Discontinuing statins near end of life not associated with adverse outcomes
1. Amongst a population of patients enrolled in palliative care secondary to advanced life-limiting illness, discontinuing their statin therapy did ...
Tag: palliative care
Increasing proxy-reported pain at end-of-life from 1998-2010
1. In this prospective cohort study, proxy-reported prevalence of pain at the end-of-life increased between 1998 and 2010. 2. Prevalence of ...
Shared decision-making may be limited in PICU end-of-life discussions
1. In 47 end-of-life discussions recorded at 2 Dutch PICUs, most physicians communicated information regarding the situation, treatment, prognosis, options, ...
Hospice associated with reduced healthcare utilization in cancer patients
1. Individuals with poor-prognosis cancer who received hospice care had fewer hospital admissions, intensive care unit stays, invasive procedures, and ...
Cryoablation safe and effective for pain control in sternal metastases
1. Among patients with metastatic cancer to the sternum, the use of cryoablation was associated with significant pain relief lasting ...
Limited knowledge, high interest in pediatric advanced directives among caregivers
1. Half (49.2%) of parents and caregivers of chronically ill children had interest in creating advanced directives (ADs) for their ...
Palliative chemotherapy associated with more ICU treatment at end-of-life
Image: PD 1. Palliative chemotherapy for terminally ill patients was associated to more intensive care in the last week of ...
Symptomatic relief possible with surgery for metastatic bowel obstruction
Image: PD 1. Palliative operative intervention to relieve metastatic bowel obstruction can result in symptom relief, resumption of eating and ...
Parents define children’s oncology-related palliation and pain relief [Pediatrics Classics Series]
Image: PD 1. When interviews with parents who lost children to cancer were compared to patient hospital records, researchers found ...