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Autor:
Robert G. Twycross
Publikováno v:
Palliative Medicine Reports, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 105-106 (2022)
Morita et al. are to be thanked for their attempt to bring greater clarity to the subject of sedation at the end of life, more specifically in relation to continuous deep sedation (CDS) as an extreme (?far-reaching?) form of palliative sedation.1 Of
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https://doaj.org/article/d81b89ba63df49b49ebb638b683b8ef3
Publikováno v:
Palliative Medicine. 20:419-423
Identification of a safe and effective dose of the laxative sodium picosulfate was investigated in a single-centre, open-label study of 23 patients (age 40-81 years) receiving / 60 mg/day morphine sulphate and experiencing constipation. A starting do
Autor:
Robert G. Twycross
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Clinical Oncology. 7:271-278
Palliative care is patient-centered, rather than disease-focused; accepts the inevitability of death while simultaneously is life-affirming; addresses psychological, social, and spiritual concerns as well as physical ones; and is best delivered by a
Autor:
Robert G. Twycross, Joy Ross, Mary Mihalyo, Sarah Charlesworth, Aleksandra Kotlińska-Lemieszek, Andrew Wilcock
Publikováno v:
Journal of pain and symptom management. 49(2)
Therapeutic Reviews aim to provide essential independent information for health professionals about drugs used in palliative and hospice care. Additional content is available on www.palliativedrugs.com. Country-specific books (Hospice and Palliative
Autor:
Hans B. Krebs, Carla Ripamonti, Stefano Capri, Sebastiano Mercadante, Pauline Wilkinson, Trevor M. Hunt, Robert G. Twycross, René Schaerer, Franco De Conno, Mary Baines, Federico Bozzetti, Brett T. Gemlo
Publikováno v:
Supportive Care in Cancer. 9:223-233
The paper highlights a series of questions that doctors need to consider when faced with end-stage cancer patients with bowel obstruction: Is the patient fit for surgery? Is there a place for stenting? Is it necessary to use a venting nasogastric tub
Autor:
Robert G. Twycross
Publikováno v:
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 41:141-145
About three quarters of patients with advanced cancer experience pain. Most of these have multiple pains. Causes of pain fall into four broad categories: the cancer itself, related to the cancer +/- debility, related to treatment, concurrent disorder
Autor:
Robert G. Twycross
Publikováno v:
Journal of Pharmaceutical Care in Pain & Symptom Control. 1:5-30
Undertreatment of cancer pain remains a worldwide problem. World Health Organization (WH0) and national initiatives are addressing this important issue and several significant, recent advances have been made. There has been more widespread adoption o
Publikováno v:
Palliative Medicine. 5:244-249
Objective: To review the use of midazolam (a water-soluble benzodiazepine) in terminally ill patients.Design: A retrospective study of 104 patients.Results: Midazolam was used intravenously as sedation before minor procedures in three patients. Becau
Autor:
S. Griffith, Paul McNamara, Jean Mv Harcourt, J. M. Titcombe, H. M. Dewberry, Robert G. Twycross
Publikováno v:
Palliative Medicine. 4:205-209
The palatability of Oramorph, a proprietary preparation of morphine sulphate (Boehringer Ingelheim), was compared with an aqueous solution produced by the hospital pharmacy. Thirty patients receiving regular oral morphine sulphate for either pain rel
Autor:
Andrew Wilcock, Robert G. Twycross
Publikováno v:
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 12:59-61
We describe two terminally ill cancer patients severely distressed by intractable hiccup. Commonly recommended treatments were ineffective. Intravenous midazolam 5-10 mg rapidly relieved the hiccup. Maintenance treatment comprised midazolam 40-120 mg