The use of benzodiazepines in palliative care.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease palliative care guidelines would benefit from more diverse and objectively defined health status measures. AIM:The aim is to identify high-risk patients from administrative data and facilitate timely and uniform palliative care involvement. DESIGN:It is a retrospective cohort study. ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Nenova Z,Hotchkiss J Jr

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The WHO definitions of palliative care have been adopted in Denmark and implemented in The National Guidelines from 1999, but service developments have been very slow and not according to the recommendations. Attitudes to palliative care of Danish doctors and nurses may in part account for this. OBJECTIVE:T...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Vejlgaard T,Addington-Hall JM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Even though depression has serious and wide-ranging effects on outcomes in palliative care, errors in the identification of depressed patients are common. OBJECTIVES:To examine the clinical validity of widely publicised one- and two-question screening tools for depression in two palliative care settings. ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Robinson JA,Crawford GB

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quality of research, and the resulting quality of evidence available to guide palliative care, is dependent on the ethical decisions underpinning its design, conduct and report. Whilst much has been published debating the ethics of palliative care research, an assessment of the quality and synthesis of the central...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Duke S,Bennett H

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current end-of-life care policy and guidance recognises the important contribution of family carers, recommending that their needs should be assessed to support them in their caring role. How regular carer assessment is to be achieved is unclear, particularly because there is no evidence-based tool for direc...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Ewing G,Grande G,National Association for Hospice at Home.

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer-associated thrombosis is common. Recommended treatment is daily injected low-molecular-weight heparin for 6 months. Most studies focus on prophylaxis and treatment; few have explored the patients' experience. AIMS:To identify and synthesise the available literature concerning patients' experience of ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Benelhaj NB,Hutchinson A,Maraveyas AM,Seymour JD,Ilyas MW,Johnson MJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outpatient palliative care can provide significant benefits to seriously ill patients, but several barriers to appropriate referrals remain. No study has examined the physician factors associated with referral to outpatient palliative care. To determine physician factors, with a focus on physician beliefs, associated ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Ahluwalia SC,Fried TR

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Access to palliative care (PC) is a major need worldwide. Using hospital charts of all patients who died over one year (April 2008-March 2009) in two mid-sized hospitals of a large Canadian city, similar in size and function and operated by the same administrative group, this study examined which patients who could be...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Cohen J,Wilson DM,Thurston A,MacLeod R,Deliens L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychological distress is highly prevalent among patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. AIMS:To perform an economic evaluation of a combined screening and treatment program targeting psychological distress in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer in comparison with usual care. DESIGN:Societal cos...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： El Alili M,Schuurhuizen CSEW,Braamse AMJ,Beekman ATF,van der Linden MH,Konings IR,Dekker J,Bosmans JE

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with advanced cancer often have to make difficult decisions, such as how much to spend on moderately life-extending treatments. This and other end-of-life decisions are also influenced by their informal caregivers. Understanding the relative value that patients and their caregivers place on various ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Malhotra C,Farooqui MA,Kanesvaran R,Bilger M,Finkelstein E

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To be able to distinguish end-stage palliative sedation from euthanasia without having to refer to intentions that are difficult to verify, physicians must be able to manage palliative sedation appropriately (i.e., see that death is not hastened as a result of disproportionate medication). In the present study, we ass...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Reuzel RP,Hasselaar GJ,Vissers KC,van der Wilt GJ,Groenewoud JM,Crul BJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between opioid dose, dantron dose, bowel function and physical functioning (measured with the modified Barthel Index) was determined in a sample of 50 inpatients with advanced cancer. Data were collected prospectively from chart review and patient interviews one week after admission to allow for proto...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Bennett M,Cresswell H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective controlled clinical trials provide the highest level of evidence in palliative care. Both parallel and crossover studies have unique advantages and disadvantages. Excellent knowledge of the patient population, interventions and endpoints are useful in choosing the most appropriate trial. Open pilot studies...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Mazzocato C,Sweeney C,Bruera E

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study looked at the efficacy of drug treatment in managing death rattle in a 30-bedded specialist palliative care unit. The study was conducted in two phases. In the first, patients received hyoscine hydrobromide as the antimuscarinic; glycopyrrolate was used in the second phase. The patients in the two phases we...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Back IN,Jenkins K,Blower A,Beckhelling J

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in palliative care settings. To date, the clinical impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in palliative care is unknown. AIM:To determine prevalence and incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus col...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Gleeson A,Larkin P,Walsh C,O'Sullivan N

