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BMC Palliative Care

Ausgabe 1/2023

Inhalt (205 Artikel)

Open Access Editorial

Spirituality in palliative care

Barry Quinn, Michael Connolly

Open Access Study Protocol

Increasing palliative care capacity in primary care: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial of the CAPACITI training program

Hsien Seow, Daryl Bainbridge, Samantha Winemaker, Kelli Stajduhar, Gregory Pond, Kathy Kortes-Miller, Denise Marshall, Frances Kilbertus, Jeff Myers, Leah Steinberg, Nadia Incardona, Oren Levine, Jose Pereira

Open Access Research

Lidocaine transdermal patches reduced pain intensity in neuropathic cancer patients already receiving opioid treatment

Jui-Hung Tsai, I-Ting Liu, Pei-Fang Su, Ying-Tzu Huang, Ge-Lin Chiu, Yu-Yeh Chen, Wei-Shu Lai, Peng-Chan Lin

Open Access Research

Estimation of the demand for palliative care in non-oncologic patients in Chile

Nicolás Armijo, Tomás Abbot, Manuel Espinoza, Ximena Neculhueque, Carlos Balmaceda

Open Access Research

Feasibility, use and benefits of patient-reported outcome measures in palliative care units: a multicentre observational study

Evelyn Müller, Regine Mayer-Steinacker, Deniz Gencer, Jens Keßler, Bernd Alt-Epping, Stefan Schönsteiner, Helga Jäger, Bettina Couné, Luise Elster, Muhammet Keser, Julia Rauser, Susanne Marquardt, Gerhild Becker

Open Access Correction

Correction: Assessing professional identity formation (PIF) amongst medical students in Oncology and Palliative Medicine postings: a SEBA guided scoping review

Kelly Jia Hui Teo, Mac Yu Kai Teo, Anushka Pisupati, Rui Song Ryan Ong, Chloe Keyi Goh, Claire Hui Xian Seah, You Ru Toh, Neha Burla, Natalie Song Yi Koh, Kuang Teck Tay, Yun Ting Ong, Min Chiam, Warren Fong, Limin Wijaya, Suzanne Pei Lin Goh, Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna

Open Access Study protocol

Monitoring the clinical practice of palliative sedation (PALSED) in patients with advanced cancer: an international, multicentre, non-experimental prospective observational study protocol

Maaike Rijpstra, Kris Vissers, Carlos Centeno, Johan Menten, Lukas Radbruch, Sebastiano Mercadante, Michael Van der Elst, Claudio Adile, Maria Arantzamendi, Evelien Kuip, Sheila Payne, Nancy Preston, Jeroen Hasselaar

Open Access Study protocol

Impact of a machine learning algorithm on time to palliative care in a primary care population: protocol for a stepped-wedge pragmatic randomized trial

Ethan P. Heinzen, Patrick M. Wilson, Curtis B. Storlie, Gabriel O. Demuth, Shusaku W. Asai, Gavin M. Schaeferle, Mairead M. Bartley, Rachel D. Havyer

Open Access Research

How do cancer patients refuse treatment? A grounded theory study

Hamid Reza Khankeh, Reza Vojdani, Mahboobeh Saber, Mohamadhadi Imanieh

Open Access Research

Enhancing end of life care on general internal medical wards: the 3 Wishes Project

Julie C. Reid, Brittany Dennis, Neala Hoad, France Clarke, Rajendar Hanmiah, Daniel Brandt Vegas, Anne Boyle, Feli Toledo, Jill C. Rudkowski, Mark Soth, Diane Heels-Ansdell, Andrew Cheung, Kathleen Willison, Thanh H. Neville, Jason Cheung, Anne Woods, Deborah Cook

Open Access Correction

Correction: Specialised Paediatric PAlliativE CaRe: Assessing family, healthcare professionals and health system outcomes in a multi-site context of various care settings: SPhAERA study protocol

Karin Zimmermann, Michael Simon, Katrin Scheinemann, Eva Maria Tinner Oehler, Michèle Widler, Simone Keller, Günther Fink, Stefan Mitterer, Anne-Kathrin Gerber, Stefanie von Felten, Eva Bergstraesser

Open Access Research

Dying, death and bereavement: developing a national survey of bereaved relatives

Diarmuid Ó Coimín, Daniela Rohde, Conor Foley, Tracy O’Carroll, Róisín Murphy

Open Access Study protocol

Bicentre, randomized, parallel-arm, sham-controlled trial of transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) in the treatment of palliative care patients with refractory cancer pain

Jean-Paul Nguyen, Hélène Gaillard, Alcira Suarez, Élie Terzidis-Mallat, Diane Constant-David, Aurélien Van Langhenhove, Adrien Evin, Catherine Malineau, Son V. O. Tan, Alaa Mhalla, Jean-Pascal Lefaucheur, Julien Nizard

Open Access Research

“I can’t make all this work.” End of life care provision in natural disasters: a qualitative study

Marguerite Kelly, Imogen Mitchell, Iain Walker, Jane Mears, Brett Scholz

Open Access Study Protocol

Magnesium hydroxide versus macrogol/electrolytes in the prevention of opioid-induced constipation in incurable cancer patients: study protocol for an open-label, randomized controlled trial (the OMAMA study)

K.R.J. Kistemaker, A. de Graeff, M. Crul, G. de Klerk, P.M. van de Ven, M.P. van der Meulen, L. van Zuylen, M.A.H. Steegers

Open Access Research

Health care providers’ perspectives on providing end-of-life psychiatric care in cardiology and oncology hospitals: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey

Kanako Ichikura, Shiho Matsuoka, Hiroki Chiba, Hina Ishida, Yuko Fukase, Hanako Murase, Hirokuni Tagaya, Takashi Takeuchi, Eisuke Matsushima

Open Access Research article

“My everyday life has returned to normal”- Experiences of patients and relatives with a palliative day care clinic: a qualitative evaluation study

Anne Müller, Alfred Paul, Johannes Best, Stephanie Kunkel, Raymond Voltz, Julia Strupp

Open Access Study protocol

Implementation, barriers, and recommendations for further development of advance care planning for the last phase of life in nursing homes in Germany (Gut-Leben): protocol for a mixed-methods study

Stephanie Stiel, Anna Levke Brütt, Jona T Stahmeyer, Anne W E Bockelmann, Tanja Schleef, Anna Völkel, Falk Hoffmann

Open Access Research

Muslim patients in the U.S. confronting challenges regarding end-of-life and palliative care: the experiences and roles of hospital chaplains

