Introduction Pain is one of the most common symptoms experienced by palliative care patients. Good pain control can improve patient’s quality of life. Alfentanil is a short-acting opioid that is ...
Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of short subcutaneous infusions (SSCIs) for refractory symptoms in the palliative setting. Methods A retrospective chart review of SSCIs in a single ...
2 Department of Palliative Medicine, Douglas Macmillan Hospice, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK 3 Department of Anaesthetics, University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, ...
1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK 2 School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK 3 School of Nursing, ...
Objectives The meaning that patients and carers attribute to their experience of palliative care is fundamental to the provision, practice and evaluation of optimal care. This analysis aims to ...
2 Department of Applied Linguistics and English Language, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Objective To compare the frequencies with which patients with cancer and health professionals use ...
3 Queen Mary University of London, Barts & the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre of Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, London, UK Objective Multimorbidity is increasingly ...
Introduction Frail older people are known to have low rates of advance care planning (ACP). Many frail patients prefer less aggressive treatment, but these preferences are often not known or respected ...
1 The Qualy Observatory/WHO Collaborating Centre for Palliative Care Public Health Programs (WHOCC-ICO), Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain 2 Chair of Palliative Care, University of ...
Correspondence to Dr Shingen Nakamura, Department of Community Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan; ...
Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of pegfilgrastim administered on the day of chemotherapy completion (same day) versus at least 1 day after chemotherapy (next day). Methods We ...
1 School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK 2 School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Background Public attitudes ...
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