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Study finds increase in pediatric palliative care involvement for children with VADs

At the study hospital, pediatric palliative care (PPC) involvement for children with VADs has sharply increased in recent years, according to the new research by Christopher Knoll, MD, and colleagues...

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Nurse-researcher to help develop culturally appropriate Native American palliative care programs

Associate professor Mary Isaacson of the South Dakota State University College of Nursing in Rapid City is part of a national research team that will develop culturally appropriate Native American...

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The Palliative Use of Intrathecal Baclofen in Niemann-Pick Disease Type C

Niemann-Pick disease type C is a rare progressive genetic disorder that leads to the abnormal accumulation of lipids within various tissues of the body, including brain tissue and liver. There...

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Neonatal Palliative Care for Complicated Cardiac Anomalies: A 10-Year Experience of an Interdisciplinary Program at a Large Tertiary Cardiac Center.

Related Articles Neonatal Palliative Care for Complicated Cardiac Anomalies: A 10-Year Experience of an Interdisciplinary Program at a Large Tertiary Cardiac Center. J Pediatr. 2019 Nov;214:79-88 Authors: Haxel C, Glickstein...

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Failure to Provide Adequate Palliative Care May Be Medical Neglect

Doctors are required to notify Child Protective Services (CPS) if parents do not provide appropriate medical care for their children. But criteria for reporting medical neglect are vague. Which treatments...

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Palliative care would benefit patients with cirrhosis

SAN ANTONIO – Though 72% of patients with cirrhosis report poor quality of life, only a third receive referral to palliative care, according to an expert at the National Liver...

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Few critical care nurses feel competent in providing palliative care

(HealthDay)—Most critical care nurses feel inadequately prepared to provide palliative care, according to a study published in the October issue of Critical Care Nurse. Source link

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ICU nurses' moral distress levels differ based on perceived use of palliative care

Critical care nurses may be less likely to experience moral distress when they feel that patients' palliative care needs are being met, according to new research in the October issue...

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Step-wise endoscopic approach to palliative bilateral biliary drainage for unresectable advanced malignant hilar obstruction

Step-wise endoscopic approach to palliative bilateral biliary drainage for unresectable advanced malignant hilar obstruction Source link

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Rates of palliative care rising for inpatients with ESKD on dialysis

(HealthDay)—There was an increase in provision of palliative care for patients hospitalized between 2006 and 2014 with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) requiring dialysis, but rates were lower for black and...

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Racial and ethnic disparities exist in palliative care use among hospitalized patients with ESKD

Striking racial and ethnic disparities exist in the use of palliative care by hospitalized patients with end-stage kidney disease on dialysis, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...

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Integration of Pediatric Palliative Care Into Cardiac Intensive Care: A Champion-Based Model

Integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) into management of children with serious illness and their families is endorsed as the standard of care. Despite this, timely referral to and integration...

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Repetitive electrostatic pressurised intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (ePIPAC) with oxaliplatin as a palliative monotherapy for isolated unresectable colorectal peritoneal metastases: protocol of a Dutch, multicentre, open-label, single-arm, phase II study (CRC-PIPAC).

Related Articles Repetitive electrostatic pressurised intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (ePIPAC) with oxaliplatin as a palliative monotherapy for isolated unresectable colorectal peritoneal metastases: protocol of a Dutch, multicentre, open-label, single-arm, phase II...

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Incorporating Shared Decision Making and Palliative Care Into Cardiogenic Shock Pathways

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A consensus conference report on defining the eligibility criteria for pediatric palliative care in Italy

The definition of the eligibility criteria of newborn, infant, child, or adolescent patients for palliative care (PC) is complicated by the fact that these patients generally present with very specific...

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Palliative Operations for Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease with Severely Asymmetrical Pulmonary Arteries.

Related Articles Palliative Operations for Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease with Severely Asymmetrical Pulmonary Arteries. Heart Lung Circ. 2019 May 01;: Authors: He Y, Yang Y, Zhu Y, Li Z, Su...

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Palliative care and advance care planning in Parkinson disease

"The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented."—Denis Gabor (physicist) Source link

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Timing of Palliative Consultation for Children During a Fatal Illness

BACKGROUND: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends palliative care for children at the diagnosis of serious illness. Yet few children who die receive specialty palliative care consultation, and when it...

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Author response: Ethical, palliative, and policy considerations in disorders of consciousness

In response to Dr. Sethi's query about the care of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) in the context of scarce resources,1 what is owed to conscious individuals with brain...

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