Four essential drugs needed for quality care of the dying: a Delphi-study based international expert consensus opinion.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Families with young children often struggle to talk about and cope with a parent's life-threatening illness and potential death. Adult interdisciplinary palliative medicine teams often feel unprepared to facilitate the open communication with these children that has been shown to reduce anxiety, depression, ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Sutter C,Reid T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:In 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) required U.S. hospices to implement comprehensive quality improvement programs. CMS contracted with the Quality Improvement Organization in North and South Carolina to develop quality measures and instruments to assess hospice and palliative care quali...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Schenck AP,Rokoske FS,Durham DD,Cagle JG,Hanson LC

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Describe the establishment of the palliative care quality network (PCQN) with guidance on how teams can develop similar collaborations. BACKGROUND:In the current healthcare environment, palliative care (PC) teams must be able to demonstrate value and provide efficient care while supporting the clinicians who...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Pantilat SZ,Marks AK,Bischoff KE,Bragg AR,O'Riordan DL

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Unmet spiritual needs have been associated with decreased patient ratings of quality of care, satisfaction, and quality of life. Few instruments exist to measure spiritual needs particularly among non-English speaking patients in the U.S. OBJECTIVE:To develop an internally consistent and reliable Chinese versi...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Astrow AB,Sharma RK,Huang Y,Xu Y,Sulmasy DP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Abstract Background: Despite parent and physician reports of inadequate skill development, there are few guidelines for training the pediatric care team in sharing life-altering information (SLAI), i.e., "breaking bad news." The necessary skills for SLAI differ between pediatric and adult medical environment...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Wolfe AD,Frierdich SA,Wish J,Kilgore-Carlin J,Plotkin JA,Hoover-Regan M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: The lack of consumer knowledge and misconception of services could impede requests for and acceptance of palliative care. YouTube has been widely used for health information dissemination. Objective: To explore the ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Liu M,Cardenas V,Zhu Y,Enguidanos S

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methadone use as a second-line agent for severe cancer-related pain is increasing in the field of hospice and palliative care. It has a number of qualities that make its use favorable, including lack of known active metabolites and presumed relative safety from adverse effects such as opioid-induced neurotoxicity (OIN...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Hoff AM,Hartwig KN,Rosielle DA

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palliative care consultation has been demonstrated to be useful in many situations in which expert symptom management, communication around sensitive issues, and family support may serve to enhance or improve care. The process of organ donation is an example of this concept, specifically the process of donation after ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Kelso CM,Lyckholm LJ,Coyne PJ,Smith TJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In advanced dementia, many difficult decisions may arise as the disease progresses, including whether to use feeding by tube. Several recent articles question the benefit of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement in persons with advanced dementia. However, patients with advanced dementia are...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Shega JW,Hougham GW,Stocking CB,Cox-Hayley D,Sachs GA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given the volume and cost of inpatient care during the last year of life, there is a critical need to identify patterns of dying as a means of planning end-of-life care services, especially for the growing number of older persons who receive services from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). METHODS:A ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Duffy SA,Copeland LA,Hopp FP,Zalenski RJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As new accreditation standards for health professions education increasingly require end-of-life (EOL) curriculum and performance-based assessment, health professions educators struggle to shift through the educational literature to find core principles, practical strategies, emerging trends, and on-line resources to ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Simpson DE,Biernat K

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celiac plexus block (CPB) has been widely used as a treatment option for chronic intractable abdominal pain resulting from intra-abdominal malignancies as well as benign conditions. Complications resulting from CPB have been long reported and include diarrhea, back pain, paraplegia, postural hypotension, pneumothorax,...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Gupta R,Madanat L,Jindal V,Gaikazian S

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The World Health Organization (WHO) explicitly recommends the integration of palliative care (PC) early in the disease trajectory as part of the WHO definition of PC. Our comprehensive cancer center decided: (1) to include this recommendation in the administrative directives for principles of cancer care a...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Gaertner J,Wolf J,Ostgathe C,Toepelt K,Glossmann JP,Hallek M,Voltz R

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Palliative care (PC) teams increasingly care for patients with cancer into survivorship. Cancer survivorship transcends distinctions between acute, chronic, malignant, and nonmalignant pain. Partnering with oncologists, PC teams manage pain that persists after ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Goodlev ER,Discala S,Darnall BD,Hanson M,Petok A,Silverman M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer pain assessment and management are integral to palliative medicine. This paper reviews recent publications in the period 1999-2004 in the broad categories of epidemiology, pain assessment, nonpharmacologic approaches to cancer pain (radiation therapy, anesthetic blocks, palliative surgery and chemotherapy, comp...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Chang VT,Janjan N,Jain S,Chau C

