Background The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to compare the complication rates of enteral nutrition (EN) (oral or tube feeding (TF)) and parenteral nutrition (PN) in patients with ...
Background The advantages of timely prescribing for palliative patients is well documented (NICE. Care of dying adults in the last days of life. [NG31], 2015; NIHR. Health Social Care Serv Res.
Background Guidelines recommend an early access to specialised palliative medicine services for patients with cancer, but studies have reported a continued underuse. Palliative care facilities deliver ...
Introduction Bereavement support comes in different forms and degrees of formality, reflecting the varying needs of bereaved people. Following the Covid-19 pandemic there is renewed interest in ...
Background Intensive Care Units have traditionally been poorly integrated with hospital specialist palliative care resources despite patients having significant morbidity and mortality. This project ...
Background Although the use of Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale (IPOS) has been shown to improve the quality of care delivered to hospice inpatients, maintaining high utilisation rates in ...
The Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland (APM) has recently published Guidance for Professionals to support their practice in a very challenging area of care.1 The Guidance ...
Objectives Thiamine deficiency (TD) has been increasingly reported among patients undergoing active cancer treatment. However, its status in end-of-life cancer patients admitted to palliative care ...
Background Public awareness work regarding palliative and end-of-life care is increasingly promoted within national strategies for palliative care. Different approaches to undertaking this work are ...
Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous clonidine for refractory symptoms in the palliative setting. Methods A retrospective chart review of the use of subcutaneous clonidine ...
Objectives Polypharmacy can increase symptom burden and reduce quality of life in palliative care patients. The Drug Burden Index (DBI) measures patients’ exposure to anticholinergic and sedative ...
Correspondence to Dr Niamh Mairéad Cleary, Regional Specialist Palliative Care Services, Dóchas Centre, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co Louth, Ireland; clearynm{at}tcd.ie Local skin site ...
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