J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Aug 21. pii: S0885-3924(15)00412-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.07.014. [Epub ahead of print] Benefit of Early Palliative Care Intervention in End-Stage Liver Disease Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation. Baumann AJ, Wheeler DS, James M, et al The effect of early multidisciplinary palliative care on symptom control (using a modified liver-specific Edmonton Symptom Assessment System) […]
Latest articles
Shortcuts
Support Care Cancer. 2015 Aug;23(8):2273-80. Geriatric assessment as an aide to understanding falls in older adults with cancer. Williams GR, Deal AM, Nyrop KA, et al This study assessed falls and their predisposing factors in older adults with cancer using a comprehensive geriatric assessment which included a self-report of falls. These was 1172 patients included, […]
Shortcuts
Palliat Med. 2015 Jul 21. pii: 0269216315595203. [Epub ahead of print] Estimating the cost of caring for people with cancer at the end of life: A modelling study. Round J, Jones L, Morris S. Using a modelling-based approach this study estimated the costs for lung, breast, colorectal and prostate cancer patients at the end of […]
Shortcuts
Lancet Psychiatry. 2015 Jul;2(7):635-47. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00168-6. Epub 2015 Jun 30. Patient-reported depression measures in cancer: a meta-review. Wakefield CE, Butow PN, Aaronson NA, et al. In this meta-review the findings of 19 previous reviews (including 372 primary studies) were integrated to identify which patient-reported depression measures perform best in patients with cancer. The Hospital Anxiety […]
Shortcuts
PLoS One. 2015 Jul 29;10(7):e0133837. A Qualitative Investigation of Health Care Professionals’, Patients’ and Partners’ Views on Psychosocial Issues and Related Interventions for Couples Coping with Cancer. Regan T, Levesque JV, Lambert SD, Kelly B. In this Australian study 20 oncology-based health care professionals (HCPs) and 20 couples (one of which had been diagnosed with […]
Shortcuts
JAMA Intern Med. 2015 May;175(5):691-700. Safety and benefit of discontinuing statin therapy in the setting of advanced, life-limiting illness: a randomized clinical trial. Kutner JS, Blatchford PJ, Taylor DH Jr, et al This multicentre, parallel-group, unblinded, pragmatic randomized trial evaluated the safety, clinical, and cost impact of discontinuing statin medications for patients in the palliative […]
Shortcuts
J Clin Oncol. 2015 Sep 1;33(25):2745-52. Prospective Cohort Study of Hospital Palliative Care Teams for Inpatients With Advanced Cancer: Earlier Consultation Is Associated With Larger Cost-Saving Effect. May P, Garrido MM, Cassel JB, et al This US based multicentre prospective observational hospital study in adults with advanced cancer assessed how the timing of palliative care […]
News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com
Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website with over 30,000 members from 169 Countries. Hot topics Motor Neurone Disease: NICE guideline consultation NICE have published a draft guideline for consultation for motor neurone disease (closing 13 October 2015), The guideline covers the assessment and management of motor […]
News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com
15/09/2015 Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website with over 30,000 members from 169 Countries. Hot topics CQC annual report: safer management of controlled drugs The UK Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published their 2014 annual report on the safer management of controlled drugs and made […]
Symplur and the Heathcare Hashtag project
by Dr Mark Taubert, Consultant in Palliative Medicine and Clinical Director for Palliative Medicine at Velindre NHS Trust, Cardiff, UK. Twitter: @DrMarkTaubert Finding the conversations that interest you most on Twitter can either be easy or difficult, depending on the complexity of what you are looking for. For instance, if you want to know what […]