Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Hot topics New drug driving offence – changes to SPCs and product labelling The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued information about changes that will be made to UK SPCs, PILs and product […]
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February 2014 Support Care Cancer. 2013 Dec 21. [Epub ahead of print] Reducing potentially inappropriate medications in palliative cancer patients: evidence to support deprescribing approaches Lindsay J, Dooley M, Martin J, Fay M, Kearney A, Barras M This systematic review using Ovid MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, IPA, and CINAHL evaluates potentially inappropriate medications in […]
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February 2014 J Pain Symptom Manage. 2013 Dec 9. [Epub ahead of print] Primary Thromboprophylaxis in Hospices: The Association Between Risk of Venous Thromboembolism and Development of Symptoms Johnson MJ, McMillan B, Fairhurst C, Gabe R, Ward J, Wiseman J, Pollington B, Noble SI This retrospective case-note study investigated the relationship between risk […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Latest additions Palliativedrugs.com on twitter Follow us @palliativedrugs for information on updates to the on-line PCF, latest additions to the website and news related to drug use in palliative care. PCF updated monographs The online Palliative Care […]
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January 2014 J Surg Oncol. 2014 Jan 7. [Epub ahead of print] Complications and survival associated with operative procedures in patients with unresectable pancreatic head adenocarcinoma Spanheimer PM, Cyr AR, Liao J, Johlin FC, Hoshi H, Howe JR, Mezhir JJ In a retrospective chart review study from 1997 to 2013 in a US […]
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January 2014 Support Care Cancer. 2013 Oct 1. [Epub ahead of print] Predictors of anxiety and depression in people with colorectal cancer Gray NM, Hall SJ, Browne S, Johnston M, Lee AJ, Macleod U, Mitchell ED, Samuel L, Campbell NC Using questionnaires and clinical records this study investigated anxiety and depression in people […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Safety updates Class 4 drug alert: Matrifen 100microgram/h TD patches The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have issued a Class 4 drug alert (caution in use) for the Matrifen brand of fentanyl 100microgram/h transdermal […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Latest additions Strong Opioid Identification Booklet now available! Palliativedrugs.com Ltd. has produced a Strong Opioid Identification Booklet. This new resource is designed to be used in two ways: • as a quick reference guide for the range of […]
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December 2013 Palliat Support Care. 2013. [Epub ahead of print] The relationship between the timing of a palliative care consult and utilization outcomes for ventilator-assisted intensive care unit patients Pereira S, Kozikowski A, Pekmezaris R, Sunday S, Mir T, Saad M, Corrado L, Wolf-Klein G In a retrospective chart review of 90 patients […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Drug updates Diamorphine nasal spray launched in UK A diamorphine nasal spray (Ayendi; Wockhardt) indicated for the treatment of acute severe nociceptive pain in children and adolescents 2–15years old in a hospital setting, is now available as an […]