Related Articles Symptom Control at the End of Life. Med Clin North Am. 2016 Sep;100(5):1111-22 Authors: Kreher M Abstract Symptom control at the end of life is an identified ongoing gap in end-of-life care. Increased demand for high-quality symptom control; limited supply of specialty trained clinicians; lack of consistent high-quality evidence-based interventions; and education deficits among clinicians, patients, and families in end-of-life processes contribute to this gap. High-value end-of-life care is centered on high-quality communication about goals of care. This article reviews primary palliative care concepts of communication and symptom control to provide a framework for primary care physicians to…
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Related Articles Caregiver burden, patients’ self-perceived burden, and preference for palliative care among cancer patients and caregivers. Psychooncology. 2015 Nov;24(11):1545-51 Authors: Lee JE, Shin DW, Cho J, Yang HK, Kim SY, Yoo HS, Jho HJ, Shin JY, Cho B, Park K, Park JH Abstract OBJECTIVE: Recently, caregiver burden (CB) has emerged as an important issue in the area of palliative medicine. However, patients’ feelings related to being a burden to their families (i.e., self-perceived burden [SPB]) is also a significant issue. We evaluated the relation of CB and SPB as preference for palliative care. METHODS: A national, multicenter, cross-sectional survey…
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Related Articles Electrochemotherapy as palliative treatment in patients with thyroid papillary carcinoma. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 May-Jun;82(3):285-8 Authors: Grau JJ, Caballero M, Langdon C, Bernal-Sprekelsen M, Blanch JL Abstract INTRODUCTION: Local progression of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) after failure of standard therapies may cause pain, ulceration, and bleeding. As patients are fully aware of the tumor growth, they might suffer high grade anxiety. Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is a new local palliative treatment for skin metastases of malignant melanoma or other tumors, including squamous head e neck cancer patients. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of ECT in patients with local progression of…
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Related Articles End-of-life care: Proactive clinical management of older Australians in the community. Aust Fam Physician. 2016 Jan-Feb;45(1):76-8 Authors: Reymond L, Cooper K, Parker D, Chapman M Abstract BACKGROUND: Due to the changing demographics of ageing and death in Australia, general practitioners (GPs) are caring for greater numbers of people with advanced chronic conditions that will soon lead to death. GPs play a pivotal role in proactively preparing these people for end of life. OBJECTIVE: This article introduces GPs to a framework of care, based on a palliative care approach, which supports proactive management of end-of-life care for older Australians…
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Related Articles Biventricular repair of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and severely hypoplastic right ventricle: a case report of a minimum intervention surgical approach. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Jul 04;11(1):94 Authors: Hata H, Sumitomo N, Ayusawa M, Shiono M Abstract BACKGROUND: In patients who have pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum and severe right ventricular hypoplasia, biventricular repair is considered to be impossible and multiple interventions are generally required for definitive repair. CASE PRESENTATION: An initial palliative procedure was performed in a 1-month-old boy to promote right ventricular development by pulmonary valvectomy without disrupting the annulus, and appropriate…
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