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Communicating with young children who have a parent dying of a life-limiting illness: a qualitative systematic review of the experiences and impact on healthcare, social and spiritual care professionals

BMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background Healthcare professionals play a key role in interacting with children who have a parent with a life-limiting illness. While playing such a role can be challenging, not much is known about how such interactions impact these professionals and ...
Lasitha M. Wickramasinghe, Zhi Zheng Yeo, Poh Heng Chong, Bridget Johnston   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

What makes palliative care needs “complex”? A multisite sequential explanatory mixed methods study of patients referred for specialist palliative care

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background Specialist palliative care (SPC) providers tend to use the term ‘complex’ to refer to the needs of patients who require SPC. However, little is known about complex needs on first referral to a SPC service.
Anne M. Finucane, Connie Swenson, John I. MacArtney, Rachel Perry, Hazel Lamberton, Lucy Hetherington, Lisa Graham-Wisener, Scott A. Murray, Emma Carduff   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A novel method using the level of mobility to predict mortality in patients admitted for decompensated cirrhosis: A prospective study

, 2022
Liver Transplantation, EarlyView.
Andrew J. Groff, Marina Serper, Sunny Y. Tao, Pamela M. Bloomer, Michael A. Dunn, Andres Duarte‐Rojo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘I really feel like I am ageing early’: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experience of young adults with life-limiting conditions (YALLC)

BMJ Public Health
Objectives This study aims to explore the lived experience of young adults with life-limiting conditions (YALLC) and how they perceive and navigate adulthood, to identify challenges and opportunities for improved care and support.Methods A qualitative ...
Poh Heng Chong, Xiangyi Chen, Zhi Zheng Yeo, Celene Ting, Ya Nee Poh, Qishun Raymond Ang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Uptake of an Alternative Call Management Strategy for Home-Based Hospice Care

Palliative Medicine Reports
Background: In home-based hospice care, frontline nurses frequently need to take unscheduled incoming calls while out in the field. This interrupts critical tasks and disrupts patient rapport, potentially lowering care quality for patients.
Winnie Choo, Zhi Zheng Yeo, Xiang Yi Chen, Lily Li, Lan Miao, Xiao Juan Lyu, Poh Heng Chong   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Palliative Care and Hospice Referrals in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis: What Factors Are Important?

Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2020
Background: Palliative care (PC) and hospice care are underutilized for patients with end-stage liver disease, but factors associated with these patterns of utilization are not well understood. Objective: We examined patient-level factors associated with
J. Holden, Hani Shamseddeen, A. Johnson, Ben Byriel, K. Subramoney, Yao-Wen Cheng, A. Saito, M. Ghabril, N. Chalasani, G. Sachs, Eric S. Orman   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pediatric Concurrent Hospice Care: A Scoping Review and Directions for Future Nursing Research.

Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 2020
In 2010, forgoing curative therapies were removed as a hospice eligibility criterion for children through section 2302 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act called Concurrent Care for Children.
Lisa C. Lindley, J. Keim-Malpass, Radion Svynarenko, M. Cozad, J. Mack, P. Hinds   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clinical Course and Impact of Breaks in Therapy for Children With Relapsed/Refractory Solid Tumors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Pediatric relapsed or refractory (R/R) solid tumors carry a dismal prognosis, and postrelapse patient experiences are not well described. We present postrelapse outcomes, including number of R/R events and subsequent therapy regimens.
Matthew T. McEvoy, Elizabeth L. Seashore, W. Susan Cheng, Shondra Clay, Jessica A. Casas, Jennifer H. Foster   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of the awareness of and demand for hospice care and attitudes towards life-sustaining treatment at the end of life among community residents in Hangzhou

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background To understand the status of residents’ awareness of and demand for hospice care services in Hangzhou and to provide a reference for promoting the formulation of hospice care-related policies in China.
Yanhong Xie, Ying Xu, Shulan Yang, Jing Yan, Xiao Qing Jin, Caixia Liu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiology of Cancer‐Associated Venous Thromboembolism Across the United States

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior epidemiological studies on cancer‐associated venous thromboembolism (VTE) were limited by homogenous patient populations. We leverage Cosmos, a collaborative dataset of Epic electronic health record systems, to conduct an updated evaluation of cancer‐associated VTE in the United States (US).
Barbara D. Lam, Justine Ryu, Omid Jafari, Rock Bum Kim, Shengling Ma, Mrinal Ranjan, Jun Y. Jiang, Ang Li   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source