Background In recent years, there has been an increased demand for non-pharmacological, complementary therapies and psychosocial provisions in hospices, aimed at creating spaces for communication and ...

Virtual reality interventions for mental health and well-being in palliative care: systematic review and narrative synthesis – outcomes, techniques, processes and mechanisms ...

Introduction To maintain continuity of care during the Covid-19 pandemic, virtual consultations (VC) became the mainstay of patient practitioner interactions. Prior to this, little was understood ...

Objective Terminal haemorrhage is a rare and distressing emergency in palliative oncology. We present an algorithm for the management of terminal haemorrhage in patients likely to receive end-of-life ...

Objectives Knowledge gaps in defining, diagnosing, educating health practitioners and treatment options hinder breakthrough cancer pain (BtCP) management. A systematic review revealed a lack of ...

Objectives The study aimed to determine and validate cut-off points for selected inflammatory markers to predict 30-day, 60-day and 90-day survival in patients with incurable cancer exclusively ...

We report the findings on longitudinal body composition changes and overall survival (OS) in young women (≤40 years) with metastatic breast cancer. This research expands on our previous work,1 which ...

Purple urine bag syndrome is an uncommon condition that occurs in patients with long-standing indwelling urinary catheters, due to urinary tract infection (UTI) by bacteria producing sulfatase or ...

2 Ulster University, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Belfast, UK 3 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, Belfast, UK 4 Ulster University, Institute ...

Objectives To conduct a scoping review to explore the evidence of the process of do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decision-making. Methods We conducted a systematic search and ...

7 University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK Objectives People with multiple system atrophy (MSA) and their carers may have many concerns about their disease and the ...

Objectives To map the patient journey for individuals known to palliative care presenting to the emergency department (ED). Methods A linked dataset from the CUREd database and palliative care ...