Volume 4(1) January 2018

Welcome to January's Hospice and Palliative Care Bulletin, provided by the Library at Princess Alice Hospice.

This issue covers:

 

·         Staff publications

·         Guidelines and standards

·         Cochrane systematic reviews

·         Other systematic reviews and research studies

·         Reports and announcements

 

 

 

Staff publications

 

Steve Nolan (2018). Book review: Theology after Lacan: The Passion for the Real, Creston Davis, Marcus Pound, and Clayton Crockett (eds), James Clarke & Co., 2015. Published in: Reviews in Religion and Theology. Epub 17 January 2018. Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rirt.13143/full

 

 

Guidelines and standards

 

No new guidelines.

 

 

Cochrane systematic reviews

 

Antipsychotics for the treatment of neuropathic pain in adults

Stefan Seidel, Martin Aigner, Brigitte Wildner, Thomas Sycha, Eleonore Pablik

Online Publication Date: January 2018

 

The Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Review Group (PaPaS) pages, including the palliative care evidence database, can be found here: http://papas.cochrane.org/

 

 

Other systematic reviews and research studies

 

[Anticancer therapy for symptom relief? : A systematic review of clinical trials in oncology].

Alt-Epping B, Haas AL, Jansky M, Nauck F.

Schmerz. 2018 Feb 6. doi: 10.1007/s00482-018-0270-1. [Epub ahead of print] Review. German.

PMID:

29411116

 

Systematic review and meta-analysis of cannabinoids in palliative medicine.

Mücke M, Weier M, Carter C, Copeland J, Degenhardt L, Cuhls H, Radbruch L, Häuser W, Conrad R.

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2018 Feb 5. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12273. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

PMID:

29400010 Free Article

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Update of the systematic review of palliative radiation therapy fractionation for bone metastases.

Rich SE, Chow R, Raman S, Liang Zeng K, Lutz S, Lam H, Silva MF, Chow E.

Radiother Oncol. 2018 Jan 31. pii: S0167-8140(18)30019-7. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2018.01.003. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID:

29397209

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Axitinib, cabozantinib, everolimus, nivolumab, sunitinib and best supportive care in previously treated renal cell carcinoma: a systematic review and economic evaluation.

Edwards SJ, Wakefield V, Cain P, Karner C, Kew K, Bacelar M, Masento N, Salih F.

Health Technol Assess. 2018 Jan;22(6):1-278. doi: 10.3310/hta22060.

PMID:

29393024

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The acceptability and potential benefits of mindfulness-based interventions in improving psychological well-being for adults with advanced cancer: A systematic review.

Zimmermann FF, Burrell B, Jordan J.

Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2018 Feb;30:68-78. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2017.12.014. Epub 2017 Dec 12. Review.

PMID:

29389483

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Palliative Sedation for Existential Suffering: A Systematic Review of Argument-Based Ethics Literature.

Rodrigues P, Crokaert J, Gastmans C.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 Jan 27. pii: S0885-3924(18)30033-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.01.013. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

PMID:

29382541

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Reporting of health-related quality of life in randomized controlled trials involving palliative systemic therapy for esophagogastric cancer: a systematic review.

Ter Veer E, van Kleef JJ, Sprangers MAG, Haj Mohammad N, van Oijen MGH, van Laarhoven HWM.

Gastric Cancer. 2018 Jan 29. doi: 10.1007/s10120-018-0792-3. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

PMID:

29380191

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Palliative radiotherapy for locally advanced non-metastatic head and neck cancer: A systematic review.

Shahid Iqbal M, Kelly C, Kovarik J, Goranov B, Shaikh G, Morgan D, Dobrowsky W, Paleri V.

Radiother Oncol. 2018 Jan 19. pii: S0167-8140(17)32766-4. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2017.12.011. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

PMID:

29370986

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Bereaved caregivers of patients with high-grade glioma: a systematic review.

Piil K, Nordentoft S, Larsen A, Jarden M.

BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2018 Jan 23. pii: bmjspcare-2017-001386. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001386. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

PMID:

29363550

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Resource utilisation and costs in predementia and dementia: a systematic review protocol.

Landeiro F, Wace H, Ghinai I, Nye E, Mughal S, Walsh K, Roberts N, Lecomte P, Wittenberg R, Wolstenholme J, Handels R, Roncancio-Diaz E, Potashman MH, Tockhorn-Heidenreich A, Gray AM; ROADMAP Group.

BMJ Open. 2018 Jan 23;8(1):e019060. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019060.

PMID:

29362261

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Systematic review of general practice end-of-life symptom control.

Mitchell GK, Senior HE, Johnson CL, Fallon-Ferguson J, Williams B, Monterosso L, Rhee JJ, McVey P, Grant MP, Aubin M, Nwachukwu HT, Yates PM.

BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2018 Jan 20. pii: bmjspcare-2017-001374. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001374. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

PMID:

29353252

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Curative versus palliative treatments for colorectal cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Wu W, Yan S, Liao X, Xiao H, Fu Z, Chen L, Mou J, Yu H, Zhao L, Liu X.

Oncotarget. 2017 Oct 20;8(68):113202-113212. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.21912. eCollection 2017 Dec 22.

PMID:

29348899

Free PMC Article

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Patients' and carers' perspectives of palliative care in general practice: A systematic review with narrative synthesis.

Green E, Knight S, Gott M, Barclay S, White P.

Palliat Med. 2018 Jan 1:269216317748862. doi: 10.1177/0269216317748862. [Epub ahead of print]

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29343169

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Measuring attitudes towards the dying process: A systematic review of tools.

Groebe B, Strupp J, Eisenmann Y, Schmidt H, Schlomann A, Rietz C, Voltz R.

Palliat Med. 2018 Jan 1:269216317748889. doi: 10.1177/0269216317748889. [Epub ahead of print]

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29323618

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A Systematic Review of Palliative Care Intervention Outcomes and Outcome Measures in Low Resource Countries.

Potts M, Cartmell KB, Nemeth L, Bhattacharjee G, Qanungo S.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 Jan 2. pii: S0885-3924(17)31283-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.12.487. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

PMID:

29305322

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A Review of the Essential Components of Quality Palliative Care in the Home.

Seow H, Bainbridge D.

J Palliat Med. 2018 Jan;21(S1):S37-S44. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2017.0392.

PMID:

29283868

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Palliative Oncologic Care Curricula for Providers in Resource-Limited and Underserved Communities: a Systematic Review.

Xu MJ, Su D, Deboer R, Garcia M, Tahir P, Anderson W, Kinderman A, Braunstein S, Sherertz T.

J Cancer Educ. 2017 Dec 20. doi: 10.1007/s13187-017-1310-8. [Epub ahead of print]

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29264703

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Impacts on employment, finances, and lifestyle for working age people facing an expected premature death: A systematic review.

Kochovska S, Luckett T, Agar M, Phillips JL.

Palliat Support Care. 2017 Dec 21:1-13. doi: 10.1017/S1478951517000979. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID:

29262876

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Reports

 

No new reports this month.