Anaemia, and iron deficiency in the absence of anaemia, is associated with a variety of symptoms including weakness, cognitive impairment, fatigue, tachycardia and dyspnoea. Despite the many potential ...

Purpose Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) plays a crucial role in its management. This review summarizes ...

Background Pain is the second most prevalent symptom in patients with cancer after fatigue and is highly debilitating. There is an increasing emphasis on the prescription of non-pharmacological ...

Objective To refine and evaluate a practical, clinical tool to help multidisciplinary teams in the UK and internationally, to identify patients at risk of deteriorating and dying in all care settings.

Background Virtual Wards present a safe and efficient alternative to in-patient care. Patients approaching the end of their lives may have rapidly changing and complex needs which can result in ...

Current lethal combinations and doses of drugs used in physician-assisted dying/suicide are untested, unlicensed and unregulated, with little pharmacological understanding of efficacy and safety at ...

Introduction Considering the importance of chronic low back pain in disability in older adults, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of auriculotherapy on pain intensity and functional ...

Theme Symptom Management Background The use of ranitidine subcutaneously has been well established in palliative care for symptom control of vomiting, gastric secretions, gastric protection and ...

Background The advantages of timely prescribing for palliative patients is well documented (NICE. Care of dying adults in the last days of life. [NG31], 2015; NIHR. Health Social Care Serv Res.

It is estimated that one in ten palliative care patients may benefit from a peripheral nerve block, and although many hospices have growing links and collaboration with pain colleagues, delays still ...

Background There are numbers of unnecessary hospital admissions whereby individuals have been admitted for social reasons and for treatment that could be given in their own home. Working in ...