ALLMedicine™ Palliative Care Center

May 18th, 2022 - This study aimed to develop and validate a distinct method to evaluate muscle mass phenotype in patients with incurable cancer based on a combination of mid-upper arm muscle area (MUAMA) and handgrip strength (HGS). This prospective cohort study w...

May 18th, 2022 - As the incidence of oral cancers is on the rise, we aimed to evaluate the usefulness of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) as a predictor of survival in patients with terminal oral cancer. We evaluated the association between laboratory and PN...

May 18th, 2022 - To appraise and synthesize the empirical literature on the needs and challenges of Indigenous peoples' accessibility to palliative care in rural and remote settings. Whittemore and Knafl's updated approach to integrative reviews, PRISMA guidelines...

May 17th, 2022 - Positive and professional attitude of health professionals toward the palliative care issues of patients is crucial and challenging for fresh graduates. This study aimed to explore the perspectives of health science graduates about providing care ...

May 17th, 2022 - Background: In the average Emergency Medicine (EM) residency program there is little formal Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) training, despite these skills used frequency in the Emergency Department (ED) setting, from symptomatic management t...

Oct 20th, 2021 - The pro vision of clinically assisted nutrition (CAN) in patients with advanced cancer is controversial, and there is a paucity of specific guidance, and so a diversity in clinical practice. Consequently, the Palliative Care Study Group of the Mul...

Dec 11th, 2020 - Mechanical ventilation (MV) is an essential part of modern intensive care medicine. MV is performed in patients with severe respiratory failure caused by respiratory muscle insufficiency and/or lung parenchymal disease; that is, when other treatme...

Nov 23rd, 2020 - Care with palliative care principles (aka Palliative Care, PC) is an approach to care that focuses on improving the quality of life of patients and their caregivers who are facing life-limiting illness. It encompasses the assessment and management...

Sep 17th, 2020 - Cystic fibrosis (CF) affects more than 70,000 individuals and their families worldwide. Although outcomes for individuals with CF continue to improve, it remains a life-limiting condition with no cure. Individuals with CF manage extensive symptom ...

Sep 7th, 2020 - The Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology has published a previous position paper and various guidelines over the past decade recognizing the value of palliative care for those affected by this burdensome condition. Integ...

May 13th, 2022 - Background: We identify healing in the context of chronic or life-threatening illness as a patient-reported outcome consisting of growth or benefit in psychological, social and/or spiritual dimensions representing improvement well above the patien...

May 10th, 2022 - Patients with newly diagnosed AML confront a sudden and life-threatening diagnosis, requiring an immediate disruption of their life and an urgent hospitalization to begin therapy. During their hospitalization for chemotherapy, patients with AML of...

May 9th, 2022 - The investigators are conducting a 4-phase phase mixed methods study involving nominal group technique (NGT), with patients driving the identification and categorization of preferences regarding treatment options for symptomatic AS. Participants i...

May 6th, 2022 - Investigators propose to conduct a pragmatic stepped-wedge comparative effectiveness trial comparing a novel model of providing community-based palliative care for persons living with Parkinson's disease (PD), Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) and related ...

May 4th, 2022 - Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) results from the metastasis of a primary cancer of the peritoneum (e.g., appendiceal, ovarian, uterine, colorectal, and gastric cancers) that then disseminates throughout the abdominal cavity. Historically progressio...

Apr 28th, 2022 - The study covered in this summary was published in ResearchSquare.com as a preprint and has not yet been peer-reviewed. Key Takeaway During the COVID-19 pandemic, financially distressed patients with cancer were frequent users of telemedicine, esp...

Apr 4th, 2022 - Most healthcare providers are comfortable recommending palliative care (PC) for their patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD), but most do so at the time of disease progression, rather than diagnosis, as indicated on survey data from 128 cli...

Apr 1st, 2022 - Intravenous gentamicin therapy was associated with new laminin 332 – a major component of anchoring filaments in the dermal-epidermal junction – in the skin of five pediatric patients with intermediate or severe junctional epidermolysis bullosa (J.

Mar 31st, 2022 - A new review suggests that spirituality can have a positive impact on quality of life (QOL) in patients with heart failure (HF), and that it should be considered a potential target for palliative care interventions. In their review, researchers fo...

Mar 30th, 2022 - Heart failure patients’ quality of life improves as they become more spiritual, according to researchers at Duke University Hospital.  What to Know: Patients who have heart failure often face high levels of depression, anxiety and spiritual distre...