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In palliative care, steroids are often used to alleviate symptoms such as pain, fatigue, anorexia, nausea, and vomiting. Steroids occasionally induce psychiatric adverse effects. It has been reported that treatment of the steroid-induced psychiatric symptoms involves dosage reduction or discontinuation of steroid, and...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Okishiro N,Tanimukai H,Tsuneto S,Ito N

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dyspnea is a very distressing symptom present in the vast majority of patients with advanced cancer. There are limited data on the characteristics and correlates of dyspnea in this population. The purpose of this study was to characterize dyspnea, explore the differences between breakthrough and continuous p...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Reddy SK,Parsons HA,Elsayem A,Palmer JL,Bruera E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Underutilization of hospice care continues to be a public health issue in the United States. Physician barriers related to incorrect knowledge and unfavorable attitudes have been hypothesized as part of the explanation. We conducted a mail survey of 264 area physicians, obtaining a response rate of 72% (n = 190). The ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Ogle KS,Mavis B,Wyatt GK

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The longer-term effects of opioids for breathlessness are not known in people with chronic heart failure (CHF). OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to assess the longer-term effect of oral opioids on breathlessness due to CHF. METHODS:We conducted a 3-month open-label extension to a crossover randomized controlled trial...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Oxberry SG,Bland JM,Clark AL,Cleland JG,Johnson MJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There have been no studies to date that examine physicians' decisions to withdraw life-sustaining treatment for patients based on their surrogates' financial gain. The authors' objective was to ascertain physician attitudes about withdrawing life-sustaining treatment when financial considerations are involved. ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Wastila LJ,Farber NJ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2002, Means to a Better End: A Report of Dying in America Today, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) report, was issued that included grades for each state on their ability to provide end-of-life care. Most states, including California, rated as mediocre and the report called for extensive efforts at ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Virani R,Malloy P,Ferrell BR,Kelly K

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: A broad consensus on the optimal structure, intensity, and timing of early specialist palliative care (SPC) intervention is lacking. Objective: To evaluate the benefit of an early and systematic palliative intervent...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Slama O,Pochop L,Sedo J,Svancara J,Sedova P,Svetlakova L,Demlova R,Vyzula R

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the United States, the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) population is aging and the leading causes of death for those 55 and older are chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and the complications of diabetes. Since 1955, the federally directed Indian Health Service, along with Tribal gov...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Kitzes J,Berger L

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Community-dwelling adults with serious illness benefit from conversations about their goals for care. Objective: We undertook a project to increase the number of serious illness conversations occurring in an account...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Lally K,Tuya Fulton A,Ducharme C,Scott R,Filpo J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Millions of older adults require Medicaid-funded home care, referred to as In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS). Many of these individuals experience serious illness, disability, and common symptoms such as pain and shortness of breath. OBJECTIVE:To explore whether and how to integrate symptom assessment into...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Odierna DH,Katen MT,Feuz MA,McMahan RD,Ritchie CS,McSpadden S,Burns M,Volow AM,Sudore RL

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many physicians and patients do not discuss care at the end of life and most practicing physicians have had little formal education concerning end-of-life discussions. To address this deficiency, our internal medicine residency faculty participated in the National End of Life Residency Education Project and implemente...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Aronson SG,Kirby RW

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate prognostication of the trajectory of an illness provides multiple benefits in end-of-life care. Prognostic information facilitates more realistic decision making regarding ongoing treatment, fosters risk-benefit considerations of specific interventions, and contributes to appropriate utilization of ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Head B,Ritchie CS,Smoot TM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) are highly technological settings in which advanced care is used to restore health to critically ill children; however, they are also places where children die. Understanding the needs of parents bereaved in this setting is essential for better family care. OBJECTIVE:T...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Meert KL,Schim SM,Briller SH

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study describes the process and population involved in pediatric advance care planning at one Midwest medical center. The outcomes and the parents' perceptions of this planning are also discussed. METHODS:Pediatric patients with advance directives were identified from ethics consultations records. Infor...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Hammes BJ,Klevan J,Kempf M,Williams MS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nurses and nursing care providers provide the most direct care to patients at end of life. Yet, evidence indicates that many feel ill-prepared for the complexity of palliative care. OBJECTIVE:To review the resources required to ensure adequate education, training, and mentorship for nurses and nursing care ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Pesut B,Greig M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00