Palliative Care
Updates in Palliative Care – Recent Advancements in the Pharmacological Management of Symptoms
22 Feb, 2018 | 21:36h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Updates in Palliative Care – Overview and Recent Advancements in the Pharmacological Management of Cancer Pain
22 Feb, 2018 | 21:37h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Research: Effect of early and systematic integration of palliative care in patients with advanced cancer
16 Feb, 2018 | 01:29h | UTCEffect of early and systematic integration of palliative care in patients with advanced cancer: a randomised controlled trial – The Lancet Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Early Integration of Palliative Care Improves Quality of Life in Advanced Cancer – Oncology Nurse Advisor (free)
Related Guideline: Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update (free) AND Commentary: Concurrent Palliative Care: Recommendations From the ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline – The ASCO Post (free)
This Startup Makes End-Of-Life Planning A Piece Of Cake
16 Feb, 2018 | 00:41h | UTCThis Startup Makes End-Of-Life Planning A Piece Of Cake – Forbes (free)
New Document for Patients: Advanced Health Directive for Dementia
5 Feb, 2018 | 16:26h | UTCOne Day Your Mind May Fade. At Least You’ll Have a Plan – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Free download: Health Directive for Dementia (free PDF) from Advanced Directive for Dementia
Source: New document allows advance planning for dementia – Univadis (free registration required)
“A Simple Way to Document the Medical Care You Would Want If You Had Dementia”
Pro/Con Debate – two doctors with opposite views on physician-assisted death
5 Feb, 2018 | 16:15h | UTCPro: I’m a doctor with end-stage cancer. I support medical aid in dying – STAT (free)
Con: Physician-assisted suicide won’t atone for medicine’s ‘original sin’ – STAT (free)
Research: Medical Oncology Outpatients’ Perceptions of Location of End-of-Life Care
23 Jan, 2018 | 16:50h | UTCCommentary: Let’s Talk About End-of-Life Care – National Comprehensive Cancer Network, via NewsWise (free)
“…majority of people with cancer would like their physicians to ask them where they would prefer to receive end-of-life care” (from NewsWise).
Early Palliative Care: a Video for Health and Care Professionals
21 Jan, 2018 | 14:29h | UTCVideo: Early Palliative Care: a video for health and care professionals – University of Edinburgh (free) (via @OUPMedicine see Tweet)
Related: Early palliative care for adults with advanced cancer – Cochrane Library (free summary and original article) AND How Early Palliative Care May Benefit Patients With Incurable Cancer – ASCO Post (free)
Related guideline: Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update (free)
Supporting Patients Through Serious Illness and the End of Life
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:52h | UTC“By proactively managing care for the terminally ill, the Advanced Illness Management program has produced savings of $8,000–$9,000 per patient” (via @commonwealthfnd see Tweet)
Consensus Statement: Management of Perceived Devastating Brain Injury After Hospital Admission
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:25h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Concurrent Palliative Care: Recommendations From the ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:06h | UTCOriginal Guideline: Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)
Review: Severe COPD and the Transition to a Palliative Approach
26 Dec, 2017 | 23:06h | UTCSevere COPD and the transition to a palliative approach – Breathe (free)
See more on palliative care in chronic respiratory disorders in our Decembe 6th issue (see #10)
Systematic Review: Advance care planning for patients with chronic respiratory diseases
7 Dec, 2017 | 21:52h | UTCAdvance care planning for patients with chronic respiratory diseases: a systematic review of preferences and practices – Thorax (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Doctors rarely discuss end-of-life care for chronic lung conditions – Reuters (free)
Related guideline: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Policy Statement: Palliative Care for Patients with Respiratory Diseases and Critical Illnesses (free)
Research: Palliative Care Eligibility, Symptom Burden, and Quality-of-Life Ratings in Nursing Home Residents
