Isr Med Assoc J. 2021 Sep;23(9):556-562.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Early referral to palliative care services in patients with advanced cancer is widely accepted. In addition, the use of futile intervention at the end of life is a pivotal aspect of assessing quality of care at that time.OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the use of palliative care and aggressive treatments during the last month of life in women with gynecological malignancies.METHODS: The study was designed in two steps. The first step included a retrospective analysis of a gynecologic oncology cohort that underwent end-of-life (EOL) care. In the second part, a questionnaire regarding EOL care was completed…
Origen: End-of-life Care Among Gynecological Oncology Patients in a Single Institute in Israel – PubMed

Br J Community Nurs. 2021 Sep 2;26(9):438-443. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2021.26.9.438.ABSTRACTThis article offers a review of what is known so far about post-acute covid-19 and the underlying pathophysiology related to this condition. The main focus will be on the respiratory symptoms. It will then explore how community nurses can monitor and support patients with symptoms of breathlessness with a supporting discussion of the current recommendations for the management and treatment of patients presenting with symptoms of breathlessness. Palliation of symptoms will be highlighted but managing the supportive care needs for patients affected by COVID-19 and nearing the end of life is outside…
Origen: Long COVID and breathlessness: an overview – PubMed

Rev Bras Enferm. 2021 Aug 30;74(5):e20200761. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0761. eCollection 2021.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Describe the actions implemented for pain management in palliative care oncology and analyze the contribution of Hospital do Câncer IV, as a reference unit at the National Cancer Institute.METHODS: Study of the history of the present time, whose sources were written documents and interviews with five participants. The collection took place from February to June 2018. The analysis of the written sources took place through internal and external criticism of the documents, considering their chronology and theme.RESULTS: Professionals contributed with actions for pain management in palliative oncology care: in discussions…
Origen: Historical aspects in pain management in palliative care in an oncological reference unit – PubMed

Wiad Lek. 2021;74(7):1622-1627.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: The aim: We aimed to assess the feasibility and safety of performing balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) with Valver balloon catheter (Balton, Poland) in adults with severe aortic stenosis as a bridge or palliative treatment.PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: We identified consecutive patients who underwent BAV procedures between May 2019 and March 2020 using Valver balloon catheters. Demographic data, medical history, and clinical characteristics were retrospectively collected in all study patients together with periprocedural data as well as 12-month follow-up data.RESULTS: Results: We included 18 patients. The mean population age was 78.1±8.9 years, and women were 61.1%.…
Origen: BALLOON AORTIC VALVULOPLASTY WITH VALVER BALLOON CATHETER IN ADULTS WITH SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS AS A BRIDGE OR PALLIATIVE TREATMENT – PubMed

Emerg Med J. 2021 May;38(5):371-372. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2020-210112.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has presented significant challenges to services providing emergency care, in both the community and hospital setting. The Physician Response Unit (PRU) is a Community Emergency Medicine model, working closely with community, hospital and pre-hospital services. In response to the pandemic, the PRU has been able to rapidly introduce novel pathways designed to support local emergency departments (EDs) and local emergency patients. The pathways are (1) supporting discharge from acute medical and older people’s services wards into the community; (2) supporting acute oncology services; (3) supporting EDs; (4) supporting palliative care services.…
Origen: Delivering Community Emergency Medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Physician Response Unit – PubMed