Robert Klitzman, Gabrielle Di Sapia Natarelli, Elizaveta Garbuzova, Stephanie Sinnappan, Jay Al-Hashimi

Open Access Research

Simulation-based learning in palliative care in postgraduate nursing education: a scoping review

Karoline Skedsmo, Andréa Aparecida Gonçalves Nes, Hege Vistven Stenseth, Kristin Hofsø, Marie Hamilton Larsen, Deborah Hilderson, Dieter Smis, Carina Lundh Hagelin, Camilla Olaussen, Marianne Trygg Solberg, Hanne Maria Bingen, Mia Alexandra Ølnes, Simen A. Steindal

Open Access Editorial

Palliative care in severe mental illnesses

Eva Katharina Masel, Bárbara Antunes, Christian Schulz-Quach

Open Access Research

Perspectives across Canada about implementing a palliative approach in long-term care during COVID-19

Julia Kruizinga, Stephanie Lucchese, Shirin Vellani, Vanessa Maradiaga Rivas, Sandy Shamon, Karine Diedrich, Laurel Gillespie, Sharon Kaasalainen

Open Access Research

Spiritual well-being correlates with quality of life of both cancer and non-cancer patients in palliative care - further validation of EORTC QLQ-SWB32 in Finnish

Raimo Goyarrola, Jari Lipsanen, Suvi-Maria Saarelainen, Raili Suviranta, Eeva Rahko, Annamarja Lamminmäki, Tuula Klaavuniemi, Satu Ahtiluoto, Antti Ohvanainen, Pekka Metso, Reino Pöyhiä

Open Access Research

The clinical practice of palliative sedation in patients dying from COVID-19: a retrospective chart review

Maaike Rijpstra, Evelien Kuip, Jeroen Hasselaar, Kris Vissers

Open Access Study Protocol

Assessing the implementation and effectiveness of early integrated palliative care in long-term care facilities in France: an interventional mixed-methods study protocol

Emmanuel Bagaragaza, Isabelle Colombet, Mireille Perineau, Philippe Aegerter, Frédéric Guirimand

Open Access Research

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on processes, resource use and cost in palliative care

Farina Hodiamont, Caroline Schatz, Eva Schildmann, Zulfiya Syunyaeva, Katerina Hriskova, Constanze Rémi, Reiner Leidl, Susanne Tänzler, Claudia Bausewein

Open Access Research

Mindfulness and compassion training on daily work with patients and within the multiprofessional palliative care team: a retrospective self-assessment study

Franziska Lautwein, Manuela Schallenburger, Alexandra Scherg, Daniel Schlieper, André Karger, Yesche Udo Regel, Jacqueline Schwartz, Martin Neukirchen

Open Access Research

Views of people living with dementia and their carers on their present and future: a qualitative study

Danielle Nimmons, Jill Manthorpe, Emily West, Greta Rait, Elizabeth L Sampson, Steve Iliffe, Nathan Davies

Open Access Research

Effect of palliative care decisions making on hospital service use at end-of-life in patients with malignant brain tumors: a retrospective study

Nelli-Sofia Nåhls, Riikka-Leena Leskelä, Tiina Saarto, Outi Hirvonen, Anu Anttonen

Open Access Research

What do health care professionals want to know about assisted dying? Setting the research agenda in New Zealand

Jessica Young, Jeanne Snelling, Sophie Beaumont, Kate Diesfeld, Ben White, Lindy Willmott, Jacqualine Robinson, Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll, Gary Cheung, Aida Dehkhoda, Richard Egan, James Jap, Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke, Leanne Manson, Cam McLaren, Janine Winters

Open Access Research

Physician-patient boundaries in palliative care

Chong Yao Ho, Nicole-Ann Lim, Nur Diana Abdul Rahman, Min Chiam, Jamie Xuelian Zhou, Gillian Li Gek Phua, Eng Koon Ong, Crystal Lim, Anupama Roy Chowdhury, Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna

Open Access Research

How does ethnicity affect presence of advance care planning in care records for individuals with advanced disease? A mixed-methods systematic review

Jodie Crooks, Sophie Trotter, Ruby Bhatti OBE, Elizabeth Monaghan, Gemma Clarke

Open Access Research

Death place and palliative outcome indicators in patients under palliative home care service: an observational study

Pei-Jung Chang, Cheng-Fu Lin, Ya-Huei Juang, Jui-Yu Chiu, Lung-Chun Lee, Shih-Yi Lin, Yu-Hui Huang

Open Access Research

A pilot study on sports activities in pediatric palliative care: just do it

Irene Avagnina, Anna Santini, Irene Maghini, Eleonora Salamon, Simonetta Papa, Luca Giacomelli, Giorgio Perilongo, Caterina Agosto, Franca Benini

Open Access Research

Palliative care stay room – designing, testing and evaluating a gamified social intervention to enhance palliative care awareness

Carla Reigada, Anna Sandgren, Sonia Rivas, Ana Carvajal, Santiago Hermida-Romero, Edgar Benítez, Guillem Ripoll, Inés Olza, Carlos Centeno, Beatriz Gómez

Open Access Research

Death education for Palliative care: a european project for University students

Ines Testoni, Lucia Ronconi, Hod Orkibi, Gianmarco Biancalani, Melania Raccichini, Luca Franchini, Shoshi Keisari, Mihaela Bucuta, Krzysztof Cieplinski, Michael Wieser, Silvia Varani

Open Access Research

Factors associated with suffering from dying in patients with cancer: a cross-sectional analytical study among bereaved caregivers

Angélica Arango-Gutiérrez, Socorro Moreno, Martín Rondón, Lucía I Arroyo, Liliana Ardila, Fabián Alexander Leal Arenas, José A Calvache, Esther de Vries

Open Access Research

Attitudes and influencing factors of nursing assistants towards hospice and palliative care nursing in chinese nursing homes: a cross-sectional study

Zhuojun Ye, Limei Jing, Haoyu Zhang, Yongfa Qin, Hangqi Chen, Jiying Yang, Ruize Zhu, Jingrong Wang, Huiwen Zhang, Yifan Xu, Tianshu Chu

Open Access Review

Palliative care and new technologies. The use of smart sensor technologies and its impact on the Total Care principle

Tabea Ott, Maria Heckel, Natalie Öhl, Tobias Steigleder, Nils C. Albrecht, Christoph Ostgathe, Peter Dabrock

Open Access Research

Accuracy of clinical predictions of prognosis at the end-of-life: evidence from routinely collected data in urgent care records

