Marie Ennis-O’Connor is a social media consultant, award-winning health blogger, and author of “Beyond The Buzz: Healthcare Social Media” Have you noticed how visual and colourful social media have become? Platforms that focus on visuals (like photos) such as Pinterest have grown in popularity, and it has been shown that visual media increase the rate of engagement when […]
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Safety updates Potential risk of error in selecting incorrect oxycodone strength The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has warned that incidents have occurred involving the selection of the wrong strength of oxycodone oral solution by prescribers on Egton Medical Information Systems (EMIS), used by GP surgeries. This appears to be due to the fact that the oxycodone 10mg/mL solution […]
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Acta Oncol. 2014 Oct 7:1-7. A prospective analysis on fatigue and experienced burden in informal caregivers of cancer patients during cancer treatment in the palliative phase Peters ME, Goedendorp MM, Verhagen SA, Smilde TJ, Bleijenberg G, van der Graaf WT. Patients on palliative oncological treatment and their carers completed the Checklist Individual Strength questionnaire to […]
A Starter’s Guide to Twitter and Hashtags for Hospice and Palliative Medicine
By Dr Matthew Katz, MD @subatomicdoc Department of Radiation Medicine Lowell General Hospital MA 01854 USA Many people find Twitter a bit confusing when they first sign up. This article aims to help palliative care professionals ease their way in, and find it an educationally valuable tool. And turning it the other way round, how can […]
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Palliat Med. 2015 Feb;29(2):120-7. Change in physiological variables in the last 2 weeks of life: An observational study of hospital in-patients with cancer Taylor P, Crouch S, Howell DA, Dowding DW, Johnson MJ. In a single centre retrospective cohort study of 102 terminally ill patients with cancer who died in hospital routinely measured parameters and […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Hot topics Court ruling requires NHS England to issue guidance for the prescribing and dispensing of pregabalin for neuropathic pain Generic pregabalin capsules are now available in all usual strengths (25mg, 50mg, 75mg, 100mg, 150mg, 225mg, 300mg and […]
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Support Care Cancer. 2015 Mar 6. Exercise compliance among patients with multiple myeloma undergoing chemotherapy: a retrospective study Shallwani S, Dalzell MA, Sateren W, O’Brien S. This is a retrospective chart review study of 41 adult patients with multiple myeloma undergoing chemotherapy and rehabilitation. Exercise compliance at follow-up (at about 6 weeks after the initial […]
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Clin Nutr. 2014 Sep 27. pii: S0261-5614(14)00238-6. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2014.09.010. [Epub ahead of print] A systematic review with meta-analysis of survival, quality of life and cost-effectiveness of home parenteral nutrition in patients with inoperable malignant bowel obstruction Naghibi M, Smith TR, Elia M. A systematic review and meta-analysis assessed length of survival and quality of life […]
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PLoS One. 2015 Mar 10;10(3):e0118971. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118971. eCollection 2015. How could hospitalisations at the end of life have been avoided? A qualitative retrospective study of the perspectives of general practitioners, nurses and family carers De Korte-Verhoef MC, Pasman HR, Schweitzer BP, Francke AL, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Deliens L. This interview based study explored how hospitalisation at […]
Twittergate, or what to consider at academic conferences when using social media
by Dr Mark Taubert @DrMarkTaubert Social media use at conferences has become so commonplace that it is not at all unusual for a presenter to be faced with an audience peering down at laptops/tablets/smartphones (academic spectacles reflecting myriad shimmers of blue LED light to the front). Sometimes flashlights, bright screens and tablets (held up in the […]