Outputs (62)

Breathlessness in the emergency care setting (2018)
Journal Article
Johnson, M. J., & Hutchinson, A. (2018). Breathlessness in the emergency care setting. Current opinion in supportive and palliative care, 12(3), 232-236. https://doi.org/10.1097/SPC.0000000000000374

Abstract
Purpose of review
Breathlessness is one of the most common reasons for presentation at the emergency department (ED). The present review summarizes work published from 2017, which focuses on the symptom of breathlessness in its own right rat... Read More about Breathlessness in the emergency care setting.

Psychometric Properties of the Needs Assessment Tool—Progressive Disease Cancer in U.K. Primary Care (2018)
Journal Article
Allgar, V. L., Chen, H., Richfield, E., Currow, D., Macleod, U., & Johnson, M. J. (2018). Psychometric Properties of the Needs Assessment Tool—Progressive Disease Cancer in U.K. Primary Care. Journal of pain and symptom management, 56(4), 602-612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.07.002

Background. The assessment of patients' needs for care is a critical step in achieving patient-centered cancer care. Tools can be used to assess needs and inform care planning. The Needs Assessment Tool:Progressive DiseaseeCancer (NAT:PD-C) is an Aus... Read More about Psychometric Properties of the Needs Assessment Tool—Progressive Disease Cancer in U.K. Primary Care.

Validation of the IPOS-Renal Symptom Survey in advanced kidney disease; a cross-sectional study (2018)
Journal Article
Raj, R., Ahuja, K., Frandsen, M., Murtagh, F. E., & Jose, M. (2018). Validation of the IPOS-Renal Symptom Survey in advanced kidney disease; a cross-sectional study. Journal of pain and symptom management, 56(2), 281-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.04.006

Context:
The significant symptom burden in advanced renal disease is often poorly recognized by clinicians. Recently, the Integrated Palliative Outcome Score (IPOS) – Renal survey was developed from pre-existing tools to capture these symptoms and o... Read More about Validation of the IPOS-Renal Symptom Survey in advanced kidney disease; a cross-sectional study.

Missed opportunity? Worsening breathlessness as a harbinger of death: a cohort study (2018)
Journal Article
Currow, D. C., Smith, J. M., Chansriwong, P., Noble, S. I., Nikolaidou, T., Ferreira, D., Johnson, M. J., & Ekström, M. (2018). Missed opportunity? Worsening breathlessness as a harbinger of death: a cohort study. European respiratory journal, 52(3), Article 1800684. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00684-2018

Introduction: To explore trajectories of breathlessness intensity by function and life-limiting illness diagnosis in the last 3 weeks of life in palliative care patients.

Methods: Prospective, consecutive cohort with point-of-care data of patients o... Read More about Missed opportunity? Worsening breathlessness as a harbinger of death: a cohort study.

CAMERA - complete assessment of elderly patients with cancer: A non-randomised feasibility study (2018)
Journal Article
Jackson, G., Gabe, R., Johnson, M., Date, K., Harman, D., Maraveyas, A., Roy, R., & Lind, M. J. (2019). CAMERA - complete assessment of elderly patients with cancer: A non-randomised feasibility study. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 10(1), 175-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2018.07.005

One of the primary risk factors in the development of cancer is older age. The demographic shift to an ageing population has given rise to an increased number of older patients with cancer. The extreme heterogeneity within this population renders app... Read More about CAMERA - complete assessment of elderly patients with cancer: A non-randomised feasibility study.

Palliative care in the emergency department: A systematic literature qualitative review and thematic synthesis (2018)
Journal Article
Cooper, E., Hutchinson, A., Sheikh, Z., Taylor, P., Townend, W., & Johnson, M. J. (2018). Palliative care in the emergency department: A systematic literature qualitative review and thematic synthesis. Palliative medicine, 32(9), 1443-1454. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216318783920

Background: Despite a fast-paced environment, the emergency clinician has a duty to meet the
palliative patient's needs. Despite suggested models and interventions, this remains challenging in
practice.
Aim: To increase understanding of these challen... Read More about Palliative care in the emergency department: A systematic literature qualitative review and thematic synthesis.

What are the main palliative care symptoms and concerns of older people with multimorbidity?—a comparative cross-sectional study using routinely collected Phase of Illness, Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status and Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale data (2018)
Journal Article
Nicholson, C., Davies, J. M., George, R., Smith, B., Pace, V., Harris, L., Ross, J., Noble, J., Hansford, P., & Murtagh, F. E. (2018). What are the main palliative care symptoms and concerns of older people with multimorbidity?—a comparative cross-sectional study using routinely collected Phase of Illness, Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status and Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale data. Annals of palliative medicine, 7(Supplement 3), S164-S175. https://doi.org/10.21037/apm.2018.06.07

BACKGROUND: Older people with multimorbidities are projected to be the main recipients of palliative care in the coming decades. However, because their specific palliative care needs are poorly understood and service response is underdeveloped, older... Read More about What are the main palliative care symptoms and concerns of older people with multimorbidity?—a comparative cross-sectional study using routinely collected Phase of Illness, Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status and Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale data.

Advance care planning with patients who have end-stage kidney disease: A systematic realist review (2018)
Journal Article
O'Halloran, P., Noble, H., Norwood, K., Maxwell, P., Shields, J., Fogarty, D., Murtagh, F., Morton, R., & Brazil, K. (2018). Advance care planning with patients who have end-stage kidney disease: A systematic realist review. Journal of pain and symptom management, 56(5), 795-807.e18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.07.008

Context
Patients with end-stage kidney disease have a high mortality rate and disease burden. Despite this, many do not speak with health care professionals about end-of-life issues. Advance care planning is recommended in this context but is complex... Read More about Advance care planning with patients who have end-stage kidney disease: A systematic realist review.

Emergency admissions and subsequent inpatient care through an emergency oncology service at a tertiary cancer centre: service users’ experiences and views (2018)
Journal Article
Chen, H., Johnson, M., Boland, E., Seymour, J., & Macleod, U. (2019). Emergency admissions and subsequent inpatient care through an emergency oncology service at a tertiary cancer centre: service users’ experiences and views. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 27(2), 451–460. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-018-4328-5

Purpose Avoiding unnecessary emergency admissions and managing those that are admitted more effectively is a major concern for both patients and health services. To generate evidence useful for improving services for direct patient benefit, this stu... Read More about Emergency admissions and subsequent inpatient care through an emergency oncology service at a tertiary cancer centre: service users’ experiences and views.

Patient empowerment, what does it mean for adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness: A systematic review using critical interpretive synthesis (2018)
Journal Article
Wakefield, D., Bayly, J., Selman, L. E., Firth, A. M., Higginson, I. J., & Murtagh, F. E. M. (2018). Patient empowerment, what does it mean for adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness: A systematic review using critical interpretive synthesis. Palliative medicine, 32(8), 1288-1304. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216318783919

© The Author(s) 2018. Background: Patient empowerment, defined as ‘a process through which people gain greater control over decisions and actions affecting their health’ (World Health Organization) is a key theme within global health and social care... Read More about Patient empowerment, what does it mean for adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness: A systematic review using critical interpretive synthesis.