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Advance Care Planning and Transitions to Comfort Measures after Stroke
Journal of Palliative Medicine, Ahead of Print.
Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - December 23, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Rebecca J. Lank Fatema Shafie-Khorassani Xingyu Zhang Carmen Ortiz Sehee Kim Erin Case Claire J. Creutzfeldt Lewis B. Morgenstern Darin B. Zahuranec Source Type: research
Cardiovascular disease and meaning in life: A systematic literature review and conceptual model
Palliat Support Care. 2021 May 7:1-10. doi: 10.1017/S1478951520001261. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: Previous studies have shown that psychological stress and mental health problems increase the risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, such as heart attack or stroke. Furthermore, after CVD events, the majority of patients report large stress. However, psychological treatments have only modest effects in CVD patients. Therefore, it has been argued that new conceptual models are needed to understand the aetiology of stress and mental health problems in CVD patients. Therefore, this study included a systemati...
Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - May 7, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Joel Vos Source Type: research
Fluctuating Code Status: Strategies to Minimize End-of-Life Conflict in the Neurocritical Care Setting
CONCLUSION: It is imperative that healthcare teams proactively collaborate with families to minimize end-of-life conflict by emphasizing decision-making that prioritizes the best interest and autonomy of the patient.PMID:34002621 | DOI:10.1177/10499091211017872
Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - May 18, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Kelly A Rath Kristi L Tucker Ariane Lewis Source Type: research
The Hands of Time
Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Jun 10:10499091211024222. doi: 10.1177/10499091211024222. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWhen making decisions about goals-of-care for a patient who lacks decision-making capacity, surrogates sometimes have internal disagreements, particularly if there are complicated family dynamics. Here, I describe the evolution of end-of-life discussions for a patient who had a catastrophic stroke amongst a family who had preexisting discord.PMID:34109802 | DOI:10.1177/10499091211024222
Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - June 10, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Ariane Lewis Source Type: research
A third of dying patients do not have end-of-life discussions with a physician: A nationwide registry study
Palliat Support Care. 2021 Jun 23:1-6. doi: 10.1017/S1478951521000973. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to explore the proportion of adult patients and next-of-kin who had end-of-life (EOL) discussions and associated factors.METHOD: A retrospective nationwide registry study was reported with data from the Swedish Register of Palliative Care. All patients in Sweden in hospitals, nursing homes, own homes, community, and palliative care units during 2015-2017 and their next-of-kin were included. Data were reported to the register by healthcare staff, based on diseased patients' records regardi...
Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - June 23, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Christina Melin-Johansson Josefin Sveen Malin L övgren Camilla Udo Source Type: research
End of Life Neuropsychological Impairments and Psychological Care of Persons With Advanced Parkinsonism
Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Oct 4:10499091211049798. doi: 10.1177/10499091211049798. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDecline in executive functioning, before frank dementia occurs, has been reported in patients with a history of stroke and malignant brain tumors. This may also be true in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). In this paper, we summarize the limited research on the motor and cognitive predictors of mortality in advanced PD. We then provide 2 case vignettes of patients with end of life advanced PD who demonstrated a substantial decline in working memory and speech festination. We contrast these pati...
Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - October 5, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Authors: George P Prigatano Naomi Salins Source Type: research
