Related Articles Pharmacokinetic considerations and recommendations in palliative care, with focus on morphine, midazolam and haloperidol. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol. 2016 Jun;12(6):669-80 Authors: Franken LG, de Winter BC, van Esch HJ, van Zuylen L, Baar FP, Tibboel D, Mathôt RA, van Gelder T, Koch BC Abstract INTRODUCTION: A variety of medications are used for symptom control in palliative care, such as morphine, midazolam and haloperidol. The pharmacokinetics of these drugs may be altered in these patients as a result of physiological changes that occur at the end stage of life. AREAS COVERED: This review gives an overview of how…
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Related Articles Cost-effectiveness of palliative surgery versus nonsurgical procedures in gastrointestinal cancer patients. J Surg Oncol. 2016 Sep;114(3):316-22 Authors: Kim BJ, Aloia TA Abstract Palliative care is an essential component to multidisciplinary cancer care. Improved symptom control, quality of life (QOL), and survival have resulted from its utilization. Cost-effectiveness and utility analyses are significant variables that should be considered in comparing benefits and costs of medical interventions to determine if certain treatments are economically justified. This is a review on the cost-effectiveness of palliative surgery compared to other nonsurgical palliative procedures in patients with unresectable gastrointestinal cancers. J. Surg. Oncol.…
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Related Articles Peritoneal carcinomatosis, an unusual and only site of metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma. Pan Afr Med J. 2016;23:60 Authors: Hanane K, Salma B, Khadija B, Ibrahim E, Saber B, Hind M, Hassan E Abstract Isolated peritoneal metastases of lung adenocarcinoma are very rare, even exceptional, occurring most often in the context of a multi-metastatic disease. This report presents a rare clinical case of isolated peritoneal metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma. We report a 56-year-old male who was monitored for lung adenocarcinoma whose evolution has been marked by an isolated metastatic recurrence in the peritoneum objectified by an abdominal-pelvic computed tomography…
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Related Articles ‘Close to’ a palliative approach: nurses’ and care aides’ descriptions of caring for people with advancing chronic life-limiting conditions. J Clin Nurs. 2016 Aug;25(15-16):2189-99 Authors: Reimer-Kirkham S, Sawatzky R, Roberts D, Cochrane M, Stajduhar K Abstract AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study was to examine nurses’ and nursing assistants’ perspectives of a palliative approach in a variety of nursing care settings that do not specialise in palliative care. BACKGROUND: Ageing populations worldwide are drawing increasing attention to palliative care. In particular, people with advancing chronic life-limiting conditions often have unmet needs and may die in acute…
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Related Articles Value in palliative cancer surgery: A critical assessment. J Surg Oncol. 2016 Sep;114(3):311-5 Authors: Folkert IW, Roses RE Abstract Emergency operations are associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and cost compared to elective operations. Palliative and emergent surgery for patients with advanced malignancies is associated with additional risk and remains controversial. Emergent or palliative interventions can be broadly categorized according to indication. Tumor related complications (bleeding, obstruction, or perforation) merit specific consideration, as do specific presentations such as pneumoperitoneum, pneumatosis intestinalis, or peritonitis from other causes that may arise during active therapy for malignancies. Although nonoperative, endoscopic, and interventional…
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