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3 days ago · 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 …
Single-arm clinical trials: design, ethics, principles
Clinical trial staging. Single-arm trials are a commonly used clinical trial design that can be applied in all four phases of clinical trials. In the phase I clinical trials, single-arm trials are employed to …
Opioids for breathlessness: a narrative review | BMJ Supportive ...
Chronic 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 …
Hydration and symptoms in the last days of life
Introduction. Most patients with a deteriorating chronic illness have a reduced oral intake at the end of life. This may be due to illness or treatment-related symptoms or complications, such as …
Cognitive–behavioural therapy effectiveness for fear of cancer ...
Results A total of 32 randomised controlled trials involving 1515 cancer survivors and 1845 patients with cancer undergoing treatment were included. The meta-analysis indicated a …
Palliative care in cirrhosis of the liver
Dec 17, 2024 · Background Liver cirrhosis (LC) is a progressive disease characterised by chronic liver inflammation, leading to diminished liver function and complex symptomatology. As LC …
Impact of dementia on informal care: a systematic review of family ...
Introduction Caregivers play a major role in providing all the support and care in daily activities for their relatives with dementia. To fully describe the influence of dementia caregiving on family …
The Surprise Question and clinician-predicted prognosis: …
Introduction. The Surprise Question, ‘Would you be surprised if this person were to die within the next year?’ is a simple prompt, originally developed to help healthcare professionals identify …
Burn trauma management: palliative care integration
WHO defines palliative care as, ‘an approach that improves the quality of life of patients—adults and children—and their families who are facing problems associated with life-threatening …
Lacosamide in palliative medicine: a retrospective chart review
Oct 22, 2024 · Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of oral (PO) and subcutaneous (SC) lacosamide for refractory symptoms in the palliative setting. Methods We conducted a …