Peripheral neuropathy from paclitaxel: risk prediction by serum microRNAs.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Caregivers to patients with primary malignant brain tumours neglect their own physical and emotional needs during the disease trajectory. The aim of the systematic review was to explore how informal caregivers of patients with primary malignant brain tumour (high-grade glioma (HGG)) experience and manage thei...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Piil K,Nordentoft S,Larsen A,Jarden M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a rare condition characterised by urine discolouration. The management of PUBS remains controversial. Four females (mean age 84.5±9.7 years) with palliative conditions (two cancer and two non-cancer cases) presenting PUBS were identified. Urine bags were changed in all cases. Urinar...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Wattanapisit S,Wattanapisit A,Meepuakmak A,Rakkapan P

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prognostication is an essential ability to clinicians. Nevertheless, it has been shown to be quite variable in acutely ill patients, potentially leading to inappropriate care. We aimed to assess the accuracy of physician's prediction of hospital mortality in acutely deteriorating patients referred for urgent...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Ramos JGR,Dias RD,Passos RDH,Batista PBP,Forte DN

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evidence is mixed regarding the impact of advance care planning (ACP) on place of death. This cohort study investigated the effect of ACP programmes on place of death and utilisation of life-sustaining treatments for patients during end-of-life (EOL) care. METHODS:This prospective cohort study identified dec...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Yen YF,Lee YL,Hu HY,Sun WJ,Ko MC,Chang SS,Chen CC,Huang SJ,Chu D

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:: Milford Care Centre is the only hospice in Ireland to make a strategic decision to embrace a public health approach to palliative care, through the development, implementation and evaluation of the Compassionate Communities Project. This presentation seeks to examine why Milford made the decision to move toward a co...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： McLoughlin K,Rhatigan J,Richardson M,Lloyd R

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platypnea orthodeoxia is an uncommon condition but given its associations with severe lung disease and advancing age, it might be seen in the palliative care population. Presentation is classical in the association of symptoms with postural change. It should be considered when patients present with breathlessness or d...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Bradley V,Sabharwal N,MacGregor E,Bond C

更新日期：2019-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Evidence-based communication skills training for health and social care professionals is essential to improve the care of seriously ill patients and their families. We aimed to evaluate the self-reported impact of 'Difficult Conversations', a multidisciplinary half-day interactive workshop, and gain feedback...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Brighton LJ,Selman LE,Gough N,Nadicksbernd JJ,Bristowe K,Millington-Sanders C,Koffman J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fentanyl has a low molecular weight and is lipophilic making it suitable for transdermal administration. However, multiple factors appear to lead to interindividual variation in absorption via this route. Here we describe an unusual case where a patient was found to have twelve 100 μg/hour fentanyl patches in situ whi...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Lam D,Kay S,Pickard J,Harrison S

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:The role of the Community Matron was introduced in 2005 (DoH 2005a) to case-manage those patients deemed as very high intensity service users to prevent and reduce unscheduled admission to secondary care. Related studies on the effectiveness of managed care indicated the need to manage the demand of high ser...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Barkham A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The legalisation of medical assistance in dying in numerous countries over the last 20 years represents a significant shift in practice and scope for many clinicians who have had little-to-no training to prepare them to sensitively respond to patient requests for hastened death. AIMS:Our objective was to re...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Patel T,Christy K,Grierson L,Shadd J,Farag A,O'Toole D,Lawson J,Vanstone M

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined whether the choice of pain-related outcome to represent opioid efficacy influenced findings in a genetic association study. Data from the European Pharmacogenetic Opioid Study, which used opioid dose as the outcome, were analysed in respect of six alternative outcomes: average pain intensi...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Fladvad T,Fayers P,Skorpen F,Kaasa S,Klepstad P

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In healthcare, many service evaluation questionnaires use free-text boxes without formal mechanisms for analysis. Patients and carers spend time documenting concerns that are often ignored or managed locally in an ad hoc manner. Currently, palliative care experiences of patients and carers in Wales are measu...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Bowyer AV,Finlay I,Baillie J,Byrne A,McCarthy J,Sampson C,Snow V,Nelson A