M. Orlovic, J. Droney, V. Vickerstaff, J. Rosling, A. Bearne, M. Powell, J. Riley, P. McFarlane, J. Koffman, P. Stone

Open Access Research

Giving and receiving thanks: a mixed methods pilot study of a gratitude intervention for palliative patients and their carers

Mathieu Bernard, Emmanuelle Poncin, Emilie Bovet, Emmanuel Tamches, Boris Cantin, Josiane Pralong, Gian Domenico Borasio

Open Access Research

Palliative care in advanced Huntington’s disease: a scoping review

Dorine J. Boersema-Wijma, Erik van Duijn, Anne-Wil Heemskerk, Jenny T. van der Steen, Wilco P. Achterberg

Open Access Correction

Correction to: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on processes, resource use and cost in palliative care

Farina Hodiamont, Caroline Schatz, Eva Schildmann, Zulfiya Syunyaeva, Katerina Hriskova, Constanze Rémi, Reiner Leidl, Susanne Tänzler, Claudia Bausewein

Open Access Research

Barrier analysis for continuity of palliative care from health facility to household among adult cancer patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Yonas Abate, Kalkidan Solomon, Yoseph Mamo Azmera, Marlieke de Fouw, Mirgissa Kaba

Open Access Research

Context of a neonatal death affects parental perception of end-of-life care, anxiety and depression in the first year of bereavement

Gilles Cambonie, Chloé Desage, Pénélope Thaller, Anne Lemaitre, Karine Bertran de Balanda, Clémentine Combes, Arthur Gavotto

Open Access Research

Structure and integration of specialty palliative care in three NCI-designated cancer centers: a mixed methods case study

Karen E. Schifferdecker, Rebecca L. Butcher, Genevra F. Murray, Kristin E. Knutzen, Nirav S. Kapadia, Gabriel A. Brooks, Garrett T. Wasp, Susan Eggly, Laura C. Hanson, Gabrielle B. Rocque, Amanda N. Perry, Amber E. Barnato

Open Access Study Protocol

Protocol for the promoting resilience in stress management (PRISM) intervention: a multi-site randomized controlled trial for adolescents and young adults with advanced cancer

Alison O’Daffer, Liam Comiskey, Samantha R. Scott, Chuan Zhou, Miranda C. Bradford, Joyce P. Yi-Frazier, Abby R. Rosenberg

Open Access Study Protocol

Comprehensive coordinated community based palliative care (C3PaC) model for cancer patients in North India: a mixed-method implementation research study protocol

Mayank Gupta, Ankita Kankaria, Soumya Swaroop Sahoo, Sushma Bhatnagar, Rakesh Kakkar, Anju Grewal, Gegal Pruthi, Lajya Devi Goyal

Open Access Research

Liver-specific metastases as an independent prognostic factor in cancer patients receiving hospice care in hospital

Kun-Siang Huang, Yun-Hwa Huang, Chao-Tung Chen, Chia-Pei Chou, Bo-Lin Pan, Chih-Hung Lee

Open Access Correction

Correction to: palliative care in advanced Huntington’s disease: a scoping review

Dorine J. Boersema-Wijma, Erik van Duijn, Anne-Wil Heemskerk, Jenny T. van der Steen, Wilco P. Achterberg

Open Access Editorial

Enhancing equity and diversity in palliative care clinical practice, research and education

Jonathan Koffman, Gilla K. Shapiro, Christian Schulz-Quach

Open Access Matters Arising

A better interpretation of data regarding the opioid switching to methadone

Sebastiano Mercadante

Open Access Matters Arising

Reply to “A better interpretation of data regarding the opioid switching to methadone”

Haiying Ding, Yu Song, Wenxiu Xin, Jiao Sun, Like Zhong, Qinfei Zhou, Chaoneng He, Liyan Gong, Luo Fang

Open Access Research

Influencing factors of knowledge, attitude and behavior in children’s palliative care among pediatric healthcare workers: a cross-sectional survey in China

Lihui Zhu, Zhang Na, Yaojia Hu, Yi Xu, Tingwei Luo, Yuqiong Xiang, Sishan Jiang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Muhua Chen, Yuee Xiong

Open Access Research

Children with palliative care needs in Papua New Guinea, and perspectives from their parents and health care workers: a qualitative study

Villa Watch, Gwenda Anga, Cornelia Kilalang, Francis Pulsan, John D Vince, Trevor Duke

Open Access Comment

The importance of developing palliative care quality indicators for the prison setting: why now, and next steps

Isabelle Schaefer, Nicole Heneka, Michelle DiGiacomo, Stacey Panozzo, Jane L. Phillips

Open Access Research

The impact of COVID-19 on the experiences of patients and their family caregivers with medical assistance in dying in hospital

Eryn Tong, Rinat Nissim, Debbie Selby, Sally Bean, Elie Isenberg-Grzeda, Tharshika Thangarasa, Gary Rodin, Madeline Li, Sarah Hales

Open Access Research

Quality of life and depression in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – does the country of origin matter?

Katarzyna Ciećwierska, Dorothée Lulé, Maksymilian Bielecki, Olga Helczyk, Anna Maksymowicz-Śliwińska, Julia Finsel, Krzysztof Nieporęcki, Peter M. Andersen, Albert C. Ludolph, Magdalena Kuźma-Kozakiewicz

Open Access Research

Applying terror management theory to patients with life-threatening illness: a systematic review

Mark Svet, Laura B. Portalupi, Tom Pyszczynski, Daniel D. Matlock, Larry A. Allen

Open Access Research

Impact of an outpatient palliative care consultation and symptom clusters in terminal patients at a tertiary care center in Pakistan

Wardah Rafaqat, Abbas Raza Syed, Ibrahim Munaf Ahmed, Shiraz Hashmi, Ismat Jabeen, Samina Rajwani, Uqba Qamar, Muhammad Atif Waqar

Open Access Research

Psychometrics of the Persian version of the program in palliative care education and practice questionnaire (German revised - PPCEP-GR)

Mohajer Abdoli, Katharina Fetz, Shahram Molavynejad, Hamid Sharif-Nia, Marziyeh Asadizaker

Open Access Research

Death doula working practices and models of care: the views of death doula training organisations

Deb Rawlings, Lauren Miller-Lewis, Jennifer Tieman, Kate Swetenham

Open Access Research

SPICT as a predictive tool for risk of 1-year health degradation and death in older patients admitted to the emergency department: a bicentric cohort study in Belgium

