The Use of Dexmedetomidine in Pediatric Palliative Care: A Preliminary Study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:People with serious illness frequently rely on religion/spirituality to cope with their diagnosis, with potentially positive and negative consequences. Clergy are uniquely positioned to help patients consider medical decisions at or near the end of life within a religious/spiritual framework. OBJECTIVE:We a...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Sanders JJ,Chow V,Enzinger AC,Lam TC,Smith PT,Quiñones R,Baccari A,Philbrick S,White-Hammond G,Peteet J,Balboni TA,Balboni MJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It is not known how often physicians use metaphors and analogies, or whether they improve patients' perceptions of their physicians' ability to communicate effectively. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine whether the use of metaphors and analogies in difficult conversations is associated w...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Casarett D,Pickard A,Fishman JM,Alexander SC,Arnold RM,Pollak KI,Tulsky JA

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several methods exist to elicit end-of-life treatment preferences. However, little work has been done to elicit from patients themselves the aspects of treatment decision-making most important to them when making end-of-life treatment decisions. METHODS:Participants consisted of 23 patients, 60 years of age...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Fried TR,Bradley EH

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 21 million noninstitutionalized Americans with physical disabilities will ultimately face end-of-life [EOL] issues. Studies have documented disparate care and poorer outcomes for persons with preexisting disabilities who have life-limiting illnesses, which raises the question of how EOL experiences may d...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Volker DL,Zolnierek C,Harrison T,Walker J

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While Judaism espouses the infinite value of human life, Judaism recognizes that all life is finite and, as such, its teachings are compatible with the principles of palliative medicine and end-of-life care as they are currently practiced. Jewish medical ethics as derived from Jewish law, has definitions for the four ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Kinzbrunner BM

更新日期：2004-08-01 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:Prognostic tools are available to predict if terminally ill cancer patients have days or weeks to live. Tools for predicting the prognosis in ambulatory patients at an earlier stage are lacking. The Number of Risk Factors (NRF) score developed in ambulatory cancer patients receiving palliative radiation ther...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Glare P,Shariff I,Thaler HT

更新日期：2014-07-01 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:In 2017, the Ohio Pediatric Palliative Care and End-of-Life Network (OPPEN) published nine domains of high-quality care for pediatric home-based hospice and palliative care (HBHPC). Eight domains established by the National Consensus Project (NCP) were validated for pediatric HBHPC, and a ninth domain of "Co...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Thienprayoon R,Alessandrini E,Frimpong-Manso M,Grossoehme D

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Securing a first job following training is an exciting and daunting task. Little formal guidance is available and trainees often find themselves confused, uncertain, and overwhelmed. This article is designed to provide a basic framework for fellows and new graduates to search for positions, apply, interview, and negot...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Weckmann MT,Block S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: End-of-life (EOL) care in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) can vary depending on religious beliefs of health care providers and families as well as the sociocultural environment. Although guidelines exist for EOL care in NICUs, most are based on Western st...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Kim S,Savage TA,Hershberger PE,Kavanaugh K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Percutaneous stenting is established in the palliation of malignant biliary obstruction. We examined the indications, success rate, complications, and long-term postoperative course of patients undergoing this procedure. METHODS:All patients undergoing percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) and m...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Sut M,Kennedy R,McNamee J,Collins A,Clements B

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Past efforts in the palliative and end-of-life care field have been laudably directed at increasing the cultural competence of providers and institutions and improving outreach to multicultural communities. Today, however, we face new challenges with regard to racial, cultural, and ethnic factors at the end of life. W...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Crawley LM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Palliative care services (PCS) are recommended to enhance quality of care for hospitalized patients. METHODS:We evaluated the attitudes of liver transplant (LT) providers and perceived barriers to PCS for their patients by conducting a web-based survey of intensive care unit nurses, postgraduate year 1 ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Beck KR,Pantilat SZ,O'Riordan DL,Peters MG

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Bereavement programs provide institutions with an avenue for obtaining feedback from family members about their experiences during a patient's illness and end-of-life (EOL) period that can be used to improve both patient care and the care of bereaved individual...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Morris SE,Nayak MM,Block SD

