What We Do: Key Activities of an Outpatient Palliative Care Team at an Academic Cancer Center.

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：OBJECTIVE:The objective was to explore the utility of a new three-item depression screening tool concerning time and life perception (TLP-3), compared with the DSM-IV criteria. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional study of 63 Portuguese terminally ill patients, from May 2010 to November 2012. Patients were eligible if t...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Julião M,Oliveira F,Nunes B,Barbosa A

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:For the better part of 100 years, acetaminophen (or paracetamol as it is known outside of the United States) has been a common first-line analgesic in pediatrics and is typically well tolerated with minimal side effects. Its use as an anti-pyretic is also well-documented and thus it is used broadly for sympt...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Marks AD,Keefer P,Saul D

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with neurological disorders are the second most common patient population to receive inpatient palliative care services after cancer; however, there have been few reports describing the characteristics and needs of this population. OBJECTIVE:To understand which patients with neurological diagnoses ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Liu Y,Kline D,Aerts S,Youngwerth JM,Kutner JS,Sillau S,Kluger BM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Employment-related issues have been largely overlooked in cancer patients needing palliative care. These issues may become more relevant as cancer evolves into more of a chronic illness and palliative care is provided independent of stage or prognosis. OBJECTIVE:To characterize the employment situations of ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Glare PA,Nikolova T,Alickaj A,Patil S,Blinder V

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) experience distressing symptoms that can undermine quality of life (QoL) and treatment adherence. Complementary health approaches are known to help manage symptoms of chronic conditions and may have therapeutic benefits...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Von Visger TT,Thrane SE,Klatt MD,Dabbs AD,Chlan LL,Tan A,Happ MB

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the last 20 years, multiple interventions to better integrate palliative care and intensive care unit (ICU) care have been evaluated. This systematic review summarizes these studies and their outcomes. METHODS:We searched MEDLINE, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Aslakson R,Cheng J,Vollenweider D,Galusca D,Smith TJ,Pronovost PJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Lack of guidance is highlighted as a barrier to deprescribing in palliative care. Two deprescribing tools exist, but with inclusion and exclusion criteria that limit utility. The tools have not previously been compared directly or used in an unselected palliati...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： McNeill R,Hanger HC,Chieng J,Chin P

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comprehensive information on end-of-life care in specialized palliative care settings is needed to assess the quality of care. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to investigate medical treatments in the last two weeks of life in a national sample of palliative care units in Japan. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Sato K,Miyashita M,Morita T,Tsuneto S,Shima Y

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart failure (HF) and palliative care (PC) organizations recommend early PC to improve the quality of life of patients living with HF. OBJECTIVE:We conducted a two-phase formative evaluation study to translate a cancer-focused concurrent PC intervention into one that would be appropriate for rural-dwelling...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Dionne-Odom JN,Kono A,Frost J,Jackson L,Ellis D,Ahmed A,Azuero A,Bakitas M

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：: 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：:Organ donation is generally accepted within the medical profession as a beneficial practice with demand continuing to exceed supply. For patients who are dying from cancer opportunities for organ donation are generally limited to eye donation. Between July 1, 2006 and 30 June 2007 over 2000 deaths occurred in nine pal...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Roach R,Broadbent AM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palliating the whole person requires that medicine attend more fully to the phenomenon of existential suffering. The role of social factors, in particular, is often overlooked in attempts to understand why end-of-life suffering does not always respond to physiologic, psychological, and spiritual interventions. Using q...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Williams BR

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：: Background: Despite the association between chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), little is known about the longitudinal course of pain and PTSD during cancer treatment. Objectives: We examined the prevalence ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Sager ZS,Wachen JS,Naik AD,Moye J

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is a leading cause of disability and mortality worldwide. Recent advances in stroke care now enable patients with severe ischemic stroke owing to large vessel occlusion to safely undergo endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) up to 24 hours since their time of last known well, with the goal of improving functional out...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Sokol LL,Hauser JM,Lum HD,Forlizzi J,Cerf M,Caprio FZ,Young MJ

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chinese family members play an important role in end-of-life decision making. Culturally, they may believe that a patient's awareness of a poor prognosis could harm his or her well-being, and thus they may avoid telling the truth to the patient. To examine this cultural belief empirically, this study aimed to explore ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Chan WC

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:The evidence base to support palliative care clinical practice is inadequate and opportunities to improve the palliative care evidence base remain despite the field's rapid growth. OBJECTIVE:To examine current NIH funding of palliative medicine research, changes since our 2013 report, and trends since our 2...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Brown E,Morrison RS,Gelfman LP

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subcutaneous hydration has potential advantages over intravenous. Despite studies supporting the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous hydration it has not been studied extensively to date either with or without hyaluronidase. OBJECTIVES:To compare flow rate, tolerability, and safety of gravity-driven subcuta...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Thomas JR,Yocum RC,Haller MF,von Gunten CF

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Generalized severe junctional epidermolysis bullosa is a rare mechanobullous skin disorder that is uniformly fatal. We present the case of an infant who received palliative pain management and ultimately proportionate palliative sedation. However, because of the extent of the patient's skin disease, we were unable to ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Pasichow KP,Frizzola M,Miller EG

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Introduction: Ventricular-assist devices (VADs) offer end-stage heart failure patients a chance to live longer and better. VAD patient numbers are growing, as is the need for their hospice care, whether they die from cardiac or noncardiac causes. But many hospices do not a...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Kossman DA,Wolfrom SD,Haines S,Bagga M,Denno M,Ljubic L,O'Connor N

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：:For most families, the preferred location of death for their child is home, yet most children still die in the hospital. Many children with life-threatening and life-limiting illness are medically dependent on technology, and palliative transport can serve as a bridge from the intensive care unit to the family's home ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Thorvilson MJ,Manahan AJ,Schiltz BM,Collura CA

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study of how the quality of pediatric end-of-life care varies across systems of health care delivery and financing is hampered by lack of methods to adjust for the probability of death in populations of ill children. OBJECTIVE:To develop a prognostication models using administratively available data to ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Feudtner C,Hexem KR,Shabbout M,Feinstein JA,Sochalski J,Silber JH

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the composition, availability, integration, communication, perceived barriers, and work load of pediatric palliative care (PPC) providers serving children and adolescents with cancer. OBJECTIVE:To summarize the structure and services of programs to better understand successes and gaps ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Weaver MS,Rosenberg AR,Tager J,Wichman CS,Wiener L

更新日期：2018-04-01 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:Opioid errors have the potential to cause significant patient harm. These high-risk medications are used in high volumes in palliative care services to manage pain and other symptoms. Palliative patients are at greater risk of harm from opioid errors, as they are generally older and taking numerous medicatio...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Heneka N,Shaw T,Rowett D,Lapkin S,Phillips JL

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00