Related Articles Integration of a Mandatory Palliative Care Education Into Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Training in a Comprehensive Cancer Center: A Survey of Hematology Oncology Fellows. J Oncol Pract. 2019 11;15(11):e934-e941 Authors: Reddy SK, Tanco K, Yennu S, Liu DD, Williams JL, Wolff R, Bruera E Abstract PURPOSE: The primary aim of this study was to determine the attitudes and beliefs of hematology and medical oncology (HMO) fellows regarding palliative care (PC) after they completed a 4-week mandatory PC rotation. METHODS: The PC rotation included a 4-week standardized curriculum covering all PC domains. HMO fellows were provided educational materials and attended all…
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Related Articles Use of the Gore Viabahn VBX balloon-expandable endoprosthesis in the congenital heart disease population. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Sep 01;94(3):416-421 Authors: Cole JM, Salavitabar A, Armstrong AK, Berman DP Abstract The Gore Viabahn VBX balloon-expandable endoprosthesis (W. L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, AZ) is a flexible covered stent that is FDA-approved for the treatment of iliac artery stenosis, including lesions at the aortic bifurcation. In this case series, we report the first use of the VBX covered stent in congenital heart disease, highlighting several of its unique advantages. PMID: 31276274 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
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Related Articles JCS 2017/JHFS 2017 Guideline on Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure　- Digest Version. Circ J. 2019 09 25;83(10):2084-2184 Authors: Tsutsui H, Isobe M, Ito H, Ito H, Okumura K, Ono M, Kitakaze M, Kinugawa K, Kihara Y, Goto Y, Komuro I, Saiki Y, Saito Y, Sakata Y, Sato N, Sawa Y, Shiose A, Shimizu W, Shimokawa H, Seino Y, Node K, Higo T, Hirayama A, Makaya M, Masuyama T, Murohara T, Momomura SI, Yano M, Yamazaki K, Yamamoto K, Yoshikawa T, Yoshimura M, Akiyama M, Anzai T, Ishihara S, Inomata T, Imamura T, Iwasaki YK,…
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Related Articles Is there a place for nutrition in palliative care? Support Care Cancer. 2020 Sep;28(9):4069-4075 Authors: Bozzetti F Abstract PURPOSE: Although nutritional interventions are becoming widely used in cancer patients, purposes and results of such treatment are not always well-defined. This is because nutrition is traditionally considered a palliative treatment to be confined to the area of palliative cares, whereas the modern approach includes nutrition as an early supplemental support to improve compliance of patients with the oncologic therapies and total parenteral nutrition may be recommended in patients who would be destined to succumb prior from starvation-malnutrition than from…
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Related Articles Dying individuals and suffering populations: applying a population-level bioethics lens to palliative care in humanitarian contexts: before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. J Med Ethics. 2020 08;46(8):514-525 Authors: Wynne KJ, Petrova M, Coghlan R Abstract BACKGROUND: Humanitarian crises and emergencies, events often marked by high mortality, have until recently excluded palliative care-a specialty focusing on supporting people with serious or terminal illness or those nearing death. In the COVID-19 pandemic, palliative care has received unprecedented levels of societal attention. Unfortunately, this has not been enough to prevent patients dying alone, relatives not being able to say goodbye…
Origen: Dying individuals and suffering populations: applying a population-level bioethics lens to palliative care in humanitarian contexts: before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. – PubMed