Tag: palliative care

Spirituality has mixed effects on outcomes in ALS patients and caregivers 1. In this scoping review, qualitative studies on amyotrophic ...

1. A regional collaborative, home-based palliative care (CHPC) program for heart failure (HF) patients was associated with 48% decrease in ...

1. The decision to discontinue anticoagulation in palliative care patients was not strongly associated with patient factors and comorbidities, except ...

This study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine's The Classics in Medicine: Summaries of the Landmark ...

Anticoagulant use and associated outcomes in older patients receiving home palliative care: a retrospective cohort study 1. The decision to ...

1. There is no significant difference for perceived dyspnea in patients taking dexamethasone as compared to placebo. 2. Cancer patients ...

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1. Grief measured at 6 months following the patient’s death was significantly lower in relatives in the intervention groups compared ...

1. A randomized, split-block psychological experiment utilizing clinical vignettes provides evidence that genetic studies influence neonatologists’ decision-making for critically ill ...

1. This randomized controlled trial demonstrated a reduction in the incidence of the death rattle upon dying patients receiving prophylactic ...