Specialist palliative care (SPC) in haematological malignancy: Establishing practices in a UK tertiary cancer centre (TCC)
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DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz261.013
Abstract: Abstract Background International consensus supports early integration of SPC in oncological disease. Haematological malignancies differ in nature from solid site tumours. Remitting and relapsing trajectories, late salvage treatments, and divergent outcomes make for difficult prognostication… read more here.
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Inside the dinosaurs' demiseThe Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World Riley Black St. Martin's Press, 2022. 304 pp.
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DOI: 10.1126/science.abo7409
Abstract: A science writer offers an accessible account of the Mesozoic's mass extinction. read more here.
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Association of primary and community care services with emergency visits and hospital admissions at the end of life in people with cancer: a retrospective cohort study
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054281
Abstract: Objective To examine the association between primary and community care use and measures of acute hospital use in people with cancer at the end of life. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting We used Discover, a… read more here.
Keywords: end life; community; life; hospital ... See more keywords
Effect of Speciallist Palliative Care Service on End-of Life Care in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies
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DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-110127
Abstract: Previous research demonstrated that patients with hematologic malignancies have a high probability receiving intensive care at their end-of-life (EOL). In this study, we assessed EOL quality measures in patients with hematologic malignancies before and after… read more here.
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Evaluating end-of-life (EOL) care at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) using quality oncology practice initiative (QOPI) metrics.
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DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.27_suppl.12
Abstract: 12 Background: Inpatient mortality, defined as death within 30 days of an acute hospital admission, is often used as a quality benchmark for healthcare institutions and is an important metric for evaluating quality of care… read more here.
Keywords: quality; qopi; life; last days ... See more keywords
Exiled: The Last Days of Sam Houston by Ron Rozelle (review)
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DOI: 10.1353/soh.2019.0113
Abstract: the University Press of Kentucky. Runyon, professor emeritus at Miami University, has focused his career on nineteenthand twentieth-century American cultural history. His resume includes books on poet-authors Robert Penn Warren and Raymond Carver, abolitionist Delia… read more here.
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Use of Antibiotics Within the Last 14 Days of Life in Korean Patients: A Nationwide Study
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DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e66
Abstract: Background Antimicrobial prescriptions for serious chronic or acute illness nearing its end stages raise concerns about the potential for futile use, adverse events, increased multidrug-resistant organisms, and significant patient and social cost burdens. This study… read more here.
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