Related Articles The Short Demoralization Scale (SDS): A new tool to appraise demoralization in palliative care patients. Palliat Support Care. 2017 Oct;15(5):516-523 Authors: Galiana L, Rudilla D, Oliver A, Barreto P Abstract OBJECTIVE: The Demoralization Scale (DS) is the most widely used measure for assessing demoralization. Following the recent clamor for brief assessment tools, and taking into account that demoralization has proved to be a symptom that needs to be controlled and treated in the palliative care setting, a shorter scale is needed. The aim of the present research is to introduce and evaluate the Short Demoralization Scale (SDS). METHOD:…
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Related Articles Reasons for transferral to emergency departments of terminally ill patients – a French descriptive and retrospective study. BMC Palliat Care. 2016 Oct 21;15(1):87 Authors: Cornillon P, Loiseau S, Aublet-Cuvelier B, Guastella V Abstract BACKGROUND: Patients under palliative care and in hospital-at-home services are frequently transferred to emergency departments. We set out to identify the reasons for these presentations to determine the proportion that might be avoidable. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study by assessment of patient files. We studied admissions to four emergency departments in an area of France (Puy-de-Dôme) between September 2011 and August 2013. Reasons for…
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Related Articles A systematic review on the role of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and other supplements for the treatment of cachexia in cancer: a European Palliative Care Research Centre cachexia project. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2017 Feb;8(1):25-39 Authors: Mochamat, Cuhls H, Marinova M, Kaasa S, Stieber C, Conrad R, Radbruch L, Mücke M Abstract We provide a systematic review to support the European Palliative Care Research Collaboration development of clinical guidelines for cancer patients suffering from cachexia. CENTRAL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, ClinicalTrials.gov, and a selection of cancer journals have been searched up until 15 April 2016. The systematic literature research yielded 4214…
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Related Articles Effect of hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy (HITHOC) on the malignant pleural effusion: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Jan;96(1):e5532 Authors: Zhou H, Wu W, Tang X, Zhou J, Shen Y Abstract BACKGROUND: Although hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) has been widely used to treat malignant ascites or as a preventive strategy for microscopic carcinomatosis following surgical resection of abdominal tumors, application of hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy (HITHOC) in the treatment of malignant pleural effusion is limited. The objective of the current study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on the application of HITHOC in the palliative treatment…
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Related Articles Construction and validation of nursing diagnoses for people in palliative care. Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2017 Aug 03;25:e2914 Authors: Silva RSD, Pereira Á, Nóbrega MMLD, Mussi FC Abstract Objective:: to construct and validate nursing diagnoses for people in palliative care based on the Dignity-Conserving Care Model and the International Classification for Nursing Practice. Method:: a two-stage methodological study: 1) construction of the database of clinically and culturally relevant terms for the nursing care for people in palliative care and 2) construction of nursing diagnoses from the database of terms, based on the guidelines of the International Council of…
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