Background Anaemia is common in palliative care. Treatment of iron deficiency, if present, is recommended to improve symptoms and reduce dependency on blood transfusion. Previously, use of intravenous ...
Palliative care medical student education: a cross-sectional medical school survey in mainland China
3 Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Centre for Global Health, Hangzhou, China Objective According to the 2015 Quality of Death Index, China ranks 71st in terms of quality of palliative care out ...
Background The prevalence of iron deficiency in heart failure (HF) is high (Okonko, Mandal, Missouris et al. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2011;58:1241–1251) and found in patients with/without anaemia. It ...
Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous clonidine for refractory symptoms in the palliative setting. Methods A retrospective chart review of the use of subcutaneous clonidine ...
What is known about the role of clinical ethics services in cancer care? A systematic/narrative literature review ...
Correspondence to Dr Qian Lu, Peking University School of Nursing, Beijing 100191, China; luqian{at}bjmu.edu.cn; Dr Yan Sun, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China; ...
Correspondence to Professor Geoffrey Mitchell, Primary Care Clinical Unit, University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; g.mitchell{at}uq.edu.au Background With an ...
Background The use of virtual reality (VR) is increasing in palliative care. However, despite increasing interest in VR, there is little evidence of how this technology can be implemented into ...
Correspondence to Dr Farzana Virani, Palliative Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK; farzana.virani{at}nhs.net There remains uncertainty regarding the ...
Correspondence to Dr Helen Crispin, Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK; helen.crispin{at}uhs.nhs.uk In palliative care, we have a small number ...
Introduction Patients with life-limiting illnesses are at increased risk of mucosal bleeding. Usual management includes anticipatory planning and sedation, alongside anti-fibrinolytics, despite a lack ...
Objective This study aimed to investigate the impact of nutritional support on the clinical efficacy in hospitalised tuberculosis patients with nutritional risk. Methods We selected a total of 266 ...
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