Related Articles Palliative dialysis: Addressing the need for alternative dialysis delivery modes. Semin Dial. 2019 09;32(5):391-395 Authors: Tentori F, Hunt A, Nissenson AR Abstract For some patients with kidney failure, particularly those who have limited life expectancy or severe comorbidities, the «standard» dialysis treatment regimen may be perceived as excessively burdensome and may not align well with the patient’s own priorities. For such patients, a palliative approach to the provision of dialysis-whereby treatment is tailored to the needs of the individual so as to optimize quality of life and minimize disease-related symptoms, but limit treatment burden-might offer a way to…
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Related Articles Palliative Care Models in Long-Term Care: A Scoping Review. Nurs Leadersh (Tor Ont). 2019 Sep;32(3):8-26 Authors: Kaasalainen S, Sussman T, McCleary L, Thompson G, Hunter PV, Wickson-Griffiths A, Cook R, Bello-Haas VD, Venturato L, Papaioannou A, You J, Parker D Abstract OBJECTIVE: The goal of this scoping review was to identify existing palliative models in long-term care (LTC) homes and differentiate between the key components of each in terms of training/capacity-building strategies; resident, family and staff support; and advance care planning (ACP) and goals-of-care discussions. METHODS: We conducted a scoping review based on established methods to summarize the…
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Related Articles A Stakeholder Analysis of the Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care Model. Nurs Leadersh (Tor Ont). 2019 Sep;32(3):27-39 Authors: Kaasalainen S, Sussman T, McCleary L, Thompson G, Hunter PV, Wickson-Griffiths A, Cook R, Bello-Haas VD, Venturato L, Papaioannou A, You J, Parker D Abstract OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to conduct a stakeholder analysis of the strengthening a palliative approach to long-term care (SPA-LTC) model and refine it based on feedback from long-term care (LTC) residents and their families, staff, researchers and decision makers. METHODS: We used a mixed-methods design to conduct a stakeholder analysis…
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Related Articles Evaluation of quality of life outcomes following palliative radiotherapy in bone metastases: A literature review. J BUON. 2019 Sep-Oct;24(5):1747-1760 Authors: Koufopoulou C, Mosa E, Charalampakis N, Nikolaou M, Tsoukalas N, Nixon I, Hamed Saraireh H, Hajiioannou J, Kardamakis D, Kyrgias G, Tolia M Abstract PURPOSE: To assess the quality of life (QoL) following palliative radiotherapy (RT) in patients with painful bone metastases. METHODS: A literature search limited to English-written publications was carried out, through the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (November 2018), OvidSP and PubMedCentral (1940-November 2018) databases. Subject headings and keywords included «quality of life»(QoL), «bone…
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Related Articles First year experience of a pulmonary embolism response team with comparisons of outcomes between catheter directed therapy versus standard anticoagulation. Hosp Pract (1995). 2020 Feb;48(1):23-28 Authors: Khaing P, Paruchuri A, Eisenbrey JR, Merli GJ, Gonsalves CF, West FM, Awsare BK Abstract Objectives: The Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) model is now widely adopted in many institutions to provide multidisciplinary care for patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). However, descriptive experiences of PERT operations and studies on clinical outcomes remain limited.Methods: We performed a retrospective review of PERT activations at an academic tertiary care center, with secondary aims to…
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