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The Effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercises Applied to Caregivers of Palliative Care Patients on Stress Coping Styles and Anxiety Levels: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Nurs Open. 2025 Feb;12(2):e70149. doi: 10.1002/nop2.70149.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercises on the ability to cope with stress and anxiety level in caregivers of palliative care patients.DESIGN: The study was conducted as a single-blind study with pretest-posttest randomised control group.METHOD: The study was conducted between May 11 and July 22, 2021. The caregivers in the experimental group were asked to perform a total of 28 sessions of progressive muscle relaxation exercise for 30 min a day for 4 weeks. No interventions were made in the control group during the study. Data were collected…
Origen: The Effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercises Applied to Caregivers of Palliative Care Patients on Stress Coping Styles and Anxiety Levels: A Randomised Controlled Trial – PubMed

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Improving Palliative Care Knowledge of nurses caring for heart failure patients : Author and corresponding author

BMC Palliat Care. 2025 Feb 15;24(1):43. doi: 10.1186/s12904-025-01669-7.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Approximately 80% of patients with advanced heart failure (HF) die within five years of diagnosis and may benefit from palliative care (PC). PC is underutilized in HF patients. One barrier is nurses’ insufficient knowledge of PC. This quality improvement project aimed to enhance the PC knowledge of nurses caring for patients with HF in a Canadian tertiary care setting.METHOD: This project was guided by the Knowledge-to-Action framework. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to identify nurses’ learning needs, which informed the development of the educational sessions. These sessions were delivered using hybrid, virtual, and…
Origen: Improving Palliative Care Knowledge of nurses caring for heart failure patients : Author and corresponding author – PubMed

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A Case Report of a Palliative Bowel Obstruction Surgery Due to Retro-Recurrence of Colon Cancer

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2024 Dec;51(13):1310-1311.ABSTRACTA 51-year-old woman underwent sigmoidectomy and ileostomy for perforated sigmoid colon due to cancer 1 year and 9 months prior to being admitted to our hospital with a complaint of abdominal pain following chemotherapy. Abdominal computed tomography showed multiple small intestine obstructions owing to retro-peritoneal recurrence of colon cancer. It was the difficult that the improvement of multiple small intestine obstruction of with the ileus tube and underwent open surgery. Intraoperative findings showed that the small mesentery was difficult to elevate due to retroperitoneal infiltration. There was intestinal stenosis at multiple sites. The intestinal tract,…
Origen: A Case Report of a Palliative Bowel Obstruction Surgery Due to Retro-Recurrence of Colon Cancer – PubMed

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The End-of-Life Care Experienced by a Patient with Oral Cancer and Dementia Who Requested Home Palliative Care

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2024 Dec;51(13):1504-1507.ABSTRACTThe number of patients and families who wish to spend their final moments at home is increasing, and in the future, there may be more opportunities to provide end-of-life care for oral cancer at home. We report our experience with palliative treatment for a terminal oral cancer patient with dementia who wished for home palliative care. The patient was an 87-year-old male with a history of Alzheimer’s dementia and chronic heart failure. In late September 2022, he visited a nearby internal medicine clinic with complaints of loss of appetite and pain in the right maxillary…
Origen: The End-of-Life Care Experienced by a Patient with Oral Cancer and Dementia Who Requested Home Palliative Care – PubMed

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Subcutaneous drainage of refractory lower limb oedema at the end of life

BMJ Case Rep. 2024 Dec 22;17(12):e263443. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2024-263443.ABSTRACTSevere, refractory lower limb oedema can be a significant burden for patients with advanced metastatic malignancy. Despite this challenge, management strategies are often limited to analgesia, as well as pressure care and nursing care with positioning and dressings. The evidence for subcutaneous drainage in this setting largely consists of case reports, and it is infrequently practised in palliative care units (PCUs). In this case report, a patient with advanced metastatic ovarian cancer in her final weeks of life is discussed. Her severe lower limb oedema resulted in frequent pain and severe limitations on…
Origen: Subcutaneous drainage of refractory lower limb oedema at the end of life – PubMed

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