Background The Outcome Assessment and Complexity Collaborative (OACC) is a suite of measures designed to assess patient related clinical outcomes. It now guides service development of virtually all ...

Correspondence to Dr Livia Costa de Oliveira, Palliative Care Unit, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; lillycostaoliveira{at}gmail.com Objective To evaluate current evidence of the ...

Background Vulnerable populations are highlighted across Australian national palliative care (PC) and end-of-life care (EOLC) documents to increase care equity and inclusivity; however, there are ...

Background/context Calanzani et al. (2013) highlighted the changing nature of cancer and the impact that this will have on the NHS and hospice services. Cancer incidence and mortality are set to rise, ...

Background Controlled drugs (CDs) such as opioids and midazolam are commonly used in end-of-life care symptom management for care home residents. Aim To review the published evidence concerning the ...

Background Wirral Hospice St John’s (WHSJ) has been providing a Hospice at Home (H@H) service for 10 years, of 3 hours day slots for ‘carer respite sits’ as well as 11 hours overnight support. In 2021 ...

Objectives To analyse the association between occupational performance and women’s health-related quality of life (HRQoL) during breast cancer treatment. Methods An analytical cross-sectional study ...

Radiation recall pneumonitis (RRP) is a type of radiation induced lung injury that develops in a previously irradiated lung field and is triggered by administration of chemotherapeutic or ...

Objective To examine antibiotic use in patients approaching end of life, in terms of frequency of prescription, aim of treatment, beneficial and adverse effects and contribution to the development of ...

Objective Osimertinib plays a crucial role in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the haematological toxicities caused by osimertinib in such a population have not been well ...

Objective To report data of the use of high-flow nasal therapy (HFNT) in the palliative care setting. Methods Five hypoxaemic patients were treated by HFNT in a 1-year period in a palliative care ...

Methemoglobinemia, due to the oxidation of iron from ferrous to ferric form in the haemoglobin molecule, results in decreased oxygen delivery to the tissues. Phenazopyridine, a commonly used ...