Delphine Bourmorck, Marie de Saint-Hubert, Marianne Desmedt, Ruth Piers, Julien Flament, Isabelle De Brauwer

Open Access Research

Understanding pediatric palliative care within interdisciplinary palliative programs: a qualitative study

Patricia Rico-Mena, Javier Güeita-Rodríguez, Ricardo Martino-Alba, Lourdes Chocarro-Gonzalez, Ismael Sanz-Esteban, Domingo Palacios-Ceña

Open Access Research

Ambitions for palliative and end of life care: mapping examples of use of the framework across England

Erica Borgstrom, Joanne Jordan, Claire Henry

Open Access Research

Trusting relationships between patients with non-curative cancer and healthcare professionals create ethical obstacles for informed consent in clinical trials: a grounded theory study

Mary Murphy, Eilís McCaughan, Gareth Thompson, Matthew A Carson, Jeffrey R Hanna, Monica Donovan, Richard H Wilson, Donna Fitzsimons

Open Access Research

The dignity of terminally ill children in pediatric palliative care: perspectives of parents and healthcare providers

Siyu Cai, Qiaohong Guo, Junyi Lin, Chanjuan Deng, Huijun Li, Xuan Zhou

Open Access Research

Russian nurses’ readiness for transcultural care of palliative patients

Nataliya Kasimovskaya, Natalia Geraskina, Elena Fomina, Svetlana Ivleva, Maria Krivetskaya, Nina Ulianova, Marina Zhosan

Open Access Research

Non-pharmacological interventions to manage psychological distress in patients living with cancer: a systematic review

Carole A. Paley, Jason W. Boland, Martina Santarelli, Fliss E. M. Murtagh, Lucy Ziegler, Emma J. Chapman

Open Access Correction

Correction: The importance of developing palliative care quality indicators for the prison setting: why now, and next steps

Isabelle Schaefer, Nicole Heneka, Michelle DiGiacomo, Stacey Panozzo, Jane L. Phillips

Open Access Research

Experiences of pain and pain management in advanced disease and serious illness for people from South Asian communities in Leeds and Bradford: a qualitative interview study

Gemma Clarke, Jodie Crooks, Michael I. Bennett, Zarina Mirza, Ruby Bhatti OBE, Wali Nazar, Rahila Mughal, Shenaz Ahmed

Open Access Research

A qualitative exploration of allied health providers’ perspectives on cultural humility in palliative and end-of-life care

Hardeep Singh, Arta Taghavi Haghayegh, Riya Shah, Lovisa Cheung, Sachindri Wijekoon, Kevin Reel, Ruheena Sangrar

Open Access Research

Interdisciplinary collaboration in serious illness conversations in patients with multiple myeloma and caregivers – a qualitative study

Cæcilie Borregaard Myrhøj, Dorte Toudal Viftrup, Mary Jarden, Stine Novrup Clemmensen

Open Access Research

The outcomes of postgraduate palliative care education and training: assessment and comparison of nurses and physicians

Kevin Marciniak, Alexandra Scherg, Piret Paal, Stephen Mason, Frank Elsner

Open Access Research article

“Such an institution represents the circle of life” – bringing an inpatient hospice into an academic setting: a pre-implementation exploratory study

Kim Dillen, Thomas Montag, Birgit Weihrauch, Heidrun Golla, Raymond Voltz, Julia Strupp

Open Access Research

Physiotherapy applied to palliative care patients: a descriptive practice-based study

A Navarro-Meléndez, MJ Gimenez, Y Robledo-Donascimento, A Río-González, A Lendínez-Mesa

Open Access Research

Key aspects of psychosocial needs in palliative care - a qualitative analysis within the setting of a palliative care unit in comparison with specialised palliative home care

Cathrin Michel, Hannah Seipp, Katrin Kuss, Michaela Hach, Andrea Kussin, Jorge Riera-Knorrenschild, Stefan Bösner

Open Access Research

Health care providers’ early experiences of assisted dying in Aotearoa New Zealand: an evolving clinical service

Jeanne Snelling, Jessica Young, Sophie Beaumont, Kate Diesfeld, Ben White, Lindy Willmott, Jacqualine Robinson, Tess Moeke-Maxwell

Open Access Study protocol

Palliative care as a digital working world (PALLADiUM) - A mixed-method research protocol

Sandra Grimminger, Maria Heckel, Moritz Markgraf, Sarah Peuten, Moritz Wöhl, Henner Gimpel, Carsten Klein, Christoph Ostgathe, Tobias Steigleder, Werner Schneider

Open Access Research

Improving serious illness communication: a qualitative study of clinical culture

Joanna Paladino, Justin J. Sanders, Erik K. Fromme, Susan Block, Juliet C. Jacobsen, Vicki A. Jackson, Christine S. Ritchie, Suzanne Mitchell

Open Access Study Protocol

Using Palliative Leaders in Facilities to Transform Care for People with Alzheimer’s Disease (UPLIFT-AD): protocol of a palliative care clinical trial in nursing homes

Kathleen T. Unroe, Mary Ersek, Wanzhu Tu, Alexander Floyd, Todd Becker, Jessica Trimmer, Jodi Lamie, John Cagle

Open Access Research

Palliative care needs of Jordanian women’s experience of living with stroke: a descriptive phenomenological study

Marwa Nayef Alhalabi, Inaam Abdulla Khalaf, Ruqayya Sayed Zeilani, Hala Ahmad Bawadi, Ahmad S. Musa, Abdulqadir J. Nashwan

Open Access Research

Encouraging outpatients in an acute hospital for the relief of cancer-related pain: a qualitative study

Miwa Hinata, Kikuko Miyazaki, Takeo Nakayama, Megumi Tokunaga, Toru Watanabe, Shuichi Nawata

Open Access Research

More older adults died at their preferred place after implementation of a transmural care pathway for older adults at the end of life: a before-after study

Iris van Doorne, Marike A. de Meij, Juliette L. Parlevliet, Vera M. W. van Schie, Dick L. Willems, Bianca M. Buurman, Marjon van Rijn

Open Access Research

Barriers and facilitators of electronic patient-reported outcome measures (e-PROMs) for patients in home palliative cancer care: a qualitative study of healthcare professionals’ perceptions

Letteria Consolo, Stella Colombo, Ilaria Basile, Daniele Rusconi, Tiziana Campa, Augusto Caraceni, Maura Lusignani

Open Access Research

Designing and psychometric properties of the hospitalized patients’ spiritual needs questionnaire (HPSNQ) in the medical-surgical hospital setting

