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Parent Priorities in End-of-Life Care for Children with Cancer

Jun 29, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to give the previously identified quality measures (QMs) a higher priority among parents who had lost a child to cancer. They used a discrete choice experiment with max...

Racial Disparities in ACP & Palliative Care Consultation in Kidney Transplant Candidates

Jun 29, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to assess the prevalence of ACP and PC among adult KT candidates and recipients based on age and race. Through chart review, they analyzed the presence of ACP and PC in...

Collaborative Palliative Care Intervention vs Usual Care

Jun 29, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to determine if a collaborative palliative care intervention improved the quality of life in outpatients with HF, COPD, or ILD when compared to standard treatment. With...

How Does Hospital Culture Influence the Intensity of EOL Care?

Jun 29, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to learn how hospital cultures affect the intensity of end-of-life (EOL) care. Four university hospitals in California and Washington participated in comparative ethnog...

Unmet Support Service Needs Among Rural Family Caregivers

Jun 29, 2022

In a large population-based study, researchers sought to investigate the characteristics associated with unmet support service needs among rural carers. They analyzed data from the Behavioral Risk Fac...

Racial Differences in Nursing Home Palliative Care

Jun 29, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to investigate the availability of Palliative care (PC) services in nursing home (NHs) with differing populations of Black and Hispanic citizens (aged 65+). A nationall...

End-of-Life (EOL) Experiences Among “Kinless” Older Adults

Jun 28, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to identify potential lessons for the United States; they investigated the impact of family structure on the intensity of EoL experiences in Denmark, a country context ...

HAprog: A New Prognostic Application to Assist Oncologists

Jun 27, 2022

Palliative care (PC) is being used by more patients early in their illness progression. The Barretos Prognostic Nomogram (BPN) was created to bridge the gap between survival prognosis and months of li...

Mechanical Ventilation & Survival in Advanced Dementia Patients

Jun 27, 2022

Although the association of Medicare Advantage (MA) with low-value care among hospitalized patients was unknown, it is caring for a growing share of traditional Medicare (TM) patients. For a study, re...

Patient-Reported Outcomes During Checkpoint Inhibition

Jun 27, 2022

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are acclaimed for producing long-lasting anti-tumor responses, but they also generate immune-related adverse events (irAEs), which can range in severity and have an ...

Sufficient Death Preparedness: Mental Health, QOL, & EOL Care

Jun 27, 2022

Patients can improve the quality of their dying by preparing for the end of life and their impending death. For a study, researchers sought to determine the never-before-seen relationships between can...

Off-label Prescribing of Transmucosal Immediate-Release Fentanyl (TIRF)

Jun 27, 2022

Opioid misuse and opioid-related consequences, including fatalities, are extensively established in the United States. Opioid consumption, particularly fentanyl, has been growing throughout the Europe...

Physical Separation for Hospice Patients & Families amid COVID-19

Jun 27, 2022

During the early COVID-19 epidemic, many hospice patients were physically segregated from family members and healthcare staff. Researchers sought to evaluate the lived experience of physical separatio...

Similarity of HIV Symptom Clusters With Symptom Occurrence & Distress

Jun 16, 2022

Despite advances in antiretroviral treatment, people living with HIV infection (PLWH) in the United States continue to have a high symptom load. For a study, researchers sought to determine if the qua...

Palliative Care, Patient-Reported Measures, & Outcomes in Cirrhotic Hospitalized Patients

Jun 16, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to determine the link between palliative care (PC), patient-reported variables (quality of life and functional status), and outcomes. They conducted a prospective cohor...

Cancer Pain Self-Management: A Review & Conceptual Analysis

May 31, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to enhance the conceptual and practical definitions of the term "self-management of cancer pain" in the concept analysis article by identifying associated antecedents, ...

Fast-Track Orthopedic Procedures: Analgesia to Traditional IVPCA

May 31, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to see if intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IVPCA) in a fast-track joint replacement program was linked to more perioperative opioid intake and a longer stay in...

The Effect of Parental Presence on Pain Levels of Children During Invasive Procedures

May 31, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to determine how the presence of a parent affected the level of a child's suffering during invasive treatments. The systematic review began in July 2019 and was updated...

Patient Pain Experiences & the Emergency Department (ED) Encounter

May 31, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to look into the perceptions and experiences of emergency department (ED) patients about pain and emergency care to help build future psychosocial interventions that ba...

Pain Interference: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery

May 31, 2022

Post-operative discomfort was one of the most serious issues faced by patients with coronary artery bypass graft surgery. For a study, researchers sought to determine how post-operative pain interfere...

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