Impact of a Hospital Community Based Palliative Care Partnership: Continuum from Hospital to Home.

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：BACKGROUND:As palliative care grows and evolves, robust programs to train and develop the next generation of leaders are needed. Continued integration of palliative care into the fabric of usual health care requires leaders who are prepared to develop novel programs, think creatively about integration into the current ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Kamal AH,Anderson WG,Boss RD,Brody AA,Campbell TC,Creutzfeldt CJ,Hurd CJ,Kinderman AL,Lindenberger EC,Reinke LF

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Fatigue is one of the most frequent symptoms in patients with cancer. No adequate term in Spanish has been defined to describe the English concept of fatigue. AIM:To identify the most suitable Spanish words that define the concept of fatigue and to check psychometric characteristics. METHOD:Consensus wit...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Centeno C,Portela Tejedor MA,Carvajal A,San Miguel MT,Urdiroz J,Ramos L,De Santiago A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore how staff recognize that a resident is dying and to present a typology of comfort measures. DESIGN:Exploratory, descriptive study involving qualitative methods and semistructured in-depth interviews with staff members of one nursing home. SETTING:A 120-bed nursing home that is part of a continuum...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Waldrop DP,Kirkendall AM

更新日期：2009-08-01 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: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：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: 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/AIMS:The optimal regimen of radiotherapy (RT) for bleeding from gastric cancer (GC) has not yet been established. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of low-dose, short-course palliative RT (LSP-RT) for bleeding from GC. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We reviewed the clinical data of 18 patients (26 ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Kawabata H,Uno K,Yasuda K,Yamashita M

更新日期：2017-02-01 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: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: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：: Background: Aggressive care at the end of life (EOL) is a persistent issue for patients with stage IV nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We evaluated the use of concurrent care (CC) with hospice care and cancer-directed treatment simultaneously within the Veteran's Health ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Presley CJ,Han L,O'Leary JR,Zhu W,Corneau E,Chao H,Shamas T,Rose M,Lorenz K,Levy CR,Mor V,Gross CP

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 20% of deaths in the United States occur in the intensive care unit (ICU). Physician trainees lack the practical communication skills required for end-of-life care, including establishing patient preferences, participating in shared decision making, discussing prognosis, and delivering bad news...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Smith L,O'Sullivan P,Lo B,Chen H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transfusion is not an exceptional circumstance in palliative cancer patients (PCPs). This makes it necessary to confront not only medical aspects but also those of infrastructure and ethical issues. On some occasions, literature needs to be consulted to work out the best approach in a patient's particular ca...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Uceda Torres ME,Rodríguez Rodríguez JN,Sánchez Ramos JL,Alvarado Gómez F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Significant gaps exist in the availability of palliative care in rural hospitals and communities, even though rural populations are often disproportionately elderly and chronically ill. Few studies have examined what models of palliative care would be sustainable in a rural community. METHODS:We studied the...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Ceronsky L,Shearer J,Weng K,Hopkins M,McKinley D

更新日期：2013-03-01 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: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: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:Residents struggle with advance care planning (ACP) discussions in the inpatient setting, and may not be aware of newer models for ACP that stress the importance of giving prognostic information and making a recommendation about cardiopulmonary resuscitation to patients and families. METHODS:A controlled st...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Jacobsen J,Robinson E,Jackson VA,Meigs JB,Billings JA

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：: Objective: This report describes a pilot hospice inpatient unit dedicated to individuals experiencing distressing behaviors from dementia. Background: Patients with dementia who experience distressing symptoms cannot be well ma...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Hamilton G,Volk-Craft BE

更新日期：2020-11-09 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: Systematic measurement of conversational features in the natural clinical setting is essential to better understand, disseminate, and incentivize high quality serious illness communication. Advances in machine-learning (ML) classification of human speech offer ...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Durieux BN,Gramling CJ,Manukyan V,Eppstein MJ,Rizzo DM,Ross LM,Ryan AG,Niland MA,Clarfeld LA,Alexander SC,Gramling R

更新日期：2018-12-01 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: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

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：:Although the widespread implementation of hospice in the United States has led to tremendous advances in the care of the dying, there has been no widely accepted psychological theory to drive needs assessment and intervention design for the patient and family. The humanistic psychology of Abraham Maslow, especially hi...

journal_title：Journal of palliative medicine

authors： Zalenski RJ,Raspa R

更新日期：2006-10-01 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