All Outputs (9)

Practice review: Pharmacological management of severe chronic breathlessness in adults with advanced life-limiting diseases (2024)
Journal Article
Simon, S. T., Higginson, I. J., Bausewein, C., Jolley, C. J., Bajwah, S., Maddocks, M., Wilharm, C., Oluyase, A. O., & Pralong, A. (online). Practice review: Pharmacological management of severe chronic breathlessness in adults with advanced life-limiting diseases. Palliative medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163241270945

Background: Severe and refractory chronic breathlessness is a common and burdensome symptom in patients with advanced life-limiting disease. Its clinical management is challenging because of the lack of effective interventions. Aim: To provide practi... Read More about Practice review: Pharmacological management of severe chronic breathlessness in adults with advanced life-limiting diseases.

Parenteral nutrition and venting gastrostomy in the management of malignant bowel obstruction (2024)
Thesis
Patterson, M. J. Parenteral nutrition and venting gastrostomy in the management of malignant bowel obstruction. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4711450

Background: Malignant bowel obstruction (MBO) is a distressing complication of gastrointestinal, gynaecological and other cancers causing severe pain, intractable nausea and vomiting, anorexia, and death. There are no agreed best approaches for sympt... Read More about Parenteral nutrition and venting gastrostomy in the management of malignant bowel obstruction.

Parenteral nutrition and venting gastrostomy in the management of malignant bowel obstruction (2024)
Thesis
Patterson, M. J. Parenteral nutrition and venting gastrostomy in the management of malignant bowel obstruction. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4790741

Background: Malignant bowel obstruction (MBO) is a distressing complication of gastrointestinal, gynaecological and other cancers causing severe pain, intractable nausea and vomiting, anorexia, and death. There are no agreed best approaches for sympt... Read More about Parenteral nutrition and venting gastrostomy in the management of malignant bowel obstruction.

The assessment and management of unintentional weight loss associated with cachexia in a primary care setting: a mixed-methods study (2022)
Thesis
Nwulu, U. U. The assessment and management of unintentional weight loss associated with cachexia in a primary care setting: a mixed-methods study. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4420753

Introduction: Unintentional weight loss (UWL) is the main symptom of cachexia, a multifactorial syndrome associated with advanced disease. Other symptoms include loss of appetite and muscle weakness. UWL in older adults can be caused by many disease... Read More about The assessment and management of unintentional weight loss associated with cachexia in a primary care setting: a mixed-methods study.

CPR Heart Failure Interview study (2022)
Data
CPR Heart Failure Interview study. [Data]

Academic F2 doctor interview study of CPR conversations for people with heart failure

The detection and assessment of malnutrition, sarcopenia and cachexia, in older adults with cancer (2022)
Thesis
Bullock, A. F. (2022). The detection and assessment of malnutrition, sarcopenia and cachexia, in older adults with cancer. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4484119

Background: Older adults with cancer are a complex and growing population requiring tailored care to achieve optimum treatment outcomes. However, their care is complicated by underrecognised
and under-treated nutrition-related wasting disorders: mal... Read More about The detection and assessment of malnutrition, sarcopenia and cachexia, in older adults with cancer.

Developing an evidence-based system to facilitate the predictive assessment and optimisation of older adults with cancer (2021)
Thesis
McKenzie, G. A. G. (2021). Developing an evidence-based system to facilitate the predictive assessment and optimisation of older adults with cancer. (Thesis). The University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4192792

Introduction: Older adults with cancer have worse outcomes than their younger counterparts, including higher postoperative complications, chemotherapy toxicity and treatment allocation to best supportive care. Oncogeriatric assessment (OGA) can provi... Read More about Developing an evidence-based system to facilitate the predictive assessment and optimisation of older adults with cancer.

St Gemma's Delirium Guideline Project interview dataset (2021)
Data
St Gemma's Delirium Guideline Project interview dataset. [Dataset]

Anonymised interview transcripts from 8 stakeholders in a quality improvement project at St Gemma's Hospice, Leeds.

Project conducted by Dr Catriona Jackson as part of her MSc project supervised by Prof Miriam Johnson

St Gemma's Delirium Guideline Project case note audit dataset (2019)
Data
Jackson, C. St Gemma's Delirium Guideline Project case note audit dataset. [Data]

Case note audit data for Catriona Jackson's MSc study of delirium care implementation in hospice.

The anonymised data underlying this article is available on request by authorised researchers, following completion of a data sharing agreement. To r... Read More about St Gemma's Delirium Guideline Project case note audit dataset.