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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38531709/palliative-care-in-the-cardiovascular-intensive-care-unit-a-systematic-review-of-current-literature
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REVIEW
Agastya D Belur, Aryan Mehta, Mridul Bansal, Patrick M Wieruszewski, Rachna Kataria, Marwan Saad, Annaliese Clancy, Daniel J Levine, Neel R Sodha, Douglas M Burtt, Gregory S Rachu, J Dawn Abbott, Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula
BACKGROUND: There has been an evolution in the disease severity and complexity of patients presenting to the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU). There are limited data evaluating the role of palliative care in contemporary CICU practice. METHODS: PubMed Central, CINAHL, EMBASE, Medline, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were evaluated for studies on palliative care in adults (≥18 years) admitted with acute cardiovascular conditions - acute myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock, cardiac arrest, advanced heart failure, post-cardiac surgery, spontaneous coronary artery dissection, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, and pulmonary embolism - admitted to the CICU, coronary care unit or cardiovascular intensive care unit from 1/1/2000 to 8/8/2022...
March 24, 2024: Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine: Including Molecular Interventions
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38528152/patient-reported-outcome-measures-proms-to-personalise-follow-up-care-of-ovarian-cancer-what-do-patients-think-a-qualitative-interview-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Dachel D Seeratan, Robin G van Schuylenburch, Luc R C W van Lonkhuijzen, Johanna W M Aarts
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to explore ovarian cancer patients' preferences regarding follow-up care and, in particular, the use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) as an approach to personalise follow-up care. METHODS: Between May and June 2021, semi-structured interviews were conducted with ovarian cancer patients, who had finished their primary treatment at least 6 months prior and were receiving follow-up care at our centre. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using an inductive thematic approach...
March 26, 2024: Supportive Care in Cancer
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38525628/the-use-of-emergency-medical-services-for-palliative-situations-in-western-cape-province-south-africa-a-retrospective-descriptive-analysis-of-patient-records
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
C Gage, B Spies, K Crombie, L Gwyther, W Stassen
BACKGROUND: An estimated 56.8 million people require palliative care annually, while only 14% receive such care. This imbalance is particularly acute in low-to middle-income countries (LMICs), where up to 80% of patients requiring palliative care reside. To correct this imbalance, integration between palliative services and other disciplines has been recommended. While improved palliative care integration is a priority in the South African (SA) LMIC context, emergency medical services (EMS) and palliative care remain non-integrated...
November 6, 2023: South African Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38522890/multimodal-treatment-with-endoscopic-ablation-and-systemic-therapy-for-cholangiocarcinoma
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REVIEW
Zaheer Nabi, Michał Żorniak, D Nageshwar Reddy
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) are primary malignancies of biliary system and usually unresectable at the time of diagnosis. As a consequence, majority of these cases are candidates for palliative care. With the advances in chemotherapeutic agents and multidisciplinary care, the survival rate has improved in cases with inoperable malignant biliary obstruction. As a consequence, there is a need to provide effective and durable palliative care in these patients. The main role of endoscopic palliation in the vast majority of CCA includes biliary stenting for obstructive jaundice...
February 2024: Best Practice & Research. Clinical Gastroenterology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38521646/multidisciplinary-consensus-on-the-management-of-non-invasive-respiratory-support-in-the-covid-19-patient
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Manel Luján, César Cinesi Gómez, Oscar Peñuelas, Carlos Ferrando, Sarah Béatrice Heili-Frades, José Manuel Carratalá Perales, Arantxa Mas, Javier Sayas Catalán, Olga Mediano, Oriol Roca, Javier García Fernández, Antonio González Varela, Gonzalo Sempere Montes, Gemma Rialp Cervera, Gonzalo Hernández, Teresa Millán, Miquel Ferrer Monreal, Carlos Egea Santaolalla
Acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 pneumonia often requires a comprehensive approach that includes non-pharmacological strategies such as non-invasive support (including positive pressure modes, high flow therapy or awake proning) in addition to oxygen therapy, with the primary goal of avoiding endotracheal intubation. Clinical issues such as determining the optimal time to initiate non-invasive support, choosing the most appropriate modality (based not only on the acute clinical picture but also on comorbidities), establishing criteria for recognition of treatment failure and strategies to follow in this setting (including palliative care), or implementing de-escalation procedures when improvement occurs are of paramount importance in the ongoing management of severe COVID-19 cases...
March 4, 2024: Archivos de Bronconeumología
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38517559/randomized-controlled-trial-of-an-app-for-cancer-pain-management
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lizhu Weng, Wanlong Lin, Xiuxian Lin, Maobai Liu, Jing Yang
PURPOSE: The primary objective of this investigation was to devise a mobile application for self-management of cancer-related discomfort, with the overarching goal of enhancing patients' overall well-being. Would the utilization of the self-management application result in an amelioration of life quality compared to conventional follow-up procedures? METHODS: Modules were meticulously devised with the collaborative expertise of oncology pain specialists employing the Delphi technique...