Fahimeh Alsadat Hosseini, Marzieh Momennasab, Joan Guàrdia-Olmos, Shahrzad Yektatalab, Maryam Shaygan, Armin Zareiyan

Open Access Research

Socio-economic determinants for the place of last care: results from the acute palliative care unit of a large comprehensive cancer center in a high-income country in Europe

Sebastian M. Christ, Ellen Hünerwadel, Bigna Hut, Maiwand Ahmadsei, Oliver Matthes, Annina Seiler, Markus Schettle, David Blum, Caroline Hertler

Open Access Research

Anxiety and depression disorders in oncological patients under palliative care at a hospital service: a cross-sectional study

Gustavo Souza Gontijo Garcia, Karina Cardoso Meira, Alessandra Hubner de Souza, Nathalia Sernizon Guimarães

Open Access Research

Regional perspectives on the coordination and delivery of paediatric end-of-life care in the UK: a qualitative study

Andrew Papworth, Julia Hackett, Bryony Beresford, Fliss Murtagh, Helen Weatherly, Sebastian Hinde, Andre Bedendo, Gabriella Walker, Jane Noyes, Sam Oddie, Chakrapani Vasudevan, Richard G. Feltbower, Bob Phillips, Richard Hain, Gayathri Subramanian, Andrew Haynes, Lorna K. Fraser

Open Access Research

Drug landscape in patients receiving general outpatient palliative care in Germany: results from a retrospective analysis of 10,464 patients

Sven H. Loosen, Jacqueline Schwartz, Steven Grewe, Sarah Krieg, Andreas Krieg, Tom Luedde, Yann-Nicolas Batzler, Karel Kostev, Martin Neukirchen, Christoph Roderburg

Open Access Research

Effect of an educational intervention on nurses’ competence in activities of daily living support in end-of-life care using a pretest–posttest repeated measures design

Heidrun Gattinger, Stefan Ott, Carola Maurer, Brigitte Marty-Teuber, Virpi Hantikainen, André Fringer

Open Access Study Protocol

Dry mouth in patients with a life-limiting condition or frailty: a study protocol for two intervention studies and a nested qualitative sub-study (the Dry mOuth Project, DROP)

Annelot I. van der Meulen, Evelien P. J. G. Neis, Ellen J. M. de Nijs, Bénédicte J. E. G. Coenegracht, Arianne Stoppelenburg, Marieke H. J. van den Beuken-van Everdingen, Yvette M. van der Linden

Open Access Research

Exploring the challenges and roles of nurses in delivering palliative care for cancer patients and co-morbidities in Ghana

Evans Osei Appiah, Awube Menlah, Jiayun Xu, Awuku Adomaa Susana, Boateng Susana Agyekum, Isabella Garti, Pascal Kob, Joyce Kumah

Open Access Research

Care challenges of home health patients living with dementia: a pathway forward with palliative care

Connie S. Cole, Ashley Dafoe, Caroline K. Tietbohl, Sarah R. Jordan, Amy G. Huebschmann, Hillary D. Lum, Christine D. Jones

Open Access Research

Preferences and end of life care for residents of aged care facilities: a mixed methods study

Moberley Sarah, Hewitt Jacqui, Attia John, Cole Janean, Bevington Joelle, Oldmeadow Christopher, Howard Zach, Hughes Rachel

Open Access Study Protocol

Comparison of home-based palliative care delivered by community health workers versus usual care: research protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

Suparna Qanungo, Kathleen B. Cartmell, Martina Mueller, Melissa Butcher, Saswati Sarkar, Tyler-Gail Carlson, Mohan Madisetti, Gaurav Kumar

Open Access Research

Expert-approved best practice recommendations on the use of sedative drugs and intentional sedation in specialist palliative care (SedPall)

Christoph Ostgathe, Claudia Bausewein, Eva Schildmann, Jeremias Bazata, Violet Handtke, Maria Heckel, Carsten Klein, Alexander Kremling, Sandra Kurkowski, Sophie Meesters, Andreas Seifert, Jorge Luis Torres Cavazos, Kerstin Ziegler, Christian Jäger, Jan Schildmann

Open Access Research

Filling gaps in experiences religious understanding of people living with cancer in palliative care: a phenomenological qualitative study

Hellen Luiza Meireles Silva, Pedro Henrique Martins Valério, Cristiano Roque Antunes Barreira, Fernanda Maris Peria

Open Access Research

Healthcare professionals’ perspectives of the management of people with palliative care needs in the emergency department of a UK hospital

Jane Sausman, Azra Arif, Annie Young, John MacArtney, Cara Bailey, Jaimini Rajani, Rebecca Burt

Open Access Research

Effects of a home-based palliative heart failure program on quality of life among the elderly: a clinical trial study

Mohammad Hossein Khajehpoor, Parvin Mangolian shahrbabaki, Esmat Nouhi

Open Access Research

Evaluation of factors predicting the benefit from systemic oncological treatment for severely ill hospitalized patients: a retrospective study

Milena Brachmans Mascarenhas Neves, Yuri Costa Sarno Neves, Juliana Vieira Biason Bomonetto, Priscila Prais Carneiro Matos, Auro Del Giglio, Daniel de Iracema Gomes Cubero

Open Access Research

“I didn’t know it was going to be like this.”: unprepared for end-of-Life care, the experiences of care aides care in long-term care

Laura Booi, Judith Sixsmith, Habib Chaudhury, Deborah O’connor, Claire Surr, Melanie Young, Andrew Sixsmith

Open Access Research

Psychosocial-spiritual well-being is related to resilience and mindfulness in patients with severe and/or life-limiting medical illness

Polycarpe Bagereka, Rezvan Ameli, Ninet Sinaii, Marcelli Cristine Vocci, Ann Berger

Open Access Research

Kenyan palliative care providers’ and leaders’ perceptions of palliative care research needs and support to facilitate rigorous research

K. B. Cartmell, E. A. Doherty, N. Gikaara, Z. Ali, S. Qanungo, E. S. Melikam, R. A. Powell

Open Access Research

A new scale assessing the stressors and rewards of children’s hospice work

Andrew Papworth, Andre Bedendo, Jo Taylor, Bryony Beresford, Suzanne Mukherjee, Lorna K Fraser, Lucy Ziegler

Open Access Research

Patient and hospital characteristics associated with do-not-resuscitate/do-not-intubate orders: a cross-sectional study based on the Taiwan stroke registry

