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Mashup Score: 1Outpatient Palliative Care | Palliative in Practice - 12 month(s) ago
A study in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management explores whether patient-level factors are associated with visits among patients referred to outpatient palliative care.
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Mashup Score: 0Do types of opioids matter for terminal cancer dyspnea? A preliminary multicenter cohort study - 1 year(s) ago
Dyspnea is among the most distressing symptoms in the last weeks to days of life (terminal dyspnea). While physicians frequently use parenteral opioids other than morphine for terminal dyspnea, little is known about their effects in cancer patients.
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Mashup Score: 0Implementation of Patient Reported Outcomes in Outpatient Palliative Care: From Paper to Computer - 1 year(s) ago
This quality improvement project aimed to transition completion of Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) at our Supportive Care Clinic from paper to electronic format.
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Mashup Score: 1
Palliative care teams offer holistic care for patients experiencing serious illness and related suffering, nevertheless, there are times when clinicians are asked by patients for help to obtain assisted dying. Patients in a growing number of areas may be eligible to request medically administered or self-administered lethal medications to control the timing of death and palliative care practices,…
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Mashup Score: 0PC-FACS April 5, 2023 - 1 year(s) ago
Dissecting Pathological Joking
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Mashup Score: 0
To the Editor,
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Mashup Score: 0Effect of Pain Coping Skills Training on Pain and Pain Medication Use for Women with Breast Cancer - 1 year(s) ago
Pain is distressing for women with breast cancer. Pain medication may not provide full relief and can have negative side-effects. Cognitive-behavioral pain intervention protocols reduce pain severity and improve self-efficacy for pain management. These interventions’ impact on pain medication use is less clear. Intervention length and coping skills use might play a role in pain outcomes.
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Mashup Score: 0Psychiatric Comorbidities and Outcomes in Palliative and End-of-Life Care: A Systematic Review - 1 year(s) ago
Although psychiatric comorbidities are common among individuals at end of life, their impact on outcomes is poorly understood.
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Mashup Score: 2Building a Cardiac Palliative Care Program: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Ten Program Leaders from Across the United States - 1 year(s) ago
: Palliative care is guideline-recommended for patients with advanced heart failure (HF). However, studies on how cardiac palliative care is provided in the United States (US) are lacking.
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Mashup Score: 1Controversies in Palliative Care: A New JPSM Series - 1 year(s) ago
Palliative care practitioners are faced with many clinical dilemmas everyday with direct implications in patient care. Should neuroleptics be used to treat delirium? Do benzodiazepines have a role in alleviating dyspnea? Would cannabinoids improve appetite in patients with advanced cancer? Do prognostic models improve prognostic accuracies? Can advance care plans enhance end-of-life care? There…
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