abstract：CONTEXT:Infants of age less than one year have the highest mortality rate in pediatrics. The American Academy of Pediatrics published guidelines for palliative care in 2013; however, significant variation persists among local protocols addressing neonatal comfort care at the end-of-life (EOL). OBJECTIVES:The purpose o...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Haug S,Farooqi S,Wilson CG,Hopper A,Oei G,Carter B

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PC-FACS (Fast Article Critical Summaries for Clinicians in Palliative Care) provides hospice and palliative care clinicians with concise summaries of the most important findings from more than 100 medical and scientific journals. If you have colleagues who would benefit from receivingPC-FACS, please encourage them to ...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Davis MP

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2014, 1.5 million people died of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide including 400,000 co-infected with HIV. TB remains a major cause of death and suffering globally, in spite of the fact that it is supposed to be a curable disease. Drug resistant forms of TB have developed as a result of poor treatment compliance includin...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Connor SR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The Cancer Control Act was passed in Japan in 2007, and various additional programs on palliative care have been implemented to improve quality of life and relieve pain and suffering in patients with cancer. However, how clinical settings have changed remains unclear. OBJECTIVES:The primary aim of the present ...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Nakazawa Y,Kato M,Miyashita M,Morita T,Kizawa Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:In patients with cancer pain, identifying a neuropathic pain component (NPC) may inform the selection of subsequent therapeutic interventions. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence, clinical characteristics, associated psychological distress, pre-referral treatment, and predict...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Reis-Pina P,Acharya A,Lawlor PG

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Documenting patients' advance care planning (ACP) wishes is essential to providing value-aligned care, as is having this documentation readily accessible. Little is known about ACP documentation practices in the electronic health record. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to describe ACP documentation ...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Walker E,McMahan R,Barnes D,Katen M,Lamas D,Sudore R

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Intermountain Healthcare, in collaboration with Cerner Corporation, developed a hospital-based electronic palliative care algorithm. OBJECTIVES:This study aims to improve identification of patients who would benefit from palliative care services, and calculate palliative care penetration rates. METHODS:This s...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Gruhler H,Krutka A,Luetke-Stahlman H,Gardner E

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palliative care began in Kyrgyzstan in 2005 as a pilot home-based care program in Osh Cancer Center and was supported by a small group of nurses and one physician from Scotland. In 2010, the Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan and the Open Society Foundation's International Palliative Care Initiative began supporting work on ...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Mukambetov A,Sabyrbekova T,Asanalieva L,Sadykov I,Connor SR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2011, Rwanda's Ministry of Health set a goal of universal access to palliative care by 2020. Toward this audacious egalitarian and humanitarian goal, the Ministry of Health worked with partners to develop palliative care policies and a strategic plan, secure adequate supplies of opioid for the country, initiate pal...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Krakauer EL,Muhimpundu MA,Mukasahaha D,Tayari JC,Ntizimira C,Uhagaze B,Mugwaneza T,Ruzima A,Mpanumusingo E,Gasana M,Karamuka V,Nkurikiyimfura JL,Park P,Barebwanuwe P,Tapela N,Elmore SN,Bukhman G,Leng M,Grant L,Binag

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Standardized outcomes that define successful advance care planning (ACP) are lacking. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to create an Organizing Framework of ACP outcome constructs and rate the importance of these outcomes. METHODS:This study convened a Delphi panel consisting of 52 multidisciplinary, ...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Sudore RL,Heyland DK,Lum HD,Rietjens JAC,Korfage IJ,Ritchie CS,Hanson LC,Meier DE,Pantilat SZ,Lorenz K,Howard M,Green MJ,Simon JE,Feuz MA,You JJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article describes the important steps of palliative care development in Moldova, the current status, main achievements and challenges to be addressed in the future. It covers background information, policy development, medicines access and availability, education, and training, as well as services' provision. Pall...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Gherman L,Pogonet V,Soltan V,Isac V

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PC-FACS (Fast Article Critical Summaries for Clinicians in Palliative Care) provides hospice and palliative care clinicians with concise summaries of the most important findings from more than 100 medical and scientific journals. If you have colleagues who would benefit from receiving PC-FACS, please encourage them to...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Davis MP

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure (HF) experts recommend initiation of continuous inotrope therapy, such as milrinone or dobutamine, for clinically decompensating patients with stage D HF. Although originally intended to serve solely as a bridge to more definitive surgical therapies, more and more patients are receiving inotrope therapy ...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Malotte K,Saguros A,Groninger H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PC-FACS(FastArticleCriticalSummaries for Clinicians inPalliativeCare) provides hospice and palliative care clinicians with concise summaries of the most important findings from more than 100 medical and scientific journals. If you have colleagues who would benefit from receiving PC-FACS, please encourage them to join ...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Davis MP

