Bui, Christine M Sovich, Samantha Spiker, Michael A
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Journal of palliative medicine
Patients with advanced cancer can develop symptomatic hypoglycemia at the end of life which can be associated with significant distress. We report the case of a man with metastatic urothelial carcinoma who developed acute-onset, recurrent, and symptomatic hypoglycemia concerning for non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia (NICTH). Hypoglycemic episodes w...
Pang, Emily M Kreimer, Sara R Cohen, Harvey J Fisher, Joan
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Journal of palliative medicine
Background: Foreign national patients and families can face life-limiting illness and end-of-life care far from home; this palliative need has not been well described. Case Description: We present a case of a 20-year-old Ugandan patient diagnosed with metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma who presented to a pediatric academic medical center in Calif...
Patel, Rushil V Ali, Fatima Chiad, Zane Chojecki, Aleksander L Webb, Jason A Rosa, William E LeBlanc, Thomas W
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Journal of palliative medicine
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common form of acute leukemia in adults. Rapidly proliferating leukemic cells cause symptoms and increase the risk of infection. While individuals may initially benefit from supportive measures, disease-directed therapy may ultimately be required for symptom management, even at the end of life, although this...
Arndt, Grace Wai, Ronald Stiel, Hilary
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Journal of palliative medicine
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant vascular disorder characterized by vascular malformations, which cause frequent bleeding events including epistaxis and gastrointestinal bleeding.1 We describe the management of an 84-year-old woman with HHT who received end-of-life care on a palliative care ward. When the patient...
Mosoiu, Daniela Payne, Sheila Predoiu, Oana Arantzamendi, Maria Ling, Julie Tserkezoglou, Aliki Mitrea, Nicoleta Dionisi, Mary Martínez, Marina Mason, Stephen
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Journal of palliative medicine
Background: Understanding the principles and practice of research by health care professionals helps to improve the evidence base for palliative care practice and service delivery. Research is a core competency in palliative care that enables the identification and addressing of problems for patients and their families, establishes best practice an...
Hadler, Rachel A Weeks, Seth Rosa, William E Choate, Stephanie Goldshore, Matthew Julião, Miguel Mergler, Blake Nelson, Judith Soodalter, Jesse Zhuang, Caywin
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Journal of palliative medicine
The acknowledgment and promotion of dignity is commonly viewed as the cornerstone of person-centered care. Although the preservation of dignity is often highlighted as a key tenet of palliative care provision, the concept of dignity and its implications for practice remain nebulous to many clinicians. Dignity in care encompasses a series of theorie...
Kennedy, Maura Rico, Janet S Liu, Shan W Engel, Kirsten G Ritchie, Christine S
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Journal of palliative medicine
In this segment of the emergency department (ED) palliative care case series, we present a patient who arrives to the ED after a fall resulting in a hip fracture. He is also found to have hypernatremia and an acute kidney injury and develops delirium while in the ED awaiting an inpatient bed. The ED-based integrated geriatric palliative care progra...
Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Seiji Tsuge, Taiga Urano, Kimihiko Matsuura, Katsuhiko
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Journal of palliative medicine
Background and Objective: Opioid-induced nausea and vomiting (OINV) is known to develop not only upon opioid introduction but also during opioid dose escalation, but the actual details are unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of OINV in opioid dose escalation at a single center and to identify risk factors. Methods: A ret...
Ng, Sheryl Hui Xian Chai, Gin Tsen George, Pradeep Paul Kaur, Palvinder Yip, Wan Fen Chiam, Zi Yan Neo, Han Yee Tan, Woan Shin Hum, Allyn
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Journal of palliative medicine
Introduction: Patients with chronic lung disease (CLD) experience a heavy symptom burden at the end of life, but their uptake of palliative care is notably low. Having an understanding of a patient's prognosis would facilitate shared decision making on treatment options and care planning between patients, families, and their clinicians, and complem...
Menz, Reagan
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