Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: About 1 in 20 ALS patients in Washington state chose assisted suicide
BOSTON – ALS patients were more likely to take deadly meds postprescription than were cancer patients.
Commentary
Palliative care ‘in my hands’
The disconnect between palliative care and critical care services has been previously perceived as an education and access issue, not an outcome...
From the Journals
ASCO: Patients with advanced cancer should receive palliative care within 8 weeks of diagnosis
Patients should be referred to interdisciplinary palliative care teams within 8 weeks of cancer diagnosis, and palliative care should be available...
Conference Coverage
Palliative care boosts heart failure patient outcomes
Adding palliative care interventions to management of patients with advanced heart failure improved quality-of-life measures in two relatively...
Commentary
Change in end-of-life cancer care imperative
With the passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, changes to how cancer care is delivered are fast approaching. This...
From the Journals
Almost half of terminal cancer patient hospitalizations deemed avoidable
Nearly half of all intensive care unit hospitalizations among terminal oncology patients in a retrospective case review were identified as...
Article
Clinicians call for expanded pulmonary palliative care
Conference Coverage
Sarcopenia an effective measure of frailty in elderly patients
Sarcopenia is an independent predictor of 1-year mortality in elderly patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery, results from a single-...
News
FRAIL scale found to predict 1-year functional status of geriatric trauma patients
WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – The FRAIL scale questionnaire predicts functional status and mortality at 1 year among geriatric trauma patients and is a...
Conference Coverage
Low caregiver self-care linked with depression, anxiety
Key clinical point: There is increased anxiety and depression among family caregivers who do not take care of themselves. Major finding: Worse...
News
FDA: New labeling warns against combining opioids, benzodiazepines
Prescription opioid pain or cough medicines and benzodiazepines will now carry the strongest available warning regarding serious side effects and...