An Update: NIH Research Funding for Palliative Medicine, 2011-2015.

abstract：:The celiac plexus block is an approved method for the relief of upper abdominal cancer pain. Classically, fluoroscopy-guided posterior approach to the celiac plexus block has been used. Computed tomography-guided anterior approach and endoscopic ultrasound-guided approach have also been utilized. An ultrasound-guided ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Bhatnagar S,Gupta D,Mishra S,Thulkar S,Chauhan H

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Consensus has been reached on the need to integrate palliative care in the follow-up examinations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. We analyzed the survival from the initiation of follow-up by a palliative home care team (PHCT) and described the needs and end-of-life process. ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Gainza-Miranda D,Sanz-Peces EM,Alonso-Babarro A,Varela-Cerdeira M,Prados-Sánchez C,Vega-Aleman G,Rodriguez-Barrientos R,Polentinos-Castro E

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In geriatrics, most risk factors associated with falls have been identified and management strategies developed accordingly. This is not the case in palliative care. The incidence rate of falls, the consequences related to falls, and other related factors were determined in elderly cancer patients hospital...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Pautex S,Herrmann FR,Zulian GB

更新日期：2008-07-01 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: Methadone may play a role in the control of refractory cancer pain in opioid switching, although some cases fail to switch to methadone. Objective: To evaluate the differences in the clinical aspects in switching to...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Okayama S,Matsuda Y,Yoshikawa Y

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Key to high-quality care of dying hospice patients at home is whether the hospice provides adequate training so the caregiver can safely care for the patient. OBJECTIVE:The study objective was to develop and validate a survey of hospice training for caregivers to ensure safe, high-quality care in the home s...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： DiBiasio EL,Teno JM,Clark MA,Spence C,Casarett D

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：:A patient with advanced pancreatic cancer is presented to demonstrate the clinical challenge of diagnosing depression in palliative care. The conundrum related to the relative roles of somatic and psychological symptoms in screening or diagnosing depression in these patients is illustrated and discussed. There is no c...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Pereira J,Bruera E

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acupressure is a widely used adjunct for various symptoms in patients with nonchronic kidney disease. However, its role for symptom management in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) populations is not clear. OBJECTIVE:To summarize and critically evaluate the evidence available from randomized clinical trials (RC...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Kim KH,Lee MS,Kang KW,Choi SM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians constantly confront to death and respond in a variety of ways to the many deaths that they witness and to their own sense of mortality. Student-doctors should be exposed, prior to and during their clinical training, to these different types of responses, so that they can prepare for their encounters with th...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Donohoe M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Communication with patients and families is an essential component of high-quality care in serious illness. Small-group skills training can result in new communication behaviors, but past studies have used facilitators with extensive experience, raising concerns this is not scalable. OBJECTIVE:The objective...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Bays AM,Engelberg RA,Back AL,Ford DW,Downey L,Shannon SE,Doorenbos AZ,Edlund B,Christianson P,Arnold RW,O'Connor K,Kross EK,Reinke LF,Cecere Feemster L,Fryer-Edwards K,Alexander SC,Tulsky JA,Curtis JR

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Critical care nurse communication training has largely been limited to didactic materials, interactive training for nurse supervisors, or brief participatory learning programs within the context of comprehensive end-of-life care educational seminars. Preliminary evidence suggests that an interactive approach...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Krimshtein NS,Luhrs CA,Puntillo KA,Cortez TB,Livote EE,Penrod JD,Nelson JE

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：: 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:Prognostication plays a key role in palliative care (PC). It is critical for advance care planning, determining hospice eligibility, and communication. In contrast to subjective clinical prognostication, evidence-based prognostication (EBP) uses existing validated data to quantify prognosis; however, the ext...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Bruggeman AR,Heavey SF,Ma JD,Revta C,Roeland EJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Lung transplant recipients who experience serious illness could benefit from specialty palliative care (SPC), but evidence suggests that referral has been rare. Objective: Examine the characteristics of post-transpl...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Nolley EP,DeSensi R,Nouraie M,Schenker Y,Morrell MR

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are routine tasks considered essential to a professional practice. An EPA can serve as a performance-based outcome that a clinical supervisor would progressively entrust a learner to perform. OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to identify, develop, and validate a set of EPAs fo...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Myers J,Krueger P,Webster F,Downar J,Herx L,Jeney C,Oneschuk D,Schroder C,Sirianni G,Seccareccia D,Tucker T,Taniguchi A

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:In 2014, Nova Scotia released a provincial palliative care strategy and implementation working groups were established. The Capacity Building and Practice Change Working Group, comprised of health professionals, public advisors, academics, educators, and a volunteer supervisor, was asked to se...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： McCallum M,Carver J,Dupere D,Ganong S,Henderson JD,McKim A,McNeil-Campbell L,Richardson H,Simpson J,Tschupruk C,Jewers H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effects of thalidomide and placebo on anorexia-cachexia and its related symptoms, body composition, resting metabolic rate, and serum cytokines and their receptors in patients with advanced cancer. METHODS:Included in the study were patients with advanced cancer with weight loss greater tha...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Yennurajalingam S,Willey JS,Palmer JL,Allo J,Del Fabbro E,Cohen EN,Tin S,Reuben JM,Bruera E

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Specialized home-based palliative care (HPC) services aim at reducing the number of visits to emergency departments (EDs) and hospitalizations at end of life. In addition, it offers patients the possibility to die at home. Objective: ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Bergqvist J,Ljunggren G

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Palliative care unit (PCU) beds are a limited resource in Canada, so PCU admission is restricted to patients with a short prognosis. Anecdotally, PCUs further restrict admission of patients with noncancer diagnoses out of fear that they will "oversurvive" and reduce bed availability. This raises concerns tha...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Downar J,Chou YC,Ouellet D,La Delfa I,Blacker S,Bennett M,Petch C,Cheng SM

更新日期：2012-06-01 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: Guidelines on pediatric palliative care recommend to provide care for children and adolescents with life-limiting conditions at home. Since 2007, in Germany, palliative home care can be provided by specialized outpatient palliative care teams. However, teams wi...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Engler J,Gruber D,Engler F,Hach M,Seipp H,Kuss K,Gerlach FM,Ulrich LR,Erler A

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of suffering is now recognized as an essential component of medical care. By referring to this treatment as "palliative care," however, we diminish its importance. In this essay, we propose a shift in our conception of the treatment of suffering and advocate for the use of a new term: "palliative treatme...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Kon AA,Ablin AR

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Spiritual needs play an important role in palliative care as both a clinical dimension and a therapeutic strategy. However, recent studies have shown that the management of this dimension still remains a challenge at the clinical level of palliative care. GOALS:Our goal was to evaluate the spiritual needs...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Vilalta A,Valls J,Porta J,Viñas J

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rehospitalizations are prevalent and associated with decreased quality of life. Although hospice has been advocated to reduce rehospitalizations, it is not known how area-level hospice utilization patterns affect rehospitalization risk. OBJECTIVES:The study objective was to examine the association between h...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Holden TR,Smith MA,Bartels CM,Campbell TC,Yu M,Kind AJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When identifying patients for palliative care, medical specialists find it necessary to disclose "hidden" patients: the patient's relatives. The issue has been discussed sporadically in Bulgaria; the present study was part of a larger investigation that examined the opinion of medical specialists, patients, ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Foreva G,Assenova R

更新日期：2014-01-01 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