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although religions is important to many people with cancer, few studies have explored the relationship between religious coping and well-being in a prospective manner, using validated measures, while controlling for important covariates. METHODS:One hundred ninety-eight women with stage I or II and 86 women...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Hebert R,Zdaniuk B,Schulz R,Scheier M

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer and its treatment can significantly affect appearance and body integrity. A number of studies have explored the impact of cancer and its treatment on body image, primarily in head and neck and breast cancer. The aim of this pilot study was to examine the construct of body image dissatisfaction and its...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Rhondali W,Chisholm GB,Filbet M,Kang DH,Hui D,Cororve Fingeret M,Bruera E

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Life review, a narrative-based intervention, helps individuals organize memories into a meaningful whole, providing a balanced view of the past, present, and future. Examining how the content of memories contributes to life's meaning improves some clinical outc...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Dang M,Noreika D,Ryu S,Sima A,Ashton H,Ondris B,Coley F,Nestler J,Fabbro ED

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer pain continues to be undertreated, despite the availability of evidence-based guidelines. The Australian National Pain Strategy identified establishment of systems and guidelines to adequately manage cancer pain as a high priority. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Lovell M,Agar M,Luckett T,Davidson PM,Green A,Clayton J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has created an environment in which existence is more fragile and existential fears or terror rises in people. Objective: Managing existential terror calls for being mature about mortality, som...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Emanuel L,Solomon S,Fitchett G,Chochinov H,Handzo G,Schoppee T,Wilkie D

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the growing use of opioids to treat cancer pain and the probability of opioid aberrancy in the cancer setting, clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) or recommendations for active screening and monitoring of opioid compliance are lacking. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the current practices and attitudes clini...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Liebling D,Mehta N,Gulati A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Regardless of the payer and the period studied the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication use in the elderly ranged from 21% to 40%. OBJECTIVE:To look at potentially inappropriate prescribing in a group of Medicare+Choice beneficiaries in their last year of life (LYOL) in a large national manage...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Fahlman C,Lynn J,Finch M,Doberman D,Gabel J

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous studies have focused on the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases. However, to our knowledge, few have sought to examine outcomes in patients who required whole brain radiation and developed radiation-refractory disease. METHODS:This study examined the medical recor...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Spiceland CM,Olivier KR,Jatoi A

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central pain syndromes are a complex, diverse group of clinical conditions that are poorly understood. We present a patient with progressive, debilitating central pain and co-existing mood disorders that was refractory to multimodal pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies, but that ultimately responded to electro...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Strand JJ,Warner LL,Kamdar MM,Flaherty AW,Jackson VA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is heightened emphasis on teaching end-of-life (EOL) care in the medical school curriculum, but a relative paucity of tools focused on assessing key attitudinal changes due to curricula. OBJECTIVE:We sought to evaluate the responsiveness of two validated measures of relevant attitudes to changes cause...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Schwartz CE,Clive DM,Mazor KM,Ma Y,Reed G,Clay M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To continuously assess overall quality of life (QOL) and disease progression in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at different stages of the disease and compare the results between these two variables. DESIGN/SUBJECTS:Twenty-six patients with ALS were interviewed with a questionnaire to asse...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Nygren I,Askmark H

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression and pain often coexist in terminally ill patients, but few studies have examined their relationship among larger samples. Other psychosocial factors experienced by patients may become barriers to pain management and affect the relationship between depression and pain. OBJECTIVE:This study aims to...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Chan WC,Kwan CW,Chi I,Chong AM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Research on what children wished they had done differently after their sibling's death has not been reported. Objective: Examine what children wished they had/had not done, and their coping after a sibling's neonata...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Youngblut JM,Brooten D

更新日期：2020-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nurses play an integral role in providing care for patients with end of life (EOL) symptoms refractory to conventional treatments and that may necessitate palliative sedation (PS). A paucity of research on nurses' attitudes, knowledge, and experience with PS exists, despite nurses being instrumental in evalu...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Patel B,Gorawara-Bhat R,Levine S,Shega JW

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1997, the Institute of Medicine called for reform, improved quality and expanded research in end-of-life care. Yet little empirical information about preferences of African Americans has been documented. A community-campus partnership was formed to guide a needs assessment related to end-of-life care in a...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Jenkins C,Lapelle N,Zapka JG,Kurent JE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00