Related Articles Negotiating the equivocality of palliative care: a grounded theory of team communicative processes in inpatient medicine. Health Commun. 2016;31(5):536-43 Authors: Ledford CJ, Canzona MR, Cafferty LA, Kalish VB Abstract In the majority of U.S. hospitals, inpatient medicine teams make palliative care decisions in the absence of a formalized palliative system. Using a grounded theory approach, interviews with inpatient team members were systematically analyzed to uncover how participants conceptualize palliative care and how they regard the communicative structures that underlie its delivery. During analysis, Weick’s model of organizing emerged as a framework that fit the data. The 39 participant…
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Related Articles Use of Oxygen at the End of Life: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices in Wisconsin. WMJ. 2018 Mar;117(1):7-12 Authors: Quinn-Lee L, Weggel J, Moch SD Abstract INTRODUCTION: Oxygen therapy for the management of breathlessness remains controversial and little information is available regarding the practice of using oxygen at end of life. Oxygen use in end-of-life care is increasingly being questioned, while the use of oxygen for routine «comfort care» at end of life continues. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of oxygen at the end of life and to understand its role in contemporary…
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Related Articles Endoscopic bilateral stent-in-stent placement for malignant hilar obstruction using a large cell type stent. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2016 Dec;15(6):633-639 Authors: Park JM, Lee SH, Chung KH, Jang DK, Ryu JK, Kim YT, Lee JM, Paik WH Abstract BACKGROUND: Bilateral stent-in-stent (SIS) self-expandable metal stent placement is technically challenging for palliation of unresectable malignant hilar obstruction. In the SIS technique, the uniform large cell type biliary stent facilitates contralateral stent deployment through the mesh of the first metallic stent. This study aimed to assess the technical success and clinical effectiveness of this technique with a uniform large cell…
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Related Articles Evaluation of Residual Coarctation in Infants with a Single Right Ventricle after Stage I Palliation. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Jan;38(1):115-122 Authors: Fundora MP, Sasaki J, Muniz JC, Rossi A, Rhodes JF, Hannan RL, Burke RP, Lopez L Abstract In infants with a single right ventricle (RV), stage I palliation involves aortic reconstruction, systemic-to-pulmonary shunt placement, and atrial septectomy. Many require re-intervention for residual coarctation of the aorta (CoA). Doppler echocardiography can detect residual CoA in most infants, but its ability to predict severity has not been studied. This study compares gradients from Doppler interrogation to those from cardiac catheterization…
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Related Articles [DO WE HAVE MEDICAL MEASURES THAT ATTEST TO THE EFFECT OF SPIRITUAL CARE IN TIME OF ILLNESS?] Harefuah. 2017 Aug;156(8):502-506 Authors: Bar Sela G, Bentur N, Rei Koren Z, Schultz M Abstract INTRODUCTION: Everyone has spiritual resources that generally serve them well, and in times of struggle, part of people’s suffering is spiritual. Tending to patients’ «whole pain» must include their spiritual pain. Studies from Israel and worldwide found that approximately one-third of advanced cancer patients suffer spiritual distress. In addition, over half of cancer patients attach great importance to feeling hopeful, coping peacefully, and finding meaning in…
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