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Palliative Gastrointestinal Surgery in Patients With Advanced Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: Clinical Experience and Development of a Predictive Model for Surgical Outcomes

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
BackgroundPalliative gastrointestinal (GI) surgery potentially relieves distressing symptoms arising from intestinal obstruction (IO) in patients with advanced peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC).
Jolene Si Min Wong, Jolene Si Min Wong, Jolene Si Min Wong, Jolene Si Min Wong, Sze Min Lek, Daniel Yan Zheng Lim, Claramae Shulyn Chia, Claramae Shulyn Chia, Claramae Shulyn Chia, Claramae Shulyn Chia, Grace Hwei Ching Tan, Grace Hwei Ching Tan, Chin-Ann Johnny Ong, Chin-Ann Johnny Ong, Chin-Ann Johnny Ong, Chin-Ann Johnny Ong, Chin-Ann Johnny Ong, Chin-Ann Johnny Ong, Melissa Ching Ching Teo, Melissa Ching Ching Teo, Melissa Ching Ching Teo, Melissa Ching Ching Teo   +21 more
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Palliative care education in surgery [PDF]

Annals of Palliative Medicine, 2022
Though incorporating palliative care principles with standard medical and surgical care has been associated with multiple benefits, surgical training devotes far less time to developing skills within the palliative care domains. In this review, we sought to explore the existing literature concerning palliative care education within the context of ...
Sara M, Jafri, C Ann, Vitous, Pasithorn A, Suwanabol   +2 more
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Palliative care in acute care surgery: research challenges and opportunities

Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
Palliative care includes effective communication, relief of suffering and symptom management with an underlying goal of improving the quality of life for patients with serious illness and their families.
Gail T Tominaga, Lisa M Kodadek, Vanessa Ho, Zara Cooper, Thaddeus J Puzio, Rachel S Morris, Amelia W Maiga, Masami Tabata-Kelly   +7 more
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Safety and Efficacy of Single-Port Laparoscopic Ileostomy in Palliative Settings [PDF]

Annals of Coloproctology, 2020
Purpose Single-port laparoscopic techniques can be optimized with confined incisions. This approach has an intraoperative advantage of excellent visualization of the correct intestinal segment for exteriorization, along with direct visual control of the ...
Seng-Muk Kang, Jung Rae Cho, Heung-Kwon Oh, Eun-Ju Lee, Min Hyun Kim, Duck-Woo Kim, Sung-Bum Kang   +6 more
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Knowledge and thresholds for palliative care and surgery among healthcare providers caring for adults with serious illness

Frontiers in Medicine
IntroductionTimely palliative care and surgical interventions improve symptoms, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and reduce medical cost for seriously ill adults at end of life (EOL).
Darryl Wen Kai Juan, Darryl Wen Kai Juan, Irene Ai Ting Ng, Irene Ai Ting Ng, Louis Choon Kit Wong, Louis Choon Kit Wong, Wei Jing Fong, Wei Jing Fong, Piea Peng Lee, Sui An Lie, Jamie Xuelian Zhou, Mingzhe Cai, Mingzhe Cai, Johnny Chin-Ann Ong, Johnny Chin-Ann Ong, Johnny Chin-Ann Ong, Johnny Chin-Ann Ong, Johnny Chin-Ann Ong, Jane Chin Jin Seo, Jane Chin Jin Seo, Claramae Shulyn Chia, Claramae Shulyn Chia, Claramae Shulyn Chia, Jolene Si Min Wong, Jolene Si Min Wong, Jolene Si Min Wong   +25 more
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A case report of severe diarrhea due to cytomegalovirus infection after living donor liver transplantation: successful treatment with butyrate-producing bacteria, immunosuppressive adjustments, and anti-cytomegalovirus therapy

Fujita Medical Journal
Purpose: In recent years, the benefits of probiotics for perioperative management have been recognized, and butyrate-producing bacteria are attracting attention as new beneficial intestinal bacteria.
Masanobu Usui, Norimasa Tsuzuki, Miyo Murai, Akihiro Ito, Akihiko Futamura   +4 more
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Carcinomas and Carcinoid Tumors of the Lungs and Bronchi in Children and Adolescents: The EXPeRT Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary lung carcinomas and bronchial carcinoid tumors (BC) are very rare malignancies in childhood. While typical BC and mucoepidermoid carcinomas are mostly low‐grade, localized tumors with a more favorable prognosis than in adults, necessitating avoidance of overtreatment, adenocarcinomas of the lung are often diagnosed at advanced disease ...
Michael Abele, Calogero Virgone, Michaela Kuhlen, Sabine Irtan, Yves Reguerre, Malgorzata Krawczyk, Ewa Bien, Tal Ben‐Ami, Maja Cesen, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Andrea Ferrari, Gianni Bisogno, Dominik T. Schneider, Abbas Agaimy, Constantin Lapa, Hubert Ducou le Pointe, Rainer Claus, Catherine Daniel, Ines B. Brecht, Daniel Orbach   +19 more
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Investigating the nutritional status characteristics of terminal cancer patients by the type of cancer

Fujita Medical Journal
Objective: Patients with terminal cancer experience malnutrition due to cachexia and other problems associated with the disease’s progression. Particularly, patients with gastrointestinal cancers often experience malnutrition because of gastrointestinal ...
Norimasa Tsuzuki, Masanobu Usui, Akihiko Futamura, Miyo Murai, Akihiro Ito   +4 more
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Energetic performance analysis of staged palliative surgery in tricuspid atresia using vector flow mapping

Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2017
Background Staged palliative surgery markedly shifts the balance of volume load on a single ventricle and pulmonary vascular bed. Blalock-Taussig shunt necessitates a single ventricle eject blood to both the systemic and pulmonary circulation.
Mao Kinoshita, Koichi Akiyama, Keiichi Itatani, Ayahiro Yamashita, Maki Ishii, Atsushi Kainuma, Yoshinobu Maeda, Takako Miyazaki, Masaaki Yamagishi, Teiji Sawa   +9 more
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Results of the Childhood Cancer and Leukaemia Group's United Kingdom Relapsed Wilms Tumour Trial

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The United Kingdom relapsed Wilms tumour (UKW‐R) trial aimed to improve the historically low survival rates after relapse of Wilms tumour (WT) through a prospective national risk‐stratified protocol. The trial also evaluated efficacy and toxicity of high‐dose melphalan.
Sucheta J. Vaidya, Veronica Moroz, Juliet Hale, Vesna Pavasovic, Rachel Hobson, Patricia Sartori, Daniel Saunders, Mark Powis, Gordan M. Vujanic, Stephen Baker, Kathy Pritchard‐Jones   +10 more
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