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Palliative care and Parkinson's disease : meeting summary and recommendations for clinical research [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction: Palliative care is an approach to caring for patients and families affected by serious illnesses that focuses on the relief of suffering through the management of medical symptoms, psychosocial issues, advance care planning and spiritual ...
Bekelman, David, Carter, Julie, Carter, Julie H., Fox, Siobhán, Galifianakis, Nicholas, Galifianakis, Nicholas B., Johnson, Miriam, Johnson, Miriam J., Katz, Maya, Kluger, Benzi, Kluger, Benzi M., Kutner, Jean, Kutner, Jean S., Miyasaki, Janis, Richfield, Edward, Richfield, Edward W., Subramanian, Indu, Timmons, Suzanne   +17 more
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Dry mouth in patients with a life-limiting condition or frailty: a study protocol for two intervention studies and a nested qualitative sub-study (the Dry mOuth Project, DROP)

BMC Palliative Care, 2023
Background Despite its prevalent and impactful nature, dry mouth remains an underexposed and undertreated symptom in patients with a life-limiting condition or frailty.
Annelot I. van der Meulen, Evelien P. J. G. Neis, Ellen J. M. de Nijs, Bénédicte J. E. G. Coenegracht, Arianne Stoppelenburg, Marieke H. J. van den Beuken-van Everdingen, Yvette M. van der Linden   +6 more
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Involvement of palliative care services strongly predicts place of death in Belgium [PDF]

, 2010
Introduction: Place of death is considered a quality indicator of end-of-life care and enabling people to die were they choose is an important aspiration of palliative care.
Bossuyt, Nathalie, Cohen, Joachim, Deliens, Luc, Houttekier, Dirk, Van den Block, Lieve   +4 more
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Prognosis, Communication, and Advance Care Planning in Heart Failure: A Module for Students, Residents, Fellows, and Practicing Clinicians

MedEdPORTAL, 2017
Introduction The increasing prevalence, high symptom burden, and medical advances that often prolong the advanced phase of heart failure mandate an organized and thoughtful approach to medical decision making.
April Zehm, Charlotta Lindvall, Kimberly Parks, Kristen Schaefer, Eva Chittenden   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adaptation and multicentre validation of a patient-centred outcome scale for people severely ill with COVID (IPOS-COV)

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2023
Background Patient-centred measures to capture symptoms and concerns have rarely been reported in severe COVID. We adapted and tested the measurement properties of the proxy version of the Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale–IPOS-COV for severe ...
Mevhibe B. Hocaoglu, Fliss E. M. Murtagh, Catherine Walshe, Rachel L. Chambers, Matthew Maddocks, Katherine E. Sleeman, Adejoke O. Oluyase, Lesley Dunleavy, Andy Bradshaw, Sabrina Bajwah, Lorna K. Fraser, Nancy Preston, Irene J. Higginson, the CovPall study team   +13 more
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Early identification of and proactive palliative care for patients in general practice, incentive and methods of a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND According to the Word Health Organization, patients who can benefit from palliative care should be identified earlier to enable proactive palliative care.
Engels, Yvonne, Galesloot, Cilia, Groot, Marieke, Prins, Judith, Thoonsen, Bregje, van Weel, Chris, Verhagen, Stans, Vissers, Kris   +7 more
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Identifying systems barriers that may prevent bereavement service access to bereaved carers: A report from an Australian specialist palliative care service [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Bereavement follow up is an integral element of palliative care. However, little is known about the systems that link bereavement services with bereaved carers.
Currow, David, Heneka, Nicole, Lobb, Elizabeth A, Mohacsi, Paula, Phillips, Jane   +4 more
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Hospital-hospice partnerships in palliative care: creating a continuum of service [PDF]

, 2001
42 pages.Reports on the cooperation of hospitals with hospices to provide palliative ...
Center to Advance Palliative Care, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (U.S.)   +1 more
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Predictors of spiritual care provision for patients with dementia at the end of life as perceived by physicians : a prospective study [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Spiritual caregiving is part of palliative care and may contribute to well being at the end of life. However, it is a neglected area in the care and treatment of patients with dementia.
Deliens, Luc, Gijsberts, Marie-Jose H, Hertogh, Cees MPM, van der Steen, Jenny T   +3 more
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The role of fibroblast growth factors in cell and cancer metabolism

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling regulates crucial signaling cascades that promote cell proliferation, survival, and metabolism. Therefore, FGFs and their receptors are often dysregulated in human diseases, including cancer, to sustain proliferation and rewire metabolism.
Jessica Price, Chiara Francavilla
wiley   +1 more source