March 22, 2024: Supportive Care in Cancer
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38517451/cancer-related-thrombotic-microangiopathy-and-disseminated-intravascular-coagulation-in-a-patient-with-bone-marrow-carcinomatosis-of-unknown-primary-origin-a-case-report
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Masahiro Manabe, Naoyuki Inano, Yuuji Hagiwara, Nobuhiro Sogabe, Satoru Nanno, Takeshi Mazaki, Ki-Ryang Koh
BACKGROUND: Cancer-related thrombotic microangiopathy (CR-TMA) is a rare type of Coombs-negative hemolytic anemia, which is caused by malignancy and has a poor prognosis. CASE: A 76-year-old female was referred to our hospital due to Coombs-negative hemolytic anemia, which was causing fatigue and dyspnea on exertion, accompanied by schistocytosis. A bone marrow examination demonstrated bone marrow carcinomatosis, and the tumor cells were morphologically suspected to be signet-ring cell carcinoma cells...
March 2024: Cancer reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38514484/iliocaval-and-iliofemoral-venous-stenting-for-obstruction-secondary-to-tumor-compression
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ahmed K Aly, Amgad M Moussa, Olivier Chevallier, Sirish Kishore, Elena Petre, Adie Friedman, Yolanda Bryce, Adrian Gonzalez, Juan Camacho, Ernesto Santos, Fourat Ridouani
BACKGROUND: Cancer patients with pelviabdominal masses can suffer from lower extremity symptoms due to venous compression. The effectiveness of venous stenting has been established in extrinsic venous compression in benign conditions like May-Thurner syndrome. In this retrospective study we evaluate the efficacy and safety of caval, iliocaval and iliofemoral venous stenting for cases of extrinsic venous compression caused by malignant masses in cancer patients. METHODS: IRB-approved retrospective review of patients who underwent iliofemoral venography with venoplasty and stenting between January 2018 and February 2022 was performed...
March 22, 2024: CVIR Endovascular
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38510766/ethics-and-medicolegal-aspects-of-withdrawal-of-treatment-in-critical-care-patients-without-advanced-directives-in-india-who-will-guard-the-guardians-themselves
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mahesh Radhakrishnan Menon
UNLABELLED: The Supreme Court (SC) verdict of 2023 has been welcomed by the medical community in India by those who treat patients with terminal or advanced illnesses. The earlier verdict of the apex court in 2018 was ground-breaking in allowing for advanced directives (ADs) by patients in terms of their preferences at the end of life. However, it was an impractical and lengthy process in the Indian context. The recent verdict has simplified the process of withdrawal of life support, making it more practical...
January 2024: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38509654/reirradiation-of-metastases-of-the-central-nervous-system-part-1-brain-metastasis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Dirk Rades, Charles B Simone, Henry C Y Wong, Edward Chow, Shing Fung Lee, Peter A S Johnstone
Because of improved survival of cancer patients, more patients irradiated for brain metastases develop intracerebral recurrences requiring subsequent courses of radiotherapy. Five studies focused on reirradiation with whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) after initial WBRT for brain metastases. Following the second WBRT course, improvement of clinical symptoms was found in 31-68% of patients. Rates of neurotoxicity, such as encephalopathy or cognitive decline, were reported in two studies (1.4% and 32%). In another study, severe or unexpected adverse events were not observed...
March 20, 2024: Annals of Palliative Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38509652/palliative-care-for-older-adults-with-cardiovascular-disease
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Smrithi Sukumar, Lillian Flashner, Jessica L Logeman, Lauren K O'Shea, Haider J Warraich
Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. Advanced cardiac conditions, such as heart failure, are characterized by severe symptoms, recurrent hospitalizations, limited/uncertain prognosis, decreased quality of life, and high levels of caregiver burden. The burden of heart failure is highest in older adults, for whom cardiovascular symptoms are layered on existing age-related problems such as geriatric syndromes, polypharmacy, depression, frailty, inadequate social support, decreased representation in clinical trials, and aging caregivers...
March 13, 2024: Annals of Palliative Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38509650/the-value-and-economic-benefits-of-palliative-care-in-primary-care-an-international-perspective
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tania Pastrana, Scott A Murray
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March 15, 2024: Annals of Palliative Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38509648/palliative-care-in-the-older-adult-with-cancer-and-the-role-of-the-geriatrician-a-narrative-review
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bibban Bant Deol, Lisa Binns-Emerick, Mohammad Kang, Pragnesh Patel
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Palliative care can offer individuals improved quality of care and life. While many individuals would benefit from palliative care, only a minority will receive it. Integrating palliative care with geriatrics can help relieve this deficit, help with basic symptom management, advanced care planning (ACP) and develop goals of care to assure that the care provided is congruent with the individual's priorities. The purpose of this narrative review is to demonstrate the importance that the geriatrician can have when participating in the administration of palliative care; to present geriatric-specific issues that are imperative to manage when palliatively treating the older adult with cancer...
