The concept of do not resuscitate for students in King Abdulaziz University Hospital
Conclusion: Participants, who were interns, were more familiar with the term DNR, whereas the 2nd-year medical students were less familiar with DNR. Considering the variation in the knowledge of participants about DNR, we conclude that additional lectures and sessions about DNR should be added to the medical school curriculum to make the students more confident and able in handling the DNR discussions. (Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care)
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - October 10, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Bashaer Abdulrahim Alsaati Maram Nader Aljishi Sunds Salah Alshamakh Nujood Salah Banjar Hadeel Ahmed Basharaheel Rawan Saleh Alamri Source Type: research
Aggressive care at the end of life; Where are we ?
Conclusion: The majority of our patients continue with anticancer treatments they possibly do not need and associated with poor survival. (Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care)
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - October 10, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Amrallah A Mohammed Omar Al-Zahrani Reham A Salem Fifi Mostafa Elsayed Source Type: research
Emergency department visits by head-and-neck cancer patients
Conclusion: Majority of visits to ED could have been avoided with better counseling of the patients and their attendants. (Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care)
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - October 10, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Akshat Malik Vivek Sukumar Ameya Pai Aseem Mishra Sudhir Nair Devendra Chaukar Pankaj Chaturvedi Source Type: research
Conventional fractionation versus quad shot in advanced head-and-neck cancers: A randomized controlled trial
Conclusions: Quad Shot regimen is an effective hypofractionated palliative radiotherapy schedule with minimal toxicity, good symptom relief, and response rate as compared to conventionally used regimen (30 Gy/10 fractions/2 weeks). (Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care)
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - October 10, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Akansha Choudhary Ajay Gupta Source Type: research
Bleomycin in Hodgkin & #39;s lymphoma & #8211; A boon or a bane ? & #8211; A retrospective study of bleomycin pulmonary toxicity in Hodgkin & #39;s lymphoma
Conclusion: The incidence of bleomycin induced pulmonary toxicity and mortality was significantly higher in our study compared to that of other Western studies. This could be probably due to the increased susceptibility of the Indian patients to bleomycin induced lung damage. In a highly curable cancer such as HL, it is unacceptable to have such a high life-threating toxicity. Hence, an alternative chemotherapy regimen without bleomycin is to be explored which would prevent toxicity and hence the compromise on survival. (Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care)
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - October 10, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Chethana Babu K Udupa Prakashini Koteshwar Karthik S Udupa Source Type: research
Nurses & #39; strategies for conscience-based care delivery: A qualitative study
Conclusion: Clinical self-empowerment and attempt to deliver care beyond the routines are nurses' main psychosocial strategies for conscience-based care delivery. Mentorship programs are recommended for the development of nurses' time management and clinical skills and thereby, empower them for conscience-based care delivery. Moreover, continuing education programs and curricular revisions are recommended to strengthen their religious beliefs. (Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care)
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - October 10, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Madineh Jasemi Sima Purteimor Roghaieh Esmaili Zabihi Masumeh Hemmati Maslak Pak Samereh Eghtedar Source Type: research
Symptom palliation in advanced gallbladder cancer: An institutional experience
Conclusion: Patients with advanced carcinoma GB were managed with various palliative procedures with the aim to improve the quality of life of patients because of jaundice, loss of appetite, nausea, pain, etc. Symptoms are distressing for patients. (Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care)
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - October 10, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Amit Gupta Sweety Gupta Udit Chauhan Utkarsh Kumar Nidhi Sharma Rachit Ahuja Deepak Rajput Manoj Gupta Source Type: research
Effect of perioperative pregabalin on incidence of chronic postmastectomy pain syndrome: A prospective randomized placebo-controlled pilot study
Conclusion: This RCT shows that perioperative pregabalin may not have a role in the prevention of chronic pain after breast surgeries. (Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care)
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - October 10, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Saurabh Vig Vinod Kumar Surayanarayana Deo Swati Bhan Seema Mishra Sushma Bhatnagar Source Type: research
Low-dose oral ketamine as a procedural analgesia in pediatric cancer patients undergoing bone marrow aspirations at a resource-limited cancer hospital in India
Conclusion: We found no significant effects on the procedural pain in any of the treatment groups compared to placebo. There were only mild side effects. The doses of ketamine might be insufficient for this painful and stressful procedure. (Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care)
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - October 10, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Spandana Rayala Melker Kyander Vikranth Haridass Gayatri Palat Axel Str & #246;m Thomas Wiebe Eva Brun Mikael Segerlantz Source Type: research
Pain severity and adequacy of pain management in terminally ill patients with cancer: An experience from North Palestine
Conclusion: There is substantial inadequacy in pain management in patients with cancer. The BPI-SF should be routinely used to evaluate pain severity, and analgesics should be prescribed equitably without discrimination with regard to gender and socioeconomic status of patients. (Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care)
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - October 10, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Haneen Mallah Raghda Mousa Nisreen Bani Fadl Samar Musmar Somedeb Ball Kenneth Nugent Source Type: research
The psychosocial and spiritual experiences of patients with advanced incurable illness in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional observational study
Conclusions: There is a significant burden of psychosocial and spiritual concerns among patients with advanced incurable illness in Bangladesh, with sadness being very frequent and of high intensity. Family and friends provide significant emotional and practical support to patients who are seriously ill, but very few patients access any professional support for these concerns. (Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care)
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - October 10, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Megan E Doherty Liam Power Rubayet Rahman Lailatul Ferdous Kazi M Akter Sayeda Sharmin Quadir Sadia Sharmin Emily Evans Farzana Khan Source Type: research
Institute-based sustainable palliative care program: A unique initiative of & #8220;cancer treatment center program & #8221;
Sushma BhatnagarIndian Journal of Palliative Care 2019 25(4):485-486 (Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care)
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - October 10, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Sushma Bhatnagar Source Type: research
Levorphanol: Rewinding an old, bygone multimodal opioid analgesic!
Abhijit S Nair, Omkar Upputuri, Srinivasa Shyam Prasad Mantha, Basanth Kumar RayaniIndian Journal of Palliative Care 2019 25(3):483-484 (Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care)
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - July 16, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Abhijit S Nair Omkar Upputuri Srinivasa Shyam Prasad Mantha Basanth Kumar Rayani Source Type: research
Nefopam: Another Pragmatic Analgesic in Managing Chronic Neuropathic Pain
Abhijit S NairIndian Journal of Palliative Care 2019 25(3):482-483 (Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care)
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - July 16, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Abhijit S Nair Source Type: research
Are we really providing quality care to patients ? A physician & #39;s perspective
Shrenik P OstwalIndian Journal of Palliative Care 2019 25(3):481-482 (Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care)
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - July 16, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Shrenik P Ostwal Source Type: research