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the process and results of a psychometric evaluation of a clinical audit tool, the Support Team Assessment Schedule (STAS), used to measure outcomes of palliative care. The STAS was developed in London, UK to audit community palliative care services provided by a support team. The purpose of this st...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Carson MG,Fitch MI,Vachon ML

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The primary goal of palliative care is to optimize the quality of life (QOL) of people living with a life-threatening illness and that of their families. While there have been important advances in measurement of the QOL of palliative care patients, little attention has been paid to the QOL of their carers (...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Cohen R,Leis AM,Kuhl D,Charbonneau C,Ritvo P,Ashbury FD

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While there have been some studies looking at the impact on quality of life of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, to date no qualitative research looking at the specialist palliative needs of these patients has been conducted. AIM:This study aims to explore the specialist palliative care needs of ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Bajwah S,Higginson IJ,Ross JR,Wells AU,Birring SS,Riley J,Koffman J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The complexity of end-of-life care, represented by a large number of units caring for dying patients, different types of organizations and difficulties in identification and prognostication, signifies the importance of finding ways to measure the quality of end-of-life care. AIM:To establish, test and manag...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Lundström S,Axelsson B,Heedman PA,Fransson G,Fürst CJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing demand for primary care practitioners to play a key role in palliative care delivery. Given this, it is important to understand their perceptions of the barriers and enablers to optimal palliative care, and how commonly these are experienced. AIM:To explore the type and prevalence of bar...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Carey ML,Zucca AC,Freund MA,Bryant J,Herrmann A,Roberts BJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of all district health authorities in England was conducted in order to describe current patterns of needs assessment and contract setting for palliative care services. Outcome measures included the completion of needs assessments in the past five years, the type of data used for needs assessment, and recomme...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Robbins MA,Frankel SJ

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have undertaken a systematically searched literature review using a realist logic of analysis to help synthesise the diverse range of literature available on hospice at home services. AIM:To find out in the existing literature what features of hospice at home models work best, for whom and under what cir...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Hashem F,Brigden C,Wilson P,Butler C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper is a secondary observation of a larger pilot study. The Assessing Caregivers for Team Intervention via Video Encounters intervention project enabled caregiver participation in hospice interdisciplinary team meetings. This paper used the team observation scale to assess the impact of caregiver involvement on...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Wittenberg-Lyles E,Oliver DP,Demiris G,Burt S,Regehr K

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To summarize available literature containing data on the treatment of depression in palliative care patients. METHODS:A systematic review was conducted using extensive electronic databases and hand searches. All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of interventions for depression in patients with advanced dis...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Ly KL,Chidgey J,Addington-Hall J,Hotopf M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the experience of managing 31 patients with severe dysphagia in motor neurone disease. Thirteen patients were fed nasogastrically and the remaining 18 were managed conservatively without a nasogastric tube. The introduction of nasogastric feeding led to the development of new problems in some patien...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Scott AG,Austin HE

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A universal consensus regarding standardized pain outcomes does not exist. The personalized pain goal has been suggested as a clinically relevant outcome measure. AIM:To assess the feasibility of obtaining a personalized pain goal and to compare a clinically based personalized pain goal definition versus a ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Fainsinger R,Nekolaichuk C,Fainsinger L,Muller V,Fainsinger L,Amigo P,Brisebois A,Burton-Macleod S,Ghosh S,Gilbert R,Tarumi Y,Thai V,Wolch G

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Back pain resulting from spinal instability in metastatic bone disease can be difficult to alleviate by pharmacological methods and surgical intervention is frequently required. This paper discusses the treatment options with three illustrative case reports. ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Fallon MT,O'Neill WM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attitudes to companion animals were surveyed among 50 patients and staff at a day care hospice. Dog visits were welcomed by all but two. Of the 37 patients studied, only seven had a companion animal, often their closest companion. Many more would like to keep an animal, but were prevented by age, frailty or accommodat...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Phear DN

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is necessary to develop palliative care to meet existing and future needs of patients and their families. It is important to include knowledge of patient preferences when developing high-quality palliative care services. Previous reviews have focused on patient preferences with regard to specific componen...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Sandsdalen T,Hov R,Høye S,Rystedt I,Wilde-Larsson B

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The factors related to admission of patients with terminal cancer who had been referred to a reputable home care service were examined in 415 patients referred in a two-year period and in a prospective study of a randomized one in three sample of the 232 adults still alive one week after referral, who were able to con...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Hinton J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00