Background Delirium is a prevalent clinical presentation in advanced illness. The hyperactive phase can cause severe symptoms at the end of life. There is no published study of the pharmacological ...

Correspondence to Josie Dixon, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK; j.e.dixon{at}lse.ac.uk Objectives ...

5 Centre for Aging Research and Education, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 6 Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore Background Family caregivers of patients with ...

Background Precise prognostic information, if available, is very helpful for guiding treatment decisions and resource allocation in patients with non-cancer non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs).

Objectives Despite a number of studies on effectiveness of palliative care, there is a lack of complex updated review of the impact of in-hospital palliative care consult service. The objective is to ...

Objectives The aim of this evaluation is to describe the components and results of urgent care planning in Coordinate My Care (CMC), a digital clinical service for patients with life-limiting illness, ...

Objectives Patients with indicators for palliative care, such as those with advanced life-limiting conditions, are at risk of futile cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if they suffer out-of-hospital ...

Correspondence to Dr Stacey Panozzo, Palliative Nexus, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3065, Australia; stacey.panozzo{at}svha.org.au Background While clinical wisdom has long provided ...

1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK 2 School of Nursing, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Correspondence to Dr Clare Gardiner, School of ...

Background Communication about the end of life is especially important in the family context, as patients and their families are considered as the care unit in palliative care. Open end-of-life ...

Prophylactic antibiotics and corticosteroid prescribing in palliative medicine: retrospective study ...

Background A growing body of research indicates that physicians suffer high levels of stress, depression and burnout. Related literature has found that physician stress can negatively impact patient ...