Nikki Pease, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Cardiff, Wales Mark Taubert, National Strategic Lead for Advance/Future Care Planning, NHS Wales Alan Buckle, Patient Representative on National Advance/Future Care Planning Strategy Group for Wales Representatives from all parts of Wales gathered on a warm spring day at the Sophia Gardens Cricket Stadium, Pontcanna on Friday the […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website with over 30,000 members from 169 Countries. Hot topics WHO guidelines for treatment of cancer pain published The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published ‘Guidelines for the pharmacological and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents. […]
From our very own correspondent, Dr Minton: The 16th EAPC World Congress in Berlin
by Dr Ollie Minton After my musings on Bern 2018 , many people were understandably desperate to read my digest of the 16th EAPC World Congress in Berlin, so here it is. Yes, a very large event took place in Berlin at the end of May 2019. The Palliateurs and the new EAPC Poetry & […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website with over 30,000 members from 169 Countries. SAFETY UPDATES CME T34 syringe pumps now require foam pads to be added to the battery compartment All Caesarea Medical Electronics (CME) T34 Ambulatory syringe pumps in the UK now need […]
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Effects of nutrition and physical exercise intervention in palliative cancer patients: A randomized controlled trial. Uster A, Ruehlin M, Mey S, Gisi D, Knols R, Imoberdorf R, Pless M, Ballmer PE. Clin Nutr. 2018 Aug;37(4):1202-1209 Over a 3-month period, 58 patients with advanced lung or gastrointestinal cancer received either the usual care or a ≥3 […]
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Apixaban to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Cancer. Carrier M, Abou-Nassar K, Mallick R, Tagalakis V, Shivakumar S, Schattner A, Kuruvilla P, Hill D, Spadafora S, Marquis K, Trinkaus M, Tomiak A, Lee AYY, Gross PL, Lazo-Langner A, El-Maraghi R, Goss G, Le Gal G, Stewart D, Ramsay T, Rodger M, Witham D, Wells […]
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Does advance care planning in addition to usual care reduce hospitalisation for patients with advanced heart failure: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Kernick LA, Hogg KJ2, Millerick Y, Murtagh FEM, Djahit A, Johnson M. Palliat Med. 2018 Dec;32(10):1539-1551. doi: 10.1177/0269216318801162. Epub 2018 Sep 20. A systematic review evaluated 8 studies (14,357 participants with a […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website with over 30,000 members from 169 Countries. Hot topics Report on action taken on ambulatory syringe drivers The UK government has produced a report reviewing the action taken since the 2010 Safety Alert ‘Safer ambulatory syringe drivers’. This […]
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Hyoscine Butylbromide for the Management of Death Rattle: Sooner Rather Than Later Sebastiano Mercadante, Franco Marinangeli, Francesco Masedu, Marco Valenti, Domenico Russo, Laura Ursini, Alessia Massici, and Federica Aielli J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 Dec;56(6):902-907 This open-label study compared the use of hyoscine butylbromide prophylactically in dying patients with a reduced level of consciousness […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website with over 30,000 members from 169 Countries. Safety updates T34 syringe pumps updated safety warning CME Ltd have published an updated Field Safety Notice specifying the brand of battery that should be used in T34 syringe pumps, along […]