Hsu-Ling Yeh, Fang-I Hsieh, Li-Ming Lien, Wen-Hua Kuo, Jiann-Shing Jeng, Yu Sun, Cheng-Yu Wei, Po-Yen Yeh, Hei-Tung Yip, Cheng-Li Lin, Nicole Huang, Kai-Cheng Hsu

Open Access Study Protocol

Dissemination and Implementation of a Community Health Worker Intervention for Disparities in Palliative Care (DeCIDE PC): a study protocol for a hybrid type 1 randomized controlled trial

Amn Siddiqi, Olivia Monton, Alison Woods, Taleaa Masroor, Shannon Fuller, Jill Owczarzak, Gayane Yenokyan, Lisa A. Cooper, Karen M. Freund, Thomas J. Smith, Jean S. Kutner, Kathryn L. Colborn, Robert Joyner, Ronit Elk, Fabian M. Johnston

Open Access Editorial

A call to improve paediatric palliative care quality through research

Laure Dombrecht, Ana Lacerda, Joanne Wolfe, Jennifer Snaman

Open Access Study Protocol

Interventions that may increase control at the end of life in persons with dementia: the cross-cultural CONT-END acceptability study protocol and pilot-testing

Hanneke J.A. Smaling, Xu Jingyuan, Miharu Nakanishi, Shiri Shinan-Altman, David R. Mehr, Lukas Radbruch, Jan Gaertner, Perla Werner, Wilco P. Achterberg, Jenny T. van der Steen

Open Access Research

Implementing palliative care education into primary care practice: a qualitative case study of the CAPACITI pilot program

Midori Matthew, Daryl Bainbridge, Valerie Bishop, Christina Sinding, Samantha Winemaker, Frances Kilbertus, Katherine Kortes-Miller, Hsien Seow

Open Access Research

National survey on the availability of oncology palliative care services at tertiary general and cancer hospitals in China

Xiaomei Li, Xin Shelley Wang, Haili Huang, Miao Liu, Yinan Wu, Jiaojiao Qiu, Boran Zhang, Linhong Cui, David Hui

Open Access Research

Palliative care in Malawi: a scoping review

Natalie Palumbo, Alyssa Tilly, Eve Namisango, Christian Ntizimira, Lameck Thambo, Maria Chikasema, Gary Rodin

Open Access Research

Patient-reported outcome measures in children, adolescents, and young adults with palliative care needs—a scoping review

Heidi Holmen, Anette Winger, Simen A. Steindal, Kirsti Riiser, Charlotte Castor, Lisbeth Gravdal Kvarme, Kari L. Mariussen, Anja Lee

Open Access Research

Barriers and facilitators to palliative care for patients with non-curable cancer in Colombia: perspectives of allied health and social care professionals

Cindy V. Mendieta, Esther de Vries, Maria Elizabeth Gomez-Neva, Angela Maria Muñoz-Escudero, Jose Andrés Calvache, Tracey McConnell

Open Access Research

Swallowing disorders and mortality in adults with advanced cancer outside the head and neck and upper gastrointestinal tract: a systematic review

Danielle Nunes Moura Silva, Laélia Cristina Caseiro Vicente, Vanessa Laís Pontes Glória, Amélia Augusta de Lima Friche

Open Access Research

The state of undergraduate palliative care education at Austrian medical schools – a mixed methods study

Véronique Toussaint, Piret Paal, Rainer Simader, Frank Elsner

Open Access Research

Specialist palliative care until the very end of life - reports of family caregivers and the multiprofessional team

Anneke Ullrich, Sven Goldbach, Wiebke Hollburg, Bettina Wagener, Annette Rommel, Marten Müller, Denise Kirsch, Katrin Kopplin-Foertsch, Holger Schulz, Carsten Bokemeyer, Karin Oechsle

Open Access Research

Adaptation and validation of the Brazilian version of the Measure of Moral Distress for Healthcare Professionals (MMD-HP BR) in the context of palliative care

Julianna Rodrigues Beltrão, Marianna Rodrigues Beltrão, Rafaella Stradiotto Bernardelli, Renato Soleiman Franco, Elizabeth G. Epstein, Carla Corradi-Perini

Open Access Research

POMSNAME: an aide-mémoire to improve the assessment and documentation of palliative care – a longitudinal project

Ann Dadich, Martyna Gliniecka, Michelle Cull, Kerrie Womsley

Open Access Research

Training nurses to facilitate and implement CURA in palliative care institutions: development and evaluation of a blended learning program

Malene van Schaik, Charlotte Kröger, Lisa Zuidema, Margreet Stolper, Guy Widdershoven, H. Roeline Pasman, Suzanne Metselaar

Open Access Research

Appetite and its association with mortality in patients with advanced cancer – a Post-hoc Analysis from the Palliative D-study

Charlotte Goodrose-Flores, Stephanie E. Bonn, Caritha Klasson, Maria Helde Frankling, Ylva Trolle Lagerros, Linda Björkhem-Bergman

Open Access Research

Continuous deep sedation at the end of life: a qualitative interview-study among health care providers on an evolving practice

Madelon T Heijltjes, Ghislaine JMW van Thiel, Judith AC Rietjens, Agnes van der Heide, Geeske Hendriksen, Johannes JM van Delden

Open Access Research

Psychosocial functioning in individuals with advanced oesophago-gastric cancer: a mixed methods systematic review

Cara Ghiglieri, Martin Dempster, Sam Wright, Lisa Graham-Wisener

Open Access Research

Online modules to improve health professionals’ end-of-life law knowledge and confidence: a pre-post survey study

Rachel Feeney, Lindy Willmott, Penny Neller, Shih-Ning Then, Patsy Yates, Ben White

Open Access Research

Structural characteristics and contractual terms of specialist palliative homecare in Germany

Maximiliane Jansky, Lia Heyl, Michaela Hach, Steven Kranz, Thomas Lehmann, Antje Freytag, Ulrich Wedding, Winfried Meißner, Sabine H. Krauss, Werner Schneider, Friedemann Nauck, Anna Bauer, Bianka Ditscheid, Cornelia Eichhorn, Elke Gaser, Ulrike Hammer, Aicko Helbig, Beata Hennig, Michelle Kaufmann, Markus Krause, Isabel Kruschel, Helmut L’hoest, Srikanth Maddela, Ursula Marschall, Martial Mboulla, Heiner Melching, Florian Mühler, Cornelia Nageler, Sara Parhizkari, Judith Rothaug, Joachim Saam, Sven Schulz, Kathleen Stichling, Horst C. Vollmar, Julia von Hayek

