Rapid response teams, do not resuscitate orders, and potential opportunities to improve end-of-life care: a multicentre retrospective study. Downar J, Rodin D, Barua R, Lejnieks B, Gudimella R, McCredie V, Hayes C, Steel A. In this retrospective review from Canada, 300 in hospital Rapid response team (RRT) consultations were reviewed in the light that […]
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The Liverpool Care Pathway – are patients suffering unnecessarily due to media criticism?
The overwhelming majority (89%) of senior palliative care doctors who responded to a survey carried out for the BMJ and Channel 4’s Dispatches think the Liverpool care pathway (LCP) is the right approach for caring for patients in their final hours, and they would choose it for themselves. However, almost three quarters (74%) think […]
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Gabapentin for refractory chronic cough: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Ryan NM, Birring SS, Gibson PG. This study is the first double-blind, placebo-controlled RCT to investigate gabapentin for the treatment of refractory chronic cough. In it, 62 adults with refractory chronic cough of over 2 months, who did not have active respiratory disease, were […]
Proposal for the development of community end of Life Care: A guest post by Julian Abel
Background Over the last 45 years the hospice movement has set the standard for caring for people who are approaching the end of life. The levels of services have been developing steadily and the quality of care has been of the highest standard. An unintentional consequence of the development of end of life services […]
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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 PCF updated monographs The online Palliative Care Formulary (PCF) is being continually updated. The following monographs have been updated during November 2012 and supersede those in the publication of the 4th edition of the Palliative Care […]