March 15, 2024: Annals of Palliative Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38509644/transitions-between-skilled-home-health-and-hospice-for-persons-living-with-dementia-a-systematic-review-of-literature
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sharon E Bigger, Robin Ann Foreman, Christiana Keinath, Gail L Towsley
BACKGROUND: In the United States (US), nearly one third of skilled home health (HH) patients and nearly one half of hospice patients have diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), conditions often characterized by a slow decline in cognition and function. Many persons living with dementia (PLWDs) are cared for at home yet may transition between care settings such as skilled HH or hospice, potentially leading to fragmented and poorer care. The purpose of this systematic review was to examine literature pertaining to (I) care transitions for PLWD who are enrolled in skilled HH and hospice in the US, and (II) specifically, care transitions between skilled HH and hospice for PLWD...
March 12, 2024: Annals of Palliative Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38508739/inter-rater-reliability-in-the-assessment-of-consciousness-in-patients-receiving-palliative-care-in-intensive-care-a-prospective-cross-sectional-observational-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Dilek Yildirim, Arzu Kavala, Seda Değirmenci Öz, Esra Sezer, Emre Kuğu, Zeynep Coşkun
BACKGROUND: The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is one of the methods that has validity for evaluating the consciousness levels of patients in the literature and is accepted by health authorities. AIM: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the inter-rater reliability of GCS in intensive care patients receiving palliative care. STUDY DESIGN: A prospective cross sectional observational study. The study was conducted in a general intensive care unit with 20 beds with patients receiving palliative care...
March 20, 2024: Nursing in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38506960/palliative-care-for-in-patient-malignant-glioma-patients-in-germany
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Larissa Fink, Birgitt van Oorschot, Christiane von Saß, Maxine Dibué, Marie-Therese Foster, Heidrun Golla, Ronald Goldbrunner, Christian Senft, Aaron Lawson McLean, Martin Hellmich, Nazife Dinc, Raymond Voltz, Heiner Melching, Christine Jungk, Marcel A Kamp
OBJECTIVE: Malignant gliomas impose a significant symptomatic burden on patients and their families. Current guidelines recommend palliative care for patients with advanced tumors within eight weeks of diagnosis, emphasizing early integration for malignant glioma cases. However, the utilization rate of palliative care for these patients in Germany remains unquantified. This study investigates the proportion of malignant glioma patients who either died in a hospital or were transferred to hospice care from 2019 to 2022, and the prevalence of in-patient specialized palliative care interventions...
March 20, 2024: Journal of Neuro-oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38504625/patient-and-caregiver-satisfaction-of-a-palliative-care-chronic-diseases-clinic-during-covid-lockdowns
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Xiang Rong Sim, Jade Hudson, Catriona Parker, Fiona Runacres, Peter Poon
OBJECTIVES: To assess the quality assurance of a specialist palliative care clinic focused on chronic diseases and explore the satisfaction and acceptability of the telemedicine model amongst patients and caregivers. METHODS: A cross-sectional 23-item survey was developed by the clinical team, approved by ethics and distributed to patients and caregivers. Data collection ran between September 2021 and February 2022, and SPSS was used for data analysis. Demographics were collected from hospital records...
March 20, 2024: Chronic Illness
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38504550/implementation-of-the-e-ipos-in-home-palliative-cancer-care-a-quasiexperimental-pilot-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Letteria Consolo, Daniele Rusconi, Stella Colombo, Ilaria Basile, Tiziana Campa, Daniele Pezzera, Salvatore Benenati, Augusto Caraceni, Maura Lusignani
INTRODUCTION: Electronic patient-reported outcome measures (e-PROMs) offer advantages in palliative cancer care, including rapid completion, improved data quality and direct storage, improving clinical decision-making. The electronic Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale (e-IPOS) in this context enables thorough self-assessment by patients, enhancing symptom management and self-reflection of their current situation. AIM: To evaluate the feasibility of implementing the e-IPOS in home palliative cancer care...
March 19, 2024: American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38504215/integrating-palliative-care-education-in-pulmonary-rehabilitation-a-randomized-controlled-study-protocol
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
M Aurora Mendes, Daisy J A Janssen, Alda Marques
BACKGROUND: Palliative care addresses multiple unmet needs of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or interstitial lung diseases (ILD) and their family and/or friend caregivers, but it remains highly underused. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) may provide a key opportunity to introduce palliative care. We aim to explore the effects of palliative care education as part of PR on knowledge about this field in people with COPD or ILD and their family and/or friend caregivers...
March 20, 2024: BMC Palliative Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38502353/piloting-a-language-translation-device-for-mandarin-speaking-patients-presenting-for-radiotherapy-treatment-assessing-patient-and-radiation-therapist-perspectives
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Darren Hunter, Nigel Anderson, Richard Oates, David Kok, Daniel Sapkaroski, Nicola Treffry, Caroline Wright
PURPOSE: Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) cancer patients report unmet informational and emotional needs when receiving radiotherapy (RT). This feasibility study aimed to evaluate the clinical use of an instant translation device (ITD) to facilitate communication between Mandarin-speaking patients and radiation therapists (RTTs) within the Australian public RT setting. The primary aim was to assess the ability to convey information relating to daily patient care and build rapport using the device...
March 19, 2024: Supportive Care in Cancer
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