Description
50 Studies Every Palliative Doctor Should Know presents key studies that have shaped the practice of palliative medicine. Selected using a rigorous methodology, the studies cover topics including: palliative care, symptom assessment and management, psychosocial aspects of care and communication, and end-of-life care. For each study, a concise summary is presented with an emphasis on the results and limitations of the study, and its implications for practice. An illustrative clinical case concludes each review, followed by brief information on other relevant studies. This book is a must-read for health care professionals and anyone who wants to learn more about the data behind clinical practice.
Table of Contents
Section 1: Palliative CareChapter 1: Early Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung CancerNathan A. Gray and Thomas W. LeBlancChapter 2: Early Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced CancerDavid HuiChapter 3: Nurse Led Palliative Care for Advanced Cancer PatientsEmily J. Martin and Eric J. RoelandChapter 4: Benefits of Early Palliative Care to Informal Family CaregiversEmily J. Martin and Eric J. RoelandChapter 5: The Optimal Delivery of Palliative CareEmily J. Martin and Eric J. RoelandChapter 6: Availability and Integration of Palliative Care at US Cancer CentersPedro Pérez-Cruz and Alfredo Rodríguez-NúñezChapter 7: Cost Savings Associated with Palliative CareBreffni HannonChapter 8: Changes in the Last Months of LifeJaclyn Yoong and Fiona RunacresSection 2: Symptom Assessment and ManagementChapter 9: The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS)Breffni HannonChapter 10: Reversibility of Delirium in Palliative CareTiffany Shaw and Eric PrommerChapter 11: Multi-Component Intervention to Prevent Delirium in Hospitalized Older PatientsPeter LawlorChapter 12: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine, and Lorazepam for DeliriumAnna Cecilia Tenorio and Maxine de la CruzChapter 13: Decompressive Surgery for Malignant Spinal Cord CompressionEsmé Finlay and Diaa OsmanChapter 14: Opioid Rotation for Toxicity ReductionAnna Cecilia Tenorio and Akhila ReddyChapter 15: Duloxetine for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral NeuropathyRebecca Burke and Akhila ReddyChapter 16: Effects of morphine on dyspneaArif H. Kamal and Jason A. WebbChapter 17: Palliative Oxygen Versus Room Air for Refractory DyspneaJason A. Webb and Arif H. KamalChapter 18: Exercise for the management of cancer-related fatigueLynn A. Flint and Eric WideraChapter 19: Reduction of Cancer-related Fatigue with Dexamethasone: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in patients with advanced cancerChirag A. PatelChapter 20: Parenteral Hydration in Patients with Advanced CancerCarlos Eduardo Paiva and Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro PaivaChapter 21: Enteral Tube Feeding Dysphagic Stroke PatientsFrancisco Loaiciga and Rony DevChapter 22: Feeding Tube and Survival Among Patients With Severe Cognitive ImpairmentClaudio AdileChapter 23: Parenteral nutrition in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapyFrancisco Loaiciga and Rony DevChapter 24: Docusate and Sennosides for ConstipationShalini DalalChapter 25: Treatment of Opioid-Induced Constipation in Advanced IllnessDonna S. ZhukovskyChapter 26: Octreotide for Malignant Bowel ObstructionShalini DalalSection 3: Psychosocial Aspects of Care and CommunicationChapter 27: Prevalence of mood disorders in patients with cancerLinh NguyenChapter 28: Dignity therapy for patients near the end-of-lifeMarvin Omar Delgado-GuayChapter 29: Association between spirituality/religiosity and quality of end-of-life careMarvin Omar Delgado-GuayChapter 30: The Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments (SUPPORT)Nathan A. Gray and Thomas W. LeBlancChapter 31: Doctors' Prognostic Accuracy in Terminally Ill PatientsAnjali Desai and Andrew S. EpsteinChapter 32: Prognostic Disclosure to Patients with Advanced CancerDavid HuiChapter 33: Expectations about Effects of Chemotherapy in Patients with Advanced CancerRajiv Agarwal and Andrew S. EpsteinChapter 34: Physician Message and Patient's Perception of CompassionLynn A. Flint and Eric WideraSection 4: End of LifeChapter 35: Association between Advance Directives and Quality of End-of-Life CareDonna S. ZhukovskyChapter 36: Outcomes Associated with End-of-Life DiscussionsMasanori MoriChapter 37: End-of-Life Discussions and Aggressiveness of Care Received Near DeathLori Olson and Christian T. SinclairChapter 38: A Communication Intervention in the Intensive Care UnitLori Olson and Christian T. SinclairChapter 39: Clinical Signs of Impending Death in Cancer PatientsMasanori MoriChapter 40: Factors Considered Important at the End of LifeRavi B. Parikh and Oreofe O. OdejideChapter 41: Quality End-of-Life Care: Patients' PerspectivesJesse A. Soodalter and Yael SchenkerChapter 42: Family Perspectives on Aggressive End-of-Life CareRavi B. Parikh and Oreofe OdejideChapter 43: Family Perspectives on End-of-Life Care at the Last Place of CareEsmé Finlay and Erin FitzGeraldChapter 44: Liverpool Care Pathway for Hospitalized Cancer PatientsCarlos Eduardo Paiva and André Filipe Junqueira dos SantosChapter 45: Palliative Sedation Therapy and SurvivalJoseph ArthurChapter 46: What Patients and Families Want to Know About HospiceRegina Mackey and Kimberson TancoChapter 47: The Impact of Hospice on Mortality of Widowed SpousesKimberson Tanco and Regina MackeyChapter 48: Attitudes and Desires of Terminally Ill Patients Regarding Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted SuicideYu Jung KimChapter 49: Factors associated with Outcomes of Cardiopulmonary ResuscitationDutt Mehta and Eric PrommerChapter 50: Influence of Survival Probability on Preference for CPRChristian T. Sinclair and Allison E. Jordan