Open Access Research

Translation and cultural adaptation of the Greek integrated palliative care outcome scale (IPOS): challenges in a six-phase process

Despina Anagnostou, Stylianos Katsaragakis, Irene Panagiotou, Elisabeth Patiraki, Aliki Tserkezoglou

Open Access Research

The expression of ultimate life goals in co-creative art processes with palliative cancer patients

Yvonne Weeseman, Michael Scherer-Rath, Nirav Christophe, Henny Dörr, Esther Helmich, Mirjam A. G. Sprangers, Niels van Poecke, Hanneke W. M. van Laarhoven

Open Access Research

Patients’ preferences for delivering bad news in palliative care in Ethiopia: a qualitative study

Ephrem Abathun Ayalew, Ditaba David Mphuthi, Kholofelo Lorraine Matlhaba

Open Access Research

Implementation of the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (palliative version) on an inpatient palliative care unit

Shirley H. Bush, Katarzyna Bronicki, Michel Dionne, Natasha Lelievre, Peter G. Lawlor, Monisha Kabir

Open Access Research

Eye donation in hospice and hospital palliative care settings: perceptions, practice, and service development needs – findings from a national survey

Tracy Long-Sutehall, Anna Zatorska, Michelle Myall, Christina Faull, Adam Hurlow, Sarah Mollart, Clare Rayment, Jill Short, Jane Wale, Emma Winstanley, Mike Bracher

Open Access Research

Measurement and documentation of quality indicators for the end-of-life care of hospital patients a nationwide retrospective record review study

F. M. Bijnsdorp, B. Schouten, A. K. L. Reyners, C. Wagner, A. L. Francke, S. M. van Schoten

Open Access Research

Home care nurses facilitating planned home deaths. A focused ethnography

Anne Kristine Sørstrøm, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Ingjerd Gåre Kymre

Open Access Research

Exploring the variations in death anxiety among oncology nurses in China: a latent class analysis

Xian Chen, Mengyu Su, Anne Arber, Chengping Qiao, Jinfeng Wu, Cuihua Sun, Dan Wang, Hui Zhou, Zhu Zhu

Open Access Research

Specialist perinatal palliative care: a retrospective review of antenatal referrals to a children’s palliative care service over 14 years

Sophie Bertaud, Georgina Brightley, Nicola Crowley, Finella Craig, Dominic Wilkinson

Open Access Research

How do navigation programs address the needs of those living in the community with advanced, life-limiting Illness? A realist evaluation of programs in Canada

Robin Urquhart, Cynthia Kendell, Kathryn Pfaff, Kelli Stajduhar, Linda Patrick, Carren Dujela, Sarah Scruton, Faith Fauteux, Grace Warner

Open Access Research

Nurses’ perceptions of the challenges involved in providing of end-of-life care to people with heart failure: a context-based study

Mostafa Akbarian-Rokni, Marjan Mardani-Hamooleh, Mohammad Abbasi, Naima Seyedfatemi, Sally Pezaro

Open Access Research

Interrater agreement of multi-professional case review as reference standard for specialist palliative care need: a mixed-methods study

Evelyn Müller, Michael Josef Müller, Katharina Seibel, Christopher Boehlke, Henning Schäfer, Carsten Klein, Maria Heckel, Steffen T. Simon, Gerhild Becker

Open Access Research

Symptom and problem clusters in German specialist palliative home care - a factor analysis of non-oncological and oncological patients’ symptom burden

Daniela Gesell, Farina Hodiamont, Julia Wikert, Eva Lehmann-Emele, Claudia Bausewein, Friedemann Nauck, Maximiliane Jansky

Open Access Research

The responsibility to quench thirst by providing drinks when a relative is dying spouses’ experience in specialist palliative home care

Maria Friedrichsen, Nana Waldréus, Micha Milovanovic, Anne Söderlund Schaller, Pier Jaarsma, Tiny Jaarsma

Open Access Research

Caring for patients during voluntarily stopping of eating and drinking (VSED): experiences of a palliative care team in Germany

Yann-Nicolas Batzler, Manuela Schallenburger, Pia Maletzki, Theresa Tenge, Daniel Schlieper, Jacqueline Schwartz, Martin Neukirchen

Open Access Research

Communication strategies used by medical physicians when delivering bad news at the Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique: a cross-sectional study

Natália Ubisse Schmauch, Emilia Pinto, Francisca Rego, Luísa Castro, Jahit Sacarlal, Guilhermina Rego

Open Access Correction

Correction: Translation and cultural adaptation of the Greek integrated palliative care outcome scale (IPOS): challenges in a six-phase process

Despina Anagnostou, Stylianos Katsaragakis, Irene Panagiotou, Elisabeth Patiraki, Aliki Tserkezoglou

Open Access Research

Palliative care research utilising intersectionality: a scoping review

Helen Butler, Merryn Gott, Doctor Kate Prebble, Doctor Sarah Fortune, Doctor Jackie Robinson

Open Access Research

A shared decision-making model in pediatric palliative care: a qualitative study of healthcare providers

Siyu Cai, Lei Cheng, Ruixin Wang, Xuan Zhou, Xiaoxia Peng

Open Access Research

Discharge to home from a palliative care unit: impact on survival and factors associated with home death after the discharge: a cohort study

Nozomu Murakami, Shinya Kajiura, Kouichi Tanabe, Kenichiro Tsukada, Kazuhiko Shibata, Yoshio Minabe, Tatsuya Morita, Ryuji Hayashi

Open Access Research

The meaning of dignity in care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in acute and intensive care

Loredana Buonaccorso, Ludovica De Panfilis, Harvey Max Chochinov, Gianfranco Martucci, Marco Massari, Monica Cocchi, Maria Chiara Bassi, Silvia Tanzi

Open Access Research

Palliative care for children: methodology for the development of a national clinical practice guideline

