Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · May 2024
Feasibility of a Two-Step Palliative Screening Utilizing Existing Emergency Department Resources.
Although the Emergency Department (ED) offers a unique setting to provide early palliative care, staffing limitations curtail hospitals from establishing ED-palliative partnerships. ⋯ Our project demonstrated feasibility of a two-step ED-palliative protocol by increasing palliative care consultation without necessitating additional staff.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Apr 2024
Screening for Palliative Care Need in Oncology: Validation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures.
Leading oncology societies recommend monitoring symptoms and support needs through patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), but their use for assessing specialist palliative care (SPC) need has not yet been explored. Research on SPC integration has focused on staff-assessed screening tools, which are time-consuming. ⋯ PROMs are useful for identifying SPC need in cancer patients. Their implementation might facilitate timely integration of SPC. Future research should focus on an integrated assessment approach with PROMs that combines the requirements of the different specialties to save patient and staff resources.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Apr 2024
Economic Hardship at the End of Life for Families of Children with Complex Chronic Conditions.
Many children with complex chronic medical conditions (CCC), though living longer, die prematurely. Little is known about family economic hardship during end of life (EOL), nor associated differences in patterns of care. ⋯ Economic burden on families of children with CCC correlates with higher health care utilization demonstrating the need for ameliorative resources and preventative measures.