correia P,Maddocks M,Gomes B

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with advanced cancer do not report all symptoms, so assessment is best done systematically. However, for such patients, completion rates of some symptom instruments are <50%. Symptoms can be quantified by various scales including the Categorical Response Scale (CRS), Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) and...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Jeter K,Blackwell S,Burke L,Joyce D,Moran C,Conway EV,Cremen I,O'Connor B,Ui Dhuibhir P,Walsh D

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have recently been reported as useful diagnostic markers in cancer; however, relationships of miRNAs with adverse events during chemotherapy have yet to be fully described. In this study, we examined the relationship between serum miRNA and the risk of peripheral neuropathy (PN), a common ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Noda-Narita S,Shimomura A,Tanabe Y,Kawauchi J,Matsuzaki J,Takizawa S,Aoki Y,Shimizu C,Tamura K,Ochiya T

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is common in advanced cancer. Guidelines suggest that indefinite anticoagulation be considered for patients with ongoing active cancer. There are no data on the management of cancer-associated thrombosis (CAT) at the end of life or when to stop anticoagulation as death approaches...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Noble S,Banerjee S,Pease NJ

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Report the use of an objective tool, UK Gold Standards Framework (GSF) criteria, to describe the prevalence, recognition and outcomes of patients with palliative care needs in an Australian acute health setting. The rationale for this is to enable hospital doctors to identify patients who should have a patie...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Milnes S,Orford NR,Berkeley L,Lambert N,Simpson N,Elderkin T,Corke C,Bailey M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study explored how built space plays out in palliative care, focusing on spatial aspects that could support or hamper patients', relatives' and caregivers' well-being. METHODS:This study was conducted in a freestanding small-scale hospice combining a residential part for eight guests with a day-care par...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Annemans M,Coomans K,Heylighen A

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to surpass the healthcare system's capacity to provide intensive care to all patients who deteriorate as a result of the disease. This poses a unique challenge to healthcare teams of rationing care during pandemic when resources are scarce. Healthcare providers will need to acquire ne...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Fadul N,Elsayem AF,Bruera E

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this article is to use data from Belgium to analyse distinctions between palliative sedation and euthanasia. There is a need to reduce confusion and improve communication related to patient management at the end of life specifically regarding the rapidly expanding area of patient care that incorporates a sp...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Cohen-Almagor R,Ely EW

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Managing Cancer And Living Meaningfully (CALM) is a brief individual psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer. In an intervention-only phase 2a trial, CALM showed promising results, leading to the present 2b pilot, which introduces procedures for randomisation and improved rigour in preparation for a ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Lo C,Hales S,Chiu A,Panday T,Malfitano C,Jung J,Rydall A,Li M,Nissim R,Zimmermann C,Rodin G

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicine regards the prevention of death as an important priority. Yet patients may have a range of priorities of equal or greater importance. These other priorities are often not discussed or appreciated by treating doctors. OBJECTIVES:We sought to identify priorities of care for patients attending an advance care p...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Milnes S,Corke C,Orford NR,Bailey M,Savulescu J,Wilkinson D

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Patients living with cystic fibrosis (CF) report impaired quality of life. Little is known about unmet supportive care needs among adults living with CF and how they are associated with demographic characteristics. OBJECTIVES:The primary objective of this study was to identify associations between demographic ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Obregon LL,Jeong K,Hoydich ZP,Yabes J,Pilewski J,Richless C,Moreines LT,Dellon EP,Goss CH,Arnold RM,Kavalieratos D

更新日期：2019-08-31 00:00:00