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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 ...
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 ...
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WEBPublished quarterly in print and continuously online, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care aims to connect many disciplines and specialties throughout the world by providing high quality, clinically relevant research, reviews, comment, information and news of international importance. We hold an inclusive view of supportive and palliative care ...
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.
Indwelling urinary catheters at the end of life are associated with ...
WEBAt the end of life (EOL), deterioration in the ability to perform bodily functions can be a natural product of the progression of illness. The ability to empty the bladder and bowels decreases as frailty worsens, with unresponsive patients unable to control these bodily processes. The incidence of catheterisation in palliative care often exceeds 40%1 due to multiple factors including disease ...
Anticipatory prescribing in community end-of-life care in the UK …
WEBIntroduction. Anticipatory prescribing (AP) is the prescribing and dispensing of injectable medications in advance of clinical need, for visiting nurses or doctors to give as required if symptoms (pain, nausea and vomiting, agitation and respiratory tract secretions and breathlessness) arise in the final days of life.1–3 AP may optimise symptom control for deaths in the community1 4–8: it ...
Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool prognostic value in ...
WEBMay 31, 2021 · Background An increasing number of older patients are hospitalised. Prognostic uncertainty causes hospital doctors to be reluctant to make the switch from cure to care. The Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT) has not been validated for prognostication in an older hospitalised population. Aim To validate SPICT as a prognostic tool for risk of dying within one year in older ...
Chemotherapy-induced hand foot syndrome: comparative efficacy …
WEBDec 23, 2022 · Background Hand-foot syndrome (HFS) is one of the most common toxicities experienced by patients receiving systemic chemotherapy agents such as capecitabine and multikinase inhibitors such as sorafenib. Several randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have investigated the efficacy and safety of prophylactic agents such as pyridoxine, celecoxib, urea cream and cystine/theanine in managing HFS. This ...
Noisy upper respiratory tract secretions: pharmacological …
WEBUpper respiratory tract secretion accumulation with noisy breathing (‘death rattle’) is caused by salivary secretions pooling within the hypopharynx. It occurs in people who cannot swallow, usually in the last days of life.1–3 It is reported in 12%–92% of dying patients3–6; the weighted mean prevalence is 35%.5 The noise and secretions can be distressing for some family members and ...
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