Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Aug 2021
Patterns of Specialty Palliative Care Utilization Among Patients Receiving Palliative Radiotherapy.
Palliative radiation therapy (RT) is frequently used to ameliorate cancer-associated symptoms and improve quality of life. ⋯ Fewer than half of patients receiving palliative RT utilized specialty PC. Initiatives are needed to increase PC, especially for patients with lung cancer and neurological symptoms, and to empower radiation oncologists to refer patients to specialty PC.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Aug 2021
Advance Care Planning Among Older Adults of Turkish Origin in Belgium: Exploratory Interview Study.
Although conversations about future medical treatment and end-of-life care are considered to be important, ethnic minorities are much less engaged in advance care planning (ACP). ⋯ The provision of tailored information about ACP to older adults of Turkish origin in Belgium and the promotion of awareness about the importance of ACP among their children (when patients desire), as well as the use of professional interpreters, could facilitate ACP engagement in this population.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Aug 2021
Multicenter Study Observational StudyHow successful is parenteral oxycodone for relieving terminal cancer dyspnea compared with morphine? A multicenter prospective observational study.
Parenteral morphine is widely used for dyspnea of imminently dying cancer patients (terminal dyspnea). However, the efficacy of other opioids such as oxycodone remains largely unknown. ⋯ Parenteral oxycodone may be equally effective and safe as morphine in the treatment of terminal dyspnea in cancer patients. Future randomized controlled trials should confirm the efficacy and safety of opioids other than morphine for terminal dyspnea.