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Recent analyses of Medicare data show decreases over time in intensity of end-of-life care. Few studies exist regarding trends in intensity of end-of-life care for those under 65 years of age. OBJECTIVES:To examine recent temporal trends in place of death, and both hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) utiliz...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Sathitratanacheewin S,Engelberg RA,Downey L,Lee RY,Fausto JA,Starks H,Dunlap B,Sibley J,Lober W,Loggers ET,Khandelwal N,Curtis JR

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Assessment and response to patients' spiritual concerns are crucial components of high-quality supportive care. Better measures of spiritual needs across the cultural spectrum may help direct necessary interventions. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to assess spiritual needs in a racially/ethnically ...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Astrow AB,Kwok G,Sharma RK,Fromer N,Sulmasy DP

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Advance care planning (ACP) is defined as a person-centered, ongoing process of communication that facilitates patients' understanding, reflection, and discussion of goals, values, and preferences for future care. There is evidence for the general palliative care population that ACP increases compliance with pa...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Voss H,Vogel A,Wagemans AMA,Francke AL,Metsemakers JFM,Courtens AM,de Veer AJE

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Unfinished business often causes psychological issues after bereavement. Providing care for families of terminally ill patients with cancer to prevent unfinished business is important. OBJECTIVES:To clarify the prevalence and types of unfinished business in families of end-of-life patients with cancer admitted...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Yamashita R,Arao H,Takao A,Masutani E,Morita T,Shima Y,Kizawa Y,Tsuneto S,Aoyama M,Miyashita M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Emergency physicians (EPs) often need to make a decision whether or not to intubate a terminal cancer patient. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to explore EPs' attitudes about intubating critically ill, terminal cancer patients. METHODS:Fifty EPs at three emergency departments (one university based, ...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Kim K,Chakravarthy B,Anderson C,Liao S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy (OIPN) is a dose-limiting toxicity of oxaliplatin and affects most colorectal cancer patients. OIPN is commonly evaluated by patient symptom report, using scales to reflect impairment. They do not discriminate between unique grouping of symptoms and signs, which impedes...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Griffith KA,Zhu S,Johantgen M,Kessler MD,Renn C,Beutler AS,Kanwar R,Ambulos N,Cavaletti G,Bruna J,Briani C,Argyriou AA,Kalofonos HP,Yerges-Armstrong LM,Dorsey SG

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Many breast cancer patients have unmet informational and psychosocial needs after treatment completion. A psychoeducational intervention may be well suited to support these patients. OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this multicenter randomized controlled trial was to examine the effectiveness of a web-based tailored ...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Admiraal JM,van der Velden AWG,Geerling JI,Burgerhof JGM,Bouma G,Walenkamp AME,de Vries EGE,Schröder CP,Reyners AKL

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:There are no previously published studies examining opioid doses administered to opioid-tolerant cancer patients during emergency department (ED) encounters. OBJECTIVES:To determine if opioid-tolerant cancer patients presenting with acute pain exacerbations receive adequate initial doses of as needed (PRN) opi...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Patel PM,Goodman LF,Knepel SA,Miller CC,Azimi A,Phillips G,Gustin JL,Hartman A

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Although physical function is an important patient outcome, little is known about changes in physical function in older adults receiving chemotherapy (CTX). OBJECTIVES:Identify subgroups of older patients based on changes in their level of physical function; determine which demographic and clinical characteris...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Miaskowski C,Wong ML,Cooper BA,Mastick J,Paul SM,Possin K,Steinman M,Cataldo J,Dunn LB,Ritchie C

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:As most end-of-life care is provided by health care providers who are generalists rather than specialists in palliative care, effective communication skills training for generalists is essential. OBJECTIVES:To determine the effect of communication training interventions for generalist palliative care providers...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Selman LE,Brighton LJ,Hawkins A,McDonald C,O'Brien S,Robinson V,Khan SA,George R,Ramsenthaler C,Higginson IJ,Koffman J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Assessment of cancer-related fatigue is currently based on patient-reported outcomes. We asked whether objective assessments, such as muscle strength and nutritional markers, can be used as surrogate measures of cancer-related fatigue. OBJECTIVE:We examined the association among three fatigue scales, muscle st...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Schvartsman G,Park M,Liu DD,Yennu S,Bruera E,Hui D

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Although previous research has, overall, suggested a moderate relationship between response expectancies (REs) and cancer treatment-related side effects, empirical results have been mixed. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to further explore these relationships, hypothesizing that REs would predict subsequent toxicities wit...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Devlin EJ,Denson LA,Whitford HS

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Undertreatment of cancer pain among outpatient cancer patients needs to be addressed to enhance care and improve patients' quality of life (QoL). OBJECTIVES:This prospective, cross-sectional, patient-focused study aimed to explore the prevalence of pain and undertreatment of cancer pain in outpatients in Taiwa...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Shen WC,Chen JS,Shao YY,Lee KD,Chiou TJ,Sung YC,Rau KM,Yen CJ,Liao YM,Liu TC,Wu MF,Lee MY,Yu MS,Hwang WL,Lai PY,Chang CS,Chou WC,Hsieh RK

