Jun 29, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to determine if a direct intervention aimed at the surrogate's spiritual and emotional well-being might enhance the surrogate's results. In 5 medical, cardiac, and neur...

Jun 29, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to identify if the algorithm-guided withdrawal was related to changes in opioid or benzodiazepine use compared to conventional treatment. A stepped-wedge cluster random...

Jun 29, 2022

Proper breakthrough cancer pain (BTcP) treatment is critical. Although rapid-acting fentanyl formulations (rapid-onset opioids, ROOs) are approved for BTcP therapy, not all recommendations encourage t...

Jun 29, 2022

Many pediatric hospitals provide legacy interventions to families to improve coping and assist sorrow before and after a child's death. Despite this practice, parental opinions of the benefit of legac...

Jun 29, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to identify patterns of long-term opioid treatment (LTOT) and their correlates in patients with and without cancer and analyze the relationship between prescription pat...

Jun 29, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a well-established lay navigator palliative care intervention modified for Hispanic carers of people with Alzheimer's dis...

Jun 29, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to give the previously identified quality measures (QMs) a higher priority among parents who had lost a child to cancer. They used a discrete choice experiment with max...

Jun 29, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to assess the prevalence of ACP and PC among adult KT candidates and recipients based on age and race. Through chart review, they analyzed the presence of ACP and PC in...

Jun 29, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to determine if a collaborative palliative care intervention improved the quality of life in outpatients with HF, COPD, or ILD when compared to standard treatment. With...

Jun 29, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to learn how hospital cultures affect the intensity of end-of-life (EOL) care. Four university hospitals in California and Washington participated in comparative ethnog...

Jun 29, 2022

In a large population-based study, researchers sought to investigate the characteristics associated with unmet support service needs among rural carers. They analyzed data from the Behavioral Risk Fac...

Jun 29, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to investigate the availability of Palliative care (PC) services in nursing home (NHs) with differing populations of Black and Hispanic citizens (aged 65+). A nationall...

Jun 28, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to identify potential lessons for the United States; they investigated the impact of family structure on the intensity of EoL experiences in Denmark, a country context ...

Jun 27, 2022

Palliative care (PC) is being used by more patients early in their illness progression. The Barretos Prognostic Nomogram (BPN) was created to bridge the gap between survival prognosis and months of li...

Jun 27, 2022

Although the association of Medicare Advantage (MA) with low-value care among hospitalized patients was unknown, it is caring for a growing share of traditional Medicare (TM) patients. For a study, re...

Jun 27, 2022

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are acclaimed for producing long-lasting anti-tumor responses, but they also generate immune-related adverse events (irAEs), which can range in severity and have an ...

Jun 27, 2022

Patients can improve the quality of their dying by preparing for the end of life and their impending death. For a study, researchers sought to determine the never-before-seen relationships between can...

Jun 27, 2022

Opioid misuse and opioid-related consequences, including fatalities, are extensively established in the United States. Opioid consumption, particularly fentanyl, has been growing throughout the Europe...

Jun 27, 2022

During the early COVID-19 epidemic, many hospice patients were physically segregated from family members and healthcare staff. Researchers sought to evaluate the lived experience of physical separatio...

Jun 16, 2022

Despite advances in antiretroviral treatment, people living with HIV infection (PLWH) in the United States continue to have a high symptom load. For a study, researchers sought to determine if the qua...