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recruitment and training of Companion Volunteers has developed out of a Companion Sitter Training Programme begun in 2010. (Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy Vol 15. No 1, 2012). This programme was established to support patients emotionally and spiritually. While other services were available to off...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Murphy K

更新日期：2015-04-01 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: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：BACKGROUND:Patients with heart failure often receive little supportive or palliative care. 'Better Together' was a 2-year pilot study of a palliative care service for patients with advanced congestive heart failure (CHF). OBJECTIVE:To determine if the intervention made it more likely that patients would be cared for a...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Pattenden JF,Mason AR,Lewin RJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Communication about the end of life is especially important in the family context, as patients and their families are considered as the care unit in palliative care. Open end-of-life communication can positively affect medical, psychological and relational outcomes during the dying process for patient and fa...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Nagelschmidt K,Leppin N,Seifart C,Rief W,von Blanckenburg P

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant spinal cord compression (MSCC) in patients with short life expectancy is most frequently treated with radiotherapy and/or corticosteroids. Hypofractionation has been proven to be efficient in metastatic bone pain, but the level of evidence for hypofractionation in MSCC is limited. Searches were performed in ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Løhre ET,Lund JÅ,Kaasa S

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study examined the impact of a patient-tailored complementary/integrative medicine (CIM) programme on sleep quality in patients undergoing chemotherapy for breast and gynaecological cancer. METHODS:Study participants received standard supportive care, with or without weekly CIM treatments. Distu...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Kerner H,Samuels N,Ben Moshe S,Sharabi IS,Ben-Arye E

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective communication is a prerequisite to the delivery of good palliative care. The increasing use of web-based technologies and social media challenges us to reassess traditional communication styles and to define appropriate applications of evolving technologies. The use of Skype, blogging and webcams by patients...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Battley JE,Balding L,Gilligan O,O'Connell C,O'Brien T

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：PURPOSE:Advanced pancreatic cancer has a universally poor survival rate. Patients frequently develop malabsorption that requires pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT). This study explores the experience of patient engagement with PERT and how the medication is taken and tolerated. METHODS:Participants with adva...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Landers A,McKenzie C,Pitama SG,Brown H

更新日期：2020-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Palliative sedation is the intentional use of sedatives to manage refractory symptom(s), such as pain and/or terminal restlessness. This case report describes the successful use of propofol, an ultra-fast-acting anaesthetic agent commonly used for anaesthesia induction and maintenance to manage refractory agitated del...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Sulistio M,Wojnar R,Michael NG

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify those factors which adversely affected recruitment to a large multicentre palliative care study. METHODS:Patient accrual to a multicentre, observational, palliative care study was monitored at three critical junctures in the research process. (1) Eligibility-did the patient fulfil the study entr...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Stone PC,Gwilliam B,Keeley V,Todd C,Kelly LC,Barclay S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The financial impact of family caregiving in a palliative care context has been identified as an issue which requires further research. However, little is known about how research should be conducted in this area. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to explore the opinions of family caregivers in New Zealan...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Gardiner C,Allen R,Moeke-Maxwell T,Robinson J,Gott M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The collaboration between palliative care and neurology has developed over the last 25 years and this study aimed to ascertain the collaboration between the specialties across Europe. METHODS:This online survey aimed to look at collaboration across Europe, using the links of the European Association for P...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Oliver D,Borasio GD,Veronese S,Voltz R,Lorenzl S,Hepgul N

更新日期：2020-07-10 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：BACKGROUND:According to a small pilot study on palliative cancer patients at our ward, vitamin D supplementation had beneficial effects on pain (measured as opioid consumption), infections and quality of life (QoL) without having any significant side effects. OBJECTIVE:The primary objective of the 'Palliative-D' study...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Helde-Frankling M,Bergqvist J,Klasson C,Nordström M,Höijer J,Bergman P,Björkhem-Bergman L

更新日期：2017-12-01 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