Related Articles Psychedelics and Dying Care: A Historical Look at the Relationship between Psychedelics and Palliative Care. J Psychoactive Drugs. 2019 Apr-Jun;51(2):102-107 Authors: Dyck E Abstract This article examines the historical relationship between psychedelics and palliative care. Historians have contributed to a growing field of studies about how psychedelics have been used in the past, but much of that scholarship focused on interrogating questions of legitimacy or proving that psychedelics had therapeutic potential. Palliative care had not yet developed as medical sub-specialty, more often leaving dying care on the margins of modern, pharmaceutical-based treatments. As psychedelic researchers in the 1950s…
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Related Articles Indwelling pleural catheters for benign pleural effusions: what is the evidence? Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2019 07;25(4):369-373 Authors: Aboudara M, Maldonado F Abstract PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Benign pleural effusions are common and usually managed by treating the underlying disease process. In some patients, these effusions may be refractory to medical management. Indwelling pleural catheters, used extensively for malignant pleural effusions, are increasingly used in benign pleural effusions not responding to medical therapy. This review focuses on current data regarding their safety and effectiveness in effusions due to congestive heart failure, hepatic hydrothorax, end-stage renal disease, and chylothorax. RECENT…
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Related Articles Timing of Palliative Consultation for Children During a Fatal Illness. Hosp Pediatr. 2019 05;9(5):373-378 Authors: Rossfeld ZM, Miller R, Fosselman DD, Ketner AR, Tumin D, Tobias JD, Humphrey L Abstract BACKGROUND: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends palliative care for children at the diagnosis of serious illness. Yet few children who die receive specialty palliative care consultation, and when it is provided, palliative care consultation tends to occur after >75% of the time from diagnosis until death. Focusing on the timing of palliative consultation in relation to the date of diagnosis, we evaluated factors predicting earlier receipt of…
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Related Articles Palliative care and paediatric cardiology: current evidence and future directions. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2019 07;3(7):502-510 Authors: Morell E, Moynihan K, Wolfe J, Blume ED Abstract Although outcomes for children with heart disease have improved substantially over the past several decades, heart disease remains one of the leading causes of paediatric mortality. For children who progress to advanced heart disease, disease morbidity is high, with many children requiring multiple surgical interventions and long-term intensive care hospitalisations. Care for children with advanced heart disease requires a multidisciplinary approach, and opportunities for earlier integration of palliative care are being explored.…
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Related Articles Quality of Life for Late Life Patients: Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Whole-Person Approach for Patients With Chronic Illnesses. J Appl Gerontol. 2019 07;38(7):910-930 Authors: Shippee T, Shippee N, Fernstrom K, Mobley P, Frazer M, Jou J, Britt H Abstract Quality of life (QOL) for patients with serious illness in late life is important for patients and policy makers and has implications for improved care delivery. This mixed-methods evaluation examined the effectiveness of a new whole-person approach to late life care-the LifeCourse-which provides patients with ongoing, across-setting assistance from lay health care workers, supported by a clinical team. We…
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