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The effect of theta burst stimulation over the primary motor cortex on experimental hamstring pain: A randomised, controlled study.

Dec 05, 2022

Theta burst stimulation (TBS) over the primary motor cortex (M1) is an emerging technique that may have utility in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain. However, previous work exploring the analgesic...

Research On Race and Ethnicity in Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Nov 09, 2022

There was a lot of variation in how race and ethnic groups were portrayed, reported on, and analyzed in the hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) literature, despite the existence of established racia...

An Evidence-based Review of Cannabis in Palliative Care

Nov 09, 2022

Patients with terminal illnesses are given palliative care to enhance their quality of life. In the context of palliative care, medicinal cannabis (MC) has been utilized to treat a variety of symptoms...

Hospice and Palliative Care: Subcutaneous Drugs and Off-label Use

Nov 09, 2022

An intriguing strategy for symptom management in hospice and palliative care is subcutaneous medication injection. However, the majority of medications are taken off-label since they lack marketing ap...

Life Review Intervention: A Systematic Review of Its Feasibility in Cancer Patients

Nov 08, 2022

With regard to the usefulness of Life Review Intervention (LRI) in enhancing cancer patients' psychological well-being, the emphasis has begun to shift. For a study, researchers sought to provide the ...

Palliative Care Cost Savings Compared to Other Services at the End of Life

Nov 08, 2022

Palliative care units (PCUs) were proven to reduce hospital mortality costs, which are a considerable burden on the healthcare system. For a study, researchers sought t compare the PCU's costs with th...

Palliative Care for Chronically Critically Ill Infants

Nov 08, 2022

A growing number of newborns with a chronic critical illness (CCI) make it out of the neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Little was known about the level of care provided to the families upon disc...

Psycho-Existential Symptom Assessment Scale Screening in Palliative Care

Nov 07, 2022

Although widespread, psycho-existential symptoms were frequently overlooked or ignored in palliative care. Finding and meeting the need could be accomplished through screening. For a study, researcher...

Music Therapy for Pain in Black & White Cancer Patients

Oct 26, 2022

Disparities in racial pain make managing cancer symptoms difficult. Due to music's multicultural presence, music therapy has been shown to be effective in treating pain and is a promising therapeutic ...

Heart Failure Patients Experiencing Homelessness Have Reduced Palliative Care Utilization

Oct 26, 2022

Numerous obstacles prevent patients with housing instability from utilizing medical services. For a study, researchers sought to ascertain if patients with heart failure who get care at United States ...

Referral Practices to Palliative Care by Pediatric Cardiologists and Respiratory Doctors

Oct 26, 2022

Specialized palliative care (SPC) may be beneficial for children and adults with advanced cardiac or respiratory disease, but there hasn't been much SPC research in this field. For a study, researcher...

EOL Costs of Cancer Patients With ADRD in the U.S.

Oct 21, 2022

End-of-life (EOL) care is a significant consumer of healthcare resources, particularly for elderly cancer patients. The EOL treatment of these individuals is made more difficult by their diagnosis of ...

Cancer Patients Value Directives: Vulnerability & Resilience

Oct 21, 2022

Individual perceptions of the desired judgments and behaviors that direct our attitudes and behavior are known as personal values. Advance care planning (ACP) currently places a strong focus on taking...

End-of-Life Treatment Preferences Have Stagnated

Oct 10, 2022

Understanding and expressing choices for future medical treatment is the process of advance care planning. For a study, researchers sought to investigate the consistency of end-of-life treatment prefe...

Impact Of Palliative Care On COVID-19 Patients Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Oct 10, 2022

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may be used to treat COVID-19 patients with severe respiratory failure who are resistant to traditional therapy. Requiring ECMO was linked to increased morta...

Can NIBS Improve Pain & Depressive Symptoms in NP Patients?

Oct 07, 2022

Noninvasive brain stimulations (NIBS) is being used more frequently on patients with neuropathic pain (NP), but there was debate over how well they work to treat the condition. For a study, researcher...

Inflammatory Markers and RT Response in Painful Bone Metastases Patients

Oct 06, 2022

It was hypothesized that inflammation affects the tumor response to radiotherapy (RT). To comprehend the varying RT efficacy in patients with painful bone metastases, clinical investigations to examin...

Empowering Pediatric Palliative Homecare Patients and Caregivers with Symptom Management Plans

Oct 06, 2022

It has been demonstrated that pediatric palliative home-based care enhances the quality of life, symptom management, and care coordination. Despite these achievements, hospitalization rates in the hom...

Improved End-of-life Care Quality Through Family Narrative Reports

Oct 06, 2022

Healthcare systems should consider patient experiences while establishing care procedures to raise the standard of end-of-life care. Families and caregivers of recently deceased in-patients may be in ...

COVID-19 Admission Code Status and End-of-Life Care for Hospitalized Patients

Oct 06, 2022

Variability in care intensity have been brought to light by the COVID-19 epidemic. For a study, researchers sought to describe the level of care given to COVID-19 individuals who were hospitalized. Ex...

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