Related Articles Ranitidine: forgotten drug of delayed gastric emptying. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2017 Sep;7(3):255-257 Authors: Veevers AE, Oxberry SG Abstract Delayed gastric emptying in the presence or absence of mechanical bowel obstruction can cause distressing symptoms in palliative care patients. We present two patients, both with vomiting due to delayed gastric emptying and gastric outlet obstruction secondary to pancreatic cancer, treated with subcutaneous ranitidine resulting in a symptomatic response. We hypothesise that ranitidine is a useful adjunct to standard treatment with prokinetic agents or octreotide in such patients and potentially those with proximal mechanical bowel obstruction from other malignancies…
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Related Articles Research Priorities in Subspecialty Palliative Care: Policy Initiatives. J Palliat Med. 2017 Aug;20(8):813-820 Authors: Reinke LF, Meier DE Abstract Palliative care demonstrably improves quality of life for the seriously ill in a manner that averts preventable health crises and their associated costs. Because of these outcomes, palliative care is now broadening its reach beyond hospitals, and hospice care for those near death, to patients and their families living in the community with chronic multimorbidities that have uncertain or long expected survival. In this article, we address research needed to enable policies supportive of palliative care access and quality,…
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Related Articles Prenatal (non)treatment decisions in extreme prematurity: evaluation of Decisional Conflict and Regret among parents. J Perinatol. 2017 Sep;37(9):999-1002 Authors: Geurtzen R, Draaisma J, Hermens R, Scheepers H, Woiski M, van Heijst A, Hogeveen M Abstract OBJECTIVE: To evaluate Decisional Conflict and Regret among parents regarding the decision on initiating comfort or active care in extreme prematurity and to relate these to decision-making characteristics. STUDY DESIGN: A nationwide, multicenter, cross-sectional study using an online survey in the Netherlands. Data were collected from March 2015 to March 2016 among all parents with infants born at 24+0/7-24+6/7 weeks gestational age in…
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