Kim C. van Teunenbroek, Leontien C. M. Kremer, A. A. Eduard Verhagen, Johannes M. A. Verheijden, Hester Rippen, Brigitt C. M. Borggreve, Erna M. C. Michiels, Renée L. Mulder, Inge M. L. Ahout, Mattijs W. Alsem, Esther M. M. van den Bergh, Loes Berkhout, Karin G. C. B. Bindels-de Heus, Govert Brinkhorst, Arno Colenbrander, Linda Corel, Catharina M. Delsman-van Gelder, Jennifer van Dijk, Jurrianne C. Fahner, Jeannette L. Falkenburg, Laurent Favié, Annemie F. S. Galimont-Collen, Karin Geleijns, Rosa Geurtzen, Annelies Gijsbertsen-Kool, Saskia J. Gischler, Marinka A. R. de Groot, Anne Haag, Lisette ‘t Hart-Kerkhoffs, Hanneke Heinen, Katja M. J. Heitink-Polle, Petra Honig-Mazer, Carolien S. M. Huizinga, Cindy Joosen, Carla C. M. Juffermans, Marijke C. Kars, Karolien Kisman, Hennie Knoester, Eline M. Kochen, Barbara de Koning, Tom de Leeuw, Jeffry Looijestijn, Hilda Mekelenkamp, Maarten O. Mensink, Selma Mulder, Mariska P. Nieuweboer, Sebastianus B. J. Oude Ophuis, Suzanne G. M. A. Pasmans, Elise M. van de Putte, Emmy Räkers, Liesbeth Rietveld, Irma M. Rigter, Christel D. Rohrich, Tanja van Roosmalen, Elisabeth J. Ruijgrok, Jolanda H. Schieving, Kim van der Schoot, Antoinette Y. N. Schouten-van Meeteren, Ellen Siegers-Bennink, Henriette Sjouwke, Tanneke Snijders-Groenendijk, Mara van Stiphout, Suzanne van de Vathorst, Leo van Vlimmeren, Mirjam A. de Vos, Nellie van Wageningen, Anne Weenink, Willemien de Weerd, Ilse H. Zaal-Schuller

Open Access Research

The meaning of dying and death for children, their carers, and families: a scoping review

Christina M. Lamb, Kianna Ramer, Oluwakemi Amodu, Kelsey Groenenboom

Open Access Research

Exploring the needs and coping strategies of family caregivers taking care of dying patients at home: a field study

Xiaotian Zhang, Tianmeng Xu, Yuan Qin, Minghui Wang, Zhaoyu Li, Jingyu Song, Qianqian Tang, Zidan Wang, Lijie Xu, Lingling Wu, Peng Yue

Open Access Research

Building bridges of excellence: a comprehensive competence framework for nurses in hospice and palliative care—a mixed method study

Wei-Ying Li, Ying Fang, Yi-qing Liang, Shu-qin Zhu, Ling Yuan, Qin Xu, Yue Li, Yin-long Chen, Chang-xian Sun, Xiao-xu Zhi, Xiao-yan Li, Rong Zhou, Mai Du

Open Access Research

Exploring the adaptive leisure activities of classified nursing model in elderly colon cancer patients: a perspective on interactive care

Yun-Zhao Lin, Po Chen, Meng-Meng Lin, Jia-Li Chen, Min-Min Shi, Feng Guo

Open Access Research

The role of patients’ stories in medicine: a systematic scoping review

Elaine Li Ying Quah, Keith Zi Yuan Chua, Casper Keegan Ronggui Lin, Andrew Vimal Vijayan, Nur Amira Binte Abdul Hamid, Jasmine Lerk Juan Owyong, Neeta Satku, Natalie Woong, Crystal Lim, Gillian Li Gek Phua, Eng Koon Ong, Warren Fong, Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna

Open Access Research

Caring for persons with Dementia: a qualitative study of the needs of carers following care recipient discharge from hospital

Janice Du Preez, Antonio Celenza, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Paula Moffat, Elissa Campbell, Glenn Arendts

Open Access Research

Exploring knowledge, attitude, and intention towards advance care planning, advance directive, and the patient self-determination act among hemodialysis patients

Shang-Feng Tsai, Ching-Yi Chang, Jia-Yi Yang, Yu-Ying Ho, Ching-Ching Hsiao, Shu-Chuan Hsu, Shih-Yun Chen, Huan-Yi Lin, Te-Feng Yeh, Cheng-Hsu Chen

Open Access Research

Parents’ hope in perinatal and neonatal palliative care: a scoping review

Aline Oliveira Silveira, Monika Wernet, Larissa Fernandes Franco, Patrícia Luciana Moreira Dias, Zaida Charepe

Open Access Study Protocol

The NeoPACE study: study protocol for the development of a core outcome set for neonatal palliative care

Katie Gallagher, Kathy Chant, Alex Mancini, Myra Bluebond-Langner, Neil Marlow

Open Access Study Protocol

Increasing access to palliative care for patients with advanced cancer of African and Latin American descent: a patient-oriented community-based study protocol

Anna Santos Salas, Sharon M. Watanabe, Aynharan Sinnarajah, Nahyeni Bassah, Fleur Huang, Jill Turner, Jacqueline Alcalde Castro, Hannah M. O’Rourke, Pilar Camargo-Plazas, Bukola Salami, María Santana, Katy Campbell, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Tracy Wildeman, Lisa Vaughn, Harkeert Judge, Sadia Ahmed, Bisi Adewale, Iqmat Iyiola, Nazret Russon, Atobrhan Godlu, María Castrellon Pardo, German Mendez Mendez, Edna Ramirez, Tibebe Weldehanna, Foto Asfaha, Meron Seyoum, Brenda Cameron, Bayo Oladele, Yinka Oladele

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28.04.2024 Schwindel Nachrichten

Akuter Schwindel stellt oft eine diagnostische Herausforderung dar. Wie nützlich dabei eine MRT ist, hat eine Studie aus Finnland untersucht. Immerhin einer von sechs Patienten wurde mit akutem ischämischem Schlaganfall diagnostiziert.

Bei schweren Reaktionen auf Insektenstiche empfiehlt sich eine spezifische Immuntherapie

Insektenstiche sind bei Erwachsenen die häufigsten Auslöser einer Anaphylaxie. Einen wirksamen Schutz vor schweren anaphylaktischen Reaktionen bietet die allergenspezifische Immuntherapie. Jedoch kommt sie noch viel zu selten zum Einsatz.

Hinter dieser Appendizitis steckte ein Erreger

23.04.2024 Appendizitis Nachrichten

Schmerzen im Unterbauch, aber sonst nicht viel, was auf eine Appendizitis hindeutete: Ein junger Mann hatte Glück, dass trotzdem eine Laparoskopie mit Appendektomie durchgeführt und der Wurmfortsatz histologisch untersucht wurde.

Ärztliche Empathie hilft gegen Rückenschmerzen

23.04.2024 Leitsymptom Rückenschmerzen Nachrichten

Personen mit chronischen Rückenschmerzen, die von einfühlsamen Ärzten und Ärztinnen betreut werden, berichten über weniger Beschwerden und eine bessere Lebensqualität.

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