07.09.2021
Clinical Alerts
07.09.2021
Neuropalliative Care: A podcast with Benzi Kluger, Edward Richfield, and Christine Ritchie
While palliative care most traditionally grew up with a strong association with cancer care and end-of-life care, more and more evidence is coming out about...
07.09.2021
Clinician Tips for Virtually Connecting Dying Patients with Loved Ones
The Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW) provides peer-reviewed, evidence-based summaries of key palliative care topics (“Fast Facts”). This recently released Fast Facts assimilates expert...
06.08.2021
Time to Deprescribe? Some Reasons May Be Nonstarters for Patients
When a clinician broaches the idea of stopping a medication with an older patient, pointing out the drug’s potential side effects may motivate the patient...
06.08.2021
Psychosis, Depression Tied to Neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s
Depression and psychosis are significantly associated with neuronal loss and gliosis – but not with Lewy body scores – in Parkinson’s disease, data from analyses...
06.08.2021
Caregiver Burden
The Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW) provides peer-reviewed, evidence-based summaries of key palliative care topics (“Fast Facts”). A recently released Fast Facts edition highlights...
05.10.2021
Use of Comfort Care Increasing After Stroke, May Reduce Costs
The administration of comfort care intervention (CCI) to patients with acute ischemic stroke has increased in the United States, regardless of the type of acute...
05.10.2021
Capturing Pandemic Lessons Learned for Local Health Departments and Long-Term Care Facilities
As with much of our pre-pandemic reality, the relationship between local health departments and long-term care facilities appears in retrospect to have been tranquil and...
05.10.2021
Life, Death, and a Hospital Strained by COVID: a Podcast with Brian Block, Sunita Puri and Denise Barchas
During the winter peak in coronavirus cases, hospitals in New York City and Los Angeles went way past their capacity, but did this strain on...