Related Articles [Quality assurance in specialized palliative home care (QUAPS): a questionnaire’s feasibility]. Schmerz. 2019 Jun;33(3):236-243 Authors: Berghaus D, Schütz A, Hammer U, Gaser E, Wedding U, Meißner W Abstract BACKGROUND: Structure and process parameters are not sufficient for adequate quality assurance in specialized palliative home care (SAPV). Asking the patients and their relatives for their assessment is crucial. A focus group in Jena, Germany, developed the quality assurance in specialized palliative home care (QUAPS) questionnaire for this assessment of outcome parameters, which was tested in two studies. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to evaluate the feasibility of a questionnaire for…
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Related Articles [Results of Palliative Resection in an Elderly Colorectal Cancer Patient]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2019 Mar;46(3):493-495 Authors: Morita A, Okamoto S, Okubo T, Iwasaki Y Abstract With the aging of society, surgery for elderly colorectal cancer(CRC)patients is also increasing. We examined 11 elderly CRC patients who underwent palliative resection in our institute. The reasons other than age for which palliative resection was chosen, included dementia, basic disease, and social backgrounds such as living alone, etc. Although surgery was possible according to the ECOG PS and other examinations before surgery, 3 patients(27.3%)who developed respiratory or circulatory complications after surgery…
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Related Articles Photobiomodulation therapy on the palliative care of temporomandibular disorder and orofacial/cervical skull pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial. Trials. 2019 Apr 06;20(1):200 Authors: Carvalho FR, Barros RQ, Gonçalves AS, Freitas PM Abstract BACKGROUND: Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is the most common cause of orofacial and cervical skull pain and is considered to be a public health problem, affecting 5% to 12% of the world population. TMD is multifactorial and there are several types of treatment, with the conservative types being indicated more often as they are less aggressive and reversible. The main aim of these treatments…
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Related Articles [Palliative care of patients receiving opioid substitution therapy]. Schmerz. 2019 Jun;33(3):263-280 Authors: Hoffmann-Menzel H, Goldmann J, Kern M, Weckbecker K, Wüllenweber L, Radbruch L Abstract Patients with opioid use disorder survive longer and reach higher ages due to harm reduction and maintenance programs. Therefor and because of concomitant comorbidities there is an increased incidence of life-limiting diseases. Thus, increasing numbers of patients with opioid use disorder or in maintenance programs will require palliative care. However, both inpatient and outpatient service providers are uncertain about providing palliative care for these patients. Home-care teams and inpatient hospices have been known…
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