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Hypoglycemia in Terminally Ill Patients with Cancer with a History of Diabetes Mellitus Admitted to a General Ward: A Retrospective Observational Study [PDF]

Palliative Medicine Reports
Background: Poor glycemic control may be a risk factor for hypoglycemia in terminally ill patients with cancer with a history of diabetes mellitus (DM).
Ryota Yanaizumi, Yusuke Nagamine, Shinsuke Harada, Takahisa Goto   +3 more
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Construction of Hospice Care Evaluation System for Terminally Ill Patients in ICU [PDF]

Patient Preference and Adherence
Qing-Ling Wang,1,* Cheng-Rui Liu,2,* Peng Yue,3 Bin-Ru Han1 1Department of Emergency, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology,
Wang QL, Liu CR, Yue P, Han BR
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Investigating spiritual care perceptions and religious coping methods among the relatives of terminally ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Turkey [PDF]

BMC Palliative Care
Background The COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey and around the world has had a profound impact on the families of terminally ill patients. In this challenging period, investigating the spiritual care perceptions and religious coping methods of patients ...
Zuhal Cetın, Betul Ozen
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Reasons why palliative and terminally ill patients do not die at home with end-of-life home care or in a hospice, but in the hospital: a single-centre study. [PDF]

BMC Palliat Care
Martens JF, Koekoek B, Schermer TR, van Zuilekom I.   +3 more
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Nurses' attitudes toward caring for terminally ill neonates and their families in Iran: a cross-sectional study

Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 2021
Providing care for terminally ill neonates is an important issue in NICUs. This research aimed to determine nurses’ attitudes toward providing care for terminally ill neonates and their families.
Maliheh Kadivar, Marjan Mardani-Hamooleh, Marjan Kouhnavard, Azadeh Sayarifard   +3 more
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Palliative Care Practices Among Physicians Providing Palliative Care to Terminally Ill Cancer Patients – A Cross Sectional Study in A Tertiary Care Hospital of Eastern India

National Journal of Community Medicine, 2021
Introduction: To find out palliative care practices among physicians providing care to terminally ill cancer patients. Methods: The study was cross-sectional in nature, conducted in a tertiary care hospital from July 2015 to September 2017 using a ...
Subraham Pany, Lipilekha Patnaik, Trilochan Sahu   +2 more
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Terminally ill patients’ and their relatives’ experiences and behaviors regarding complementary and alternative medicine utilization in hospice palliative inpatient care units: a cross-sectional, multicenter survey

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2023
Background Terminally ill patients often experience exacerbations of diseases that render mainstream medicine ineffective in relieving symptoms, prompting attempts at complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). This study collected data from terminally
Yu-Jia Lin, Hsiao-Ting Chang, Ming-Hwai Lin, Ru-Yih Chen, Ping-Jen Chen, Wen-Yuan Lin, Jyh-Gang Hsieh, Ying-Wei Wang, Chung-Chieh Hu, Yi-Sheng Liou, Tai-Yuan Chiu, Chun-Yi Tu, Bo-Ren Cheng, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Fang-Pey Chen, Shinn-Jang Hwang   +15 more
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Barriers to end-of-life care delivery to home-dwelling terminally-ill older patients: A qualitative content analysis

Nursing and Midwifery Studies, 2021
Background: In the last days of life, home-dwelling terminally-ill older patients have complex care needs. End-of-life (EOL) care for these patients is usually delivered at home.
Manijeh Dehi, Kian Norouzi, Farahnaz Mohammadi, Reza Negarandeh   +3 more
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Drug therapy for delirium in terminally ill adults.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020
BACKGROUND Delirium is a syndrome characterised by an acute disturbance of attention and awareness which develops over a short time period and fluctuates in severity over the course of the day. It is commonly experienced during inpatient admission in the
A. Finucane, L. Jones, B. Leurent, E. Sampson, P. Stone, A. Tookman, B. Candy   +6 more
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Dignity Therapy Helps Terminally Ill Patients Maintain a Sense of Peace: Early Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
Introduction: Dignity Therapy (DT) is a brief, individualized, narrative psychotherapy developed to reduce psychosocial and existential distress, and promote dignity, meaning, and hope in end of life patients.
L. Iani, Francesco De Vincenzo, A. Maruelli, H. Chochinov, Matilde Ragghianti, Sieva Durante, L. Lombardo   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source