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Staff publications
Dr Craig Gannon MSc FRCP, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Medical Director, Princess Alice Hospice, Esher and Visiting Reader, University of Surrey, Guildford- Poster: The 'Support of care cycle': Integrating Ethics into Healthcare Professional Support and Development in Hospices
Craig also gave two oral presentations in Bournemouth:
- From Cannabis to Mistletoe: Evolving Ethics in Integrated Palliative Care
- Hospice Ethics Committee Debate: Where’s the Moral High Ground with Cannabis on the IPU…?
Emily Sills and Shahlaa Walsh from Woking Same Beare worked with Dr Amanda Free from Princess Alice Hospice to produce the following poster for the Bournemouth conference:
- The burden of polypharmacy in the hospice in-patient setting
Guidelines and standards
No new guidelines this month.Cochrane Systematic reviews
Martin Mücke, Tudor Phillips, Lukas Radbruch, Frank Petzke, Winfried Häuser
Online Publication Date: March 2018
Oral water soluble contrast for malignant bowel obstruction
William Syrmis, Russell Richard, Sue Jenkins‐Marsh, Siew C Chia, Phillip Good
Online Publication Date: March 2018
Cannabis‐based medicines for chronic neuropathic pain in adults
Martin Mücke, Tudor Phillips, Lukas Radbruch, Frank Petzke, Winfried Häuser
Online Publication Date: March 2018
Ghrelin for the management of cachexia associated with cancer
Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Anuraj H Shankar, Richard Kirubakaran, Abhay Gaidhane, Shilpa Gaidhane, Padam Simkhada, Zahiruddin Quazi Syed
Online Publication Date: February 2018
Serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) for fibromyalgia
Patrick Welsch, Nurcan Üçeyler, Petra Klose, Brian Walitt, Winfried Häuser
Online Publication Date: February 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
Green E, Knight S, Gott M, Barclay S, White P.Palliat Med. 2018 Apr;32(4):838-850. doi: 10.1177/0269216317748862. Epub 2018 Jan 18.
PMID:
29343169
Große J, Treml J, Kersting A.
Psychooncology. 2018 Mar;27(3):757-767. doi: 10.1002/pon.4529. Epub 2017 Sep 7. Review.PMID:
28805954
Landeiro F, Walsh K, Ghinai I, Mughal S, Nye E, Wace H, 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 Mar 30;8(3):e019082. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019082.
PMID:
29602838
Pinna MÁC, Mahtani-Chugani V, Sánchez Correas MÁ, Sanz Rubiales A.
Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 Jan 1:1049909118764414. doi: 10.1177/1049909118764414. [Epub ahead of print]PMID:
29587520
Bradley N, Lloyd-Williams M, Dowrick C.
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2018 Mar 24:e12837. doi: 10.1111/ecc.12837. [Epub ahead of print] Review.
PMID:
29573500
Liu Y, Su L, Wang Y, Liu S, Dong B.
Aging Clin Exp Res. 2018 Mar 23. doi: 10.1007/s40520-018-0928-7. [Epub ahead of print] Review.
PMID:
29572610Scherrens AL, Beernaert K, Robijn L, Deliens L, Pauwels NS, Cohen J, Deforche B.
Palliat Med. 2018 Mar 1:269216318758212. doi: 10.1177/0269216318758212. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
29569998Myers J, Cosby R, Gzik D, Harle I, Harrold D, Incardona N, Walton T.
Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 Jan 1:1049909118760303. doi: 10.1177/1049909118760303. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
29529884
Jordan RI, Mulvey MR, Bennett MI.
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2018 Feb 19. doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000337. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
29465469
Willig C, Wirth L.
Health Psychol. 2018 Mar;37(3):228-237. doi: 10.1037/hea0000581. Epub 2018 Jan 25.
PMID:
29369679
Gordon BS, Keogh M, Davidson Z, Griffiths S, Sharma V, Marin D, Mayer SA, Dangayach NS.J Crit Care. 2018 Jan 31;45:76-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2018.01.015. [Epub ahead of print] Review.
PMID:
29413727Experiences and unmet needs of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people with cancer care: A systematic review and meta-synthesis.
Lisy K, Peters MDJ, Schofield P, Jefford M.
Psychooncology. 2018 Feb 20. doi: 10.1002/pon.4674. [Epub ahead of print] Review.
PMID:
29462496
Nee J, Zakari M, Sugarman MA, Whelan J, Hirsch W, Sultan S, Ballou S, Iturrino J, Lembo A.
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Jan 25. pii: S1542-3565(18)30087-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.01.021. [Epub ahead of print] Review.
PMID:
29374616Canihuante J, Pérez P.
Medwave. 2018 Feb 12;18(1):e7150. doi: 10.5867/medwave.2018.01.7149. Spanish, English.
PMID:
29474350
Groebe B, Strupp J, Eisenmann Y, Schmidt H, Schlomann A, Rietz C, Voltz R.
Palliat Med. 2018 Apr;32(4):815-837. doi: 10.1177/0269216317748889. Epub 2018 Jan 11.PMID:
29323618
Hofmeister M, Memedovich A, Dowsett LE, Sevick L, McCarron T, Spackman E, Stafinski T, Menon D, Noseworthy T, Clement F.
BMC Palliat Care. 2018 Mar 7;17(1):41. doi: 10.1186/s12904-018-0299-z.PMID:
29514620
Free PMC Article
Adewumi AD, Hollingworth SA, Maravilla JC, Connor JP, Alati R.
CNS Drugs. 2018 Feb;32(2):101-116. doi: 10.1007/s40263-018-0499-3. Review.
PMID:
29498021
Reports and announcements
Richard Hurley heard Public Health England’s medical director, who has lung cancer, talk to the Royal Society of Medicine about options at the end of life.
Bobbie Farsides, professor of clinical and biomedical ethics, University of Sussex, UK.
Other evidence updates out this month
End of Life Care Horizon Scanning (28th Feb)Frail and older people's care bulletin (3rd April)
Health Management Bulletin (15th and 29th March)