30 Nov, 2017 | 18:12h | UTCPalliative Care Eligibility, Symptom Burden, and Quality-of-Life Ratings in Nursing Home Residents – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Nursing home residents eligible for palliative care often don’t get it – Reuters (free) AND Most nursing home residents eligible for palliative care but lack access – MedicalXpress (free)
Viewpoint – Advance Directives for Dementia: Meeting a Unique Challenge
11 Nov, 2017 | 16:59h | UTCAdvance Directives for Dementia: Meeting a Unique Challenge – JAMA (free)
Research: Economic impact of palliative care among elderly cancer patients
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:42h | UTCEconomic impact of palliative care among elderly cancer patients – presented at: 2017 Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium (free abstract)
Commentaries: Palliative Care Associated With Decreased Costs For Patients With Advanced Cancer – Oncology Nurse Advisor (free) AND Early Palliative Care Is Key Driver in Reducing Costs – Medscape (free registration required)
Related study: Effect of Palliative Care on Aggressiveness of End-of-Life Care Among Patients With Advanced Cancer – Journal of Oncology Practice (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Commentaries: Palliative Care May Substantially Decrease Health-Care Utilization in Patients With Advanced Cancer – ASCO Post (free) AND End-of-Life Palliative Care Lowered Utilization for Patients With Cancer – AJMC (free)
Related guideline: Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update (free)
Report: Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:54h | UTCAlleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage: the Lancet Commission report (free registration required)
Commentaries: A milestone for palliative care and pain relief – The Lancet (free registration required) AND Millions die suffering amid global opioid gap, report says – STAT (free) AND More than 25 million people dying in agony without morphine every year – The Guardian (free)
Review: Palliative Care in Neurology
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:09h | UTCPalliative Care in Neurology – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)
Systematic review: Prognostic variables and scores identifying the end of life in COPD
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:07h | UTC
Research: Development and validation of QMortality risk prediction algorithm to estimate short term risk of death and assess frailty
3 Oct, 2017 | 21:58h | UTCEditorial: Identifying frailty in primary care (free)
Commentary: Frailty calculator to support GPs in targeting patients for better care – MyScience (free)
See calculators: QMortality®-2017 risk calculator (free) AND QFrailty®-2017 risk calculator (free)
“the tool can reliably estimate risk of dying within 12 months and risk of unplanned admissions among patients aged between 65 and 100 years old” (from MyScience).
Research: Lorazepam With Haloperidol vs Haloperidol Alone on Agitated Delirium in Patients Receiving Palliative Care
1 Oct, 2017 | 15:04h | UTCEffect of Lorazepam With Haloperidol vs Haloperidol Alone on Agitated Delirium in Patients With Advanced Cancer Receiving Palliative Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Lorazepam, Haloperidol, and Delirium – Pallimed (free) AND Drug Combo Found Helpful in End-of-Life Delirium – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Lorazepam Plus Haloperidol Improves Agitation in Cancer-Related Delirium – OncologyNurse Advisor (free)
End-of-life decisions can be difficult. This doctor thinks ‘nudges’ can help
24 Sep, 2017 | 20:09h | UTCEnd-of-life decisions can be difficult. This doctor thinks ‘nudges’ can help – STAT (free)
Guideline: Ethics and the Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:31h | UTCCommentaries: ACP reaffirms opposition to physician-assisted suicide – ACP Internist (free) AND ACP Reaffirms Position Against Physician-Assisted Suicide – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Guidance on Forgoing Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment in Children
11 Sep, 2017 | 00:22h | UTC7 – Guidance on Forgoing Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment – Pediatrics (free)
News Release: Balancing act: Weighing the decision to withhold life-sustaining medical treatment (free)
RCT: Palliative Care in Heart Failure
10 Sep, 2017 | 02:00h | UTCPalliative Care in Heart Failure: The PAL-HF Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Palliative Care Intervention Improves Quality of Life in Advanced Heart Failure Patients – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Palliative Care & CHF: PAL-HF trial – Pallimed (free)