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Achieving adequate response rates from family members of critically ill patients can be challenging, especially when assessing psychological symptoms. OBJECTIVES:To identify factors associated with completion of surveys about psychological symptoms among family members of critically ill patients. METHODS:Usin...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Long AC,Downey L,Engelberg RA,Nielsen E,Ciechanowski P,Curtis JR

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Feasibility and pilot study designs are common in palliative care research. Finding standard guidelines on the structure and reporting of these study types is difficult. OBJECTIVES:In feasibility and pilot studies in palliative care research, to determine 1) how commonly a priori feasibility are criteria repor...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Jones TA,Olds TS,Currow DC,Williams MT

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Improving quality of death (QOD) is a key goal in palliative care (PC). To our knowledge, no instruments to measure QOD have been validated in Spanish. OBJECTIVES:The goals of this study were to validate the Spanish version of the quality of dying and death (QODD) questionnaire and to develop and validate a sh...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Pérez-Cruz PE,Padilla Pérez O,Bonati P,Thomsen Parisi O,Tupper Satt L,Gonzalez Otaiza M,Ceballos Yáñez D,Maldonado Morgado A

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Cancer patients with cachexia may suffer from significant burden of symptoms and it can severely impair patients' quality of life. However, only few studies have targeted the symptom burden in cancer cachexia patients, and whether the symptom burden differed in different cachexia stages is still unclear. OBJEC...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Zhou T,Yang K,Thapa S,Liu H,Wang B,Yu S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Accurate documentation of preferences for cardiopulmonary resuscitation at hospital admission is critical to ensure that patients receive resuscitation or not in accordance with their wishes. OBJECTIVES:We sought to identify and characterize inconsistencies in patient-reported and clinician-ordered resuscitati...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Young KA,Wordingham SE,Strand JJ,Roger VL,Dunlay SM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Fatigue and depression are two prominent concerns in patients on in-hospital hemodialysis (IHHD) that have recently been identified as research priorities in the nephrology community. Although they are often reported to co-exist, no synthesis of the literature examining their relationship is available. OBJECTI...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Farragher JF,Polatajko HJ,Jassal SV

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite advances in predialysis care and dialysis technology, patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease continue to experience multiple comorbidities, a high symptom burden, a shortened life expectancy, and substantial physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering. Patients with acute ki...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Moss AH

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Chronic fatigue (CF) in breast cancer (BC) survivors is multifactorial and may be caused by immune activation triggered by BC or its treatment. In the Neoadjuvant Avastin in Breast Cancer study, BC patients received neoadjuvant chemotherapy (FEC100→taxane) ± bevacizumab, a monoclonal antibody with fatigue as a ...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Reinertsen KV,Engebraaten O,Loge JH,Cvancarova M,Naume B,Wist E,Edvardsen H,Wille E,Bjøro T,Kiserud CE

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Carers' needs in advanced disease, and specifically in relation to breathlessness, are well evidenced. Publications on educational interventions for carers of patients with advanced disease that focus on symptoms are scarce and absent for breathlessness. OBJECTIVES:To establish current education provided by cl...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Ewing G,Penfold C,Benson JA,Mahadeva R,Howson S,Burkin J,Booth S,Lovick R,Gilligan D,Todd C,Farquhar M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Although many family members who make surrogate decisions report problems with communication, there is no validated instrument to accurately measure surrogate/clinician communication for older adults in the acute hospital setting. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to validate a survey of surrogate-rat...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Torke AM,Monahan P,Callahan CM,Helft PR,Sachs GA,Wocial LD,Slaven JE,Montz K,Inger L,Burke ES

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Measuring What Matters (MWM) prioritizes quality measures in palliative care practice. Hematologic malignancy patients are less likely to access palliative care, yet little is known about their unique needs. Differences in MWM adherence may highlight opportunities to improve palliative care in hematology. OBJE...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： LeBlanc TW,Ritchie CS,Friedman F,Bull J,Kutner JS,Johnson KS,Kamal AH,AAHPM Research Committee Writing Group.

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Knowledge is limited regarding pain assessment and management practices, as well as pain-related outcomes in hospice care. OBJECTIVES:To generate national estimates of pain assessment and management practices and outcomes of pain control among patients 65 years or older receiving hospice care in the U.S. and i...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Cea ME,Reid MC,Inturrisi C,Witkin LR,Prigerson HG,Bao Y

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Substantive discussions between loved ones are necessary for effective advance care planning. Although multiple tools are currently in use for promoting conversations, the content and clinical relevance of the conversations they stimulate is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To describe the content and clinical relevance of ...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Van Scoy LJ,Reading JM,Scott AM,Chuang C,Levi BH,Green MJ

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00