Related Articles Gastrostomy tube placement: An opportunity for establishing patient-centered goals of care. Surgery. 2017 Apr;161(4):1100-1107 Authors: McGreevy CM, Pentakota SR, Mohamed O, Sigler K, Mosenthal AC, Berlin A Abstract BACKGROUND: Surgeons and other health care providers are frequently consulted for gastrostomy tube placement in seriously ill patients at risk of outcomes poorly aligned with patient goals. Palliative care assessments have been recommended to guide decision-making in this setting. We aimed to characterize patient-centered outcomes and define the extent of unmet palliative care need in patients receiving gastrostomy tubes. METHODS: This is a retrospective study of all adult, nontrauma inpatients…
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Related Articles A systematic analysis highlighting deficiencies in reported outcomes for patients with stage IV colorectal cancer undergoing palliative resection of the primary tumour. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2018 10;44(10):1469-1478 Authors: Harji DP, Vallance A, Selgimann J, Bach S, Mohamed F, Brown J, Fearnhead N Abstract BACKGROUND: Management of the primary tumour in the presence of unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) is controversial. The role of primary tumour resection (PTR) has been investigated by a number of retrospective cohort studies, with a number on going randomised controlled trials. The aim of this study was to identify the clinical and patient-reported…
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Related Articles A fetal diagnostic center’s referral rate for perinatal palliative care. Ann Palliat Med. 2018 Apr;7(2):177-185 Authors: Marc-Aurele KL, Hull AD, Jones MC, Pretorius DH Abstract BACKGROUND: Fetal specialists support standardizing the practice of offering women palliative care for life limiting fetal diagnoses. However, there is little data available regarding what fetal specialists do in practice. Since 2003, our center has kept a database of all women referred for fetal complications. METHODS: Retrospective electronic chart review of pregnant women between 2006 and 2012 using UCSD’s Fetal Care and Genetics Center referral database. Objectives were to determine: (I) how many…
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