The Palliative Care Quality Network: Improving the Quality of Caring.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the effect of patient-directed electronic messages on health care proxy (HCP) use. DESIGN:Randomized control trial using an electronic message intervention to encourage patients to complete an HCP document. SETTING:General medical practice at a large tertiary care teaching institution. PARTICIP...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Cintron A,Phillips R,Hamel MB

更新日期：2006-12-01 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:Surrogates and clinicians often make treatment decisions for decisionally incapacitated patients with limited knowledge of their preferences. This study examined patients' life-sustaining treatment preferences to facilitate advance care planning discussions and surrogate decision making. METHODS:We intervie...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Pearlman RA,Cain KC,Starks H,Cole WG,Uhlmann RF,Patrick DL

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Pharmacovigilance studies in hospice/palliative care provide extra information to improve medication safety. Combination controlled release oxycodone-naloxone offers an alternative opioid with less risk of opioid-induced constipation. O...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Clark K,Byrne PG,Hunt J,Brown L,Rowett D,Watts G,Lovell M,Currow DC

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of dexmedetomidine infusions in patients with advanced malignancies, advanced heart disease, or after stem cell transplantation (SCT), who during end-of-life care had pain and/or agitation unresponsive to conventional therapies. BACKGROUND:Pediatric patients with intractable advanced m...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Burns J,Jackson K,Sheehy KA,Finkel JC,Quezado ZM

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Constipation is a common and distressing condition in patients with cancer, especially those taking opioid analgesics. Many institutions prevent and treat constipation with titrated laxatives, which is known as a bowel protocol. An effective and well-tolerated bowel protocol is a very important component of ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Hawley PH,Byeon JJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Mobile health (mHealth) is a promising tool for improving health outcomes. However, the benefits of using mHealth in palliative care are under studied. Objective: As a first step to designing meaningful palliative c...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Dickman Portz J,Ford K,Bekelman DB,Boxer RS,Kutner JS,Czaja S,Elsbernd K,Bull S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiemetics are being used both for the treatment and prophylaxis of opioid-induced nausea and vomiting (OINV) in clinical practice, despite the lack of evidence for the prophylactic benefit. Data regarding the actual status of prophylactic antiemetic use for OINV remain to be elucidated. OBJECTIVE:The obje...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Tsukuura H,Ando Y,Gyawali B,Matsumoto M,Sugishita M,Honda K,Urakawa H,Maeda O,Hasegawa Y

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Involvement of the palliative care service has potential for patient and family benefit in critically ill patients, regardless of etiology. Anecdotally, there is a lack of involvement of the palliative care (PC) service in the neuro-intensive care unit (neuro-I...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Tabibian BE,Salehani AA,Kuhn EN,Davis MC,Shank CD,Fisher Iii WS

更新日期：2019-05-01 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:The use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) in patients with cancer is well recognized. Little is known, however, about the use of CAM in children with cancer during the end-of-life period. METHODS:We interviewed 96 parents of children who had died of cancer in Melbourne, Australia between 1996...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Heath JA,Oh LJ,Clarke NE,Wolfe J

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:Caring for a child with a potentially fatal medical condition is a challenge for parents or caregivers. The ability to measure parental self-efficacy in pediatric palliative care may be an important component of targeting supportive services that address individual needs of families. Therefore, the goal was to develop...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Bingen K,Kupst MJ,Himelstein B

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: This study examines communication profiles and associated attitudes toward health care professionals in interviews with family caregivers of hospitalized patients with confirmed multidrug-resistant organisms (e.g., methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Peters J,Dykes N,Heckel M,Ostgathe C

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：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：:Studies examining individuals' preferences reflect a broad consensus that the end of life is a period during which medical care should be different from that in other periods in patients' lives. More specifically, patients, families, and health care providers believe that medical care during this unique period should ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Lamont EB

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Continuity, coordination, and transitions of care are key to high-quality medical care for patients with serious and advanced illness. We conducted a systematic review to evaluate the impact of interventions targeting these areas in this population. METHODS:We searched PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane, an...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Dy SM,Apostol C,Martinez KA,Aslakson RA

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients' and families' evaluations of health care, including palliative care, are widely used as performance measures. Survey scores may be affected by nonresponse bias, resulting in inaccurate performance evaluation. OBJECTIVES:Our aim was to examine nonresponse bias for the mailed version of the Departme...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Smith D,Kuzla N,Thorpe J,Scott L,Ersek M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pain, not responsive to opioid analgesics, remains a problem for patients with chronic and cancer pain as well as their families, and clinicians. Opioid antagonists have various uses in pain and palliative care. Their use in the reversal of tolerance and hyperalgesia remains at the basic science level and ha...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Loitman JE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Palliative chemotherapy is often administered to terminally ill cancer patients to relieve symptoms. Yet, unnecessary use of chemotherapy can worsen patients' quality of life due to treatment-related toxicities. Thus, accurate prediction of survival in terminally ill patients can help clinicians decide on th...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Ng T,Chew L,Yap CW

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Percutaneous cervical cordotomy (PCC) is a well recognized but infrequently performed procedure for the relief of unilateral intractable pain from malignancy. There is a paucity of data regarding efficacy and safety of PCC. OBJECTIVES:The study's objectives were to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of PCC...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Bain E,Hugel H,Sharma M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Dyspnea is common in interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients and often refractory to conventional treatment. Little is known regarding the safety of systemic morphine in ILD patients. Objective: The objective of th...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Matsuda Y,Morita T,Miyaji T,Ogawa T,Kato K,Kawaguchi T,Tokoro A,Iwase S,Yamaguchi T,Inoue Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Cancer pain can remain refractory despite escalating opioids and adjuvants. Systemic Lidocaine is an option, but current approaches are hospital centered. While advantageous in advanced cancer, evidence is lacking for parenteral Lidocaine use in community-based...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Chong PH,Yeo ZZ

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Black and Hispanic older Americans are less likely than white older Americans to possess advance directives. Understanding the reasons for this racial and ethnic difference is necessary to identify targets for future interventions to improve advance care planning in these populations. METHODS:The aim of the...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Huang IA,Neuhaus JM,Chiong W

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our objective was to provide a contemporary analysis of the prevalence, types, and impact of advance health care directives in critically ill cancer patients. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed all intensive care unit (ICU) admissions (January 1, 2006 to April 25, 2008) at an oncologic center and identifie...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Halpern NA,Pastores SM,Chou JF,Chawla S,Thaler HT

更新日期：2011-04-01 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:Patients with severe acute brain injury (SABI) raise important palliative care considerations associated with sudden devastating injury and uncertain prognosis. OBJECTIVE:The goal of this study was to explore how family members, nurses, and physicians experience the palliative and supportive care needs of p...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Schutz RE,Coats HL,Engelberg RA,Curtis JR,Creutzfeldt CJ

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：:The emerging role of the advanced practice nurse (APN) as a palliative care provider is gaining increased recognition in the United States. The APN's ability to perform comprehensive physical evaluations, order and interpret diagnostics, and prescribe appropriate medications while receiving reimbursement allow this pr...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Kuebler KK

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00