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WEB2 days ago · BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal.. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care holds an inclusive view of supportive and palliative care research and we are able to call on expertise to critique the whole range of methodologies within the subject, including those working in transitional research, clinical trials, epidemiology, behavioural sciences, ethics and ...
Management of hiccups in palliative care patients
WEBTreatment algorithm for persistent and intractable hiccups in palliative care patients. PPI, proton pump inhibitor. If intractable hiccups are caused by a central type of condition, baclofen (level II) is recommended as first-line treatment. It is the only drug that was supported by randomised controlled trials.
WEB2 Piers˜R, etal BM Supportive Palliative are 221018 11136221342 Original research live longer but with more chronic diseases and care dependence at the end of life. As a result, an increasing number of older patients are hospitalised.1 In 2014, 25% of all hospitalised patients in Belgium were 75
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Opioids for breathlessness: a narrative review | BMJ Supportive ...
WEBChronic breathlessness is a disabling and distressing condition for which there is a growing evidence base for a range of interventions. Non-pharmacological interventions are the mainstay of management and should be optimised prior to use of opioid medication. Opioids are being implemented variably in practice for chronic breathlessness. This narrative review summarises the evidence defining ...
Delirium: non-pharmacological and pharmacological management …
WEBDelirium is an acute onset, fluctuant, confusional state with cognitive, emotional, perceptual, psychomotor and sleep–wake cycle disturbances. It is often worse in the evening and at night, particularly with underlying dementia.1 Delirium is often not diagnosed due to fluctuating signs and symptoms. The most common clinical subtype in palliative care is hypoactive delirium, with reduced ...
NECPAL prognostic tool: a palliative medicine retrospective cohort ...
WEBFeb 15, 2021 · Objective To develop and validate a prognostic model to assess mortality risk at 24 months in patients with advanced chronic conditions. Methods Retrospective design based on a previous population cohort study with 789 adults who were identified with the surprise question and NECPAL tool from primary and intermediate care centres, nursing homes and one acute hospital of Spain. A Cox regression ...
Hydration and symptoms in the last days of life
WEBIntroduction. Most patients with a deteriorating chronic illness have a reduced oral intake at the end of life. This may be due to illness or treatment-related symptoms or complications, such as dysphagia, nausea or vomiting, generalised weakness and, in the last days of life, to a decreased level of consciousness or a loss of desire to drink.1 2 The evidence that artificial hydration (AH) may ...
Why and how to apply exploratory sequential mixed methods in …
WEBMay 18, 2021 · Footnotes. MA-B and HS-B contributed equally. Collaborators Mehrdad Amir-Behghadami, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani .. Contributors MAB and HSB conceptualised and designed the study, contributed to the writing of the first draft of the manuscript, reviewed the revisions and approved the final manuscript as submitted.. Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from ...
58 Assessing and managing constipation for patients receiving ...
WEBIntroduction Constipation causes considerable suffering, either as a direct result of physical symptoms or due to related social and psychological problems. Despite this, uncertainty persists about the best management within hospice settings. Aim To synthesise the current evidence base on the assessment and management of constipation for palliative care patients within a hospice setting ...