12.19.2016
Clinical Alerts
12.19.2016
Is This Really the Best Drug to Treat Depression in Children?
Antidepressants are commonly prescribed to children and adolescents, however, the use of these drugs remains controversial. Medscape Pediatrics summaries a recent Lancet study that reviewed...
11.09.2016
The VSED Exit
Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking, termed VSED, is an end-of-life option pursued by some patients determined to hasten their deaths. An article published in the...
11.09.2016
Discontinuation of Statins at EOL/Corticosteroid-induced Psychiatric Symptoms
Palliative Care Fast Facts and Concepts, now hosted by the Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW), provide concise, practical, peer-reviewed and evidence-based summaries on key...
11.09.2016
First Cases of Candida Auris Infection Emerge in U.S.
The Candida auris infection was first identified in Japan in 2009, and since 2013 there have been 13 cases in the U.S. Candida is a...
10.14.2016
The Growth of Palliative Care in U.S. Hospitals: A Status Report
Hospital-based palliative care programs have demonstrated their value for the seriously ill and growth in their development have been described in published reports in 2001,...
10.14.2016
The Effect of Treatment with SSRIs in Comparison to Placebo in the Progression of Dementia
Patients with dementia experience both cognitive and behavioral and psychological symptoms. Cognitive symptoms affect memory, language, judgment, planning, focus and other thought processes. The class...
09.13.2016
Interventions for Reducing Hospital Readmission Rates: The Role of Hospice and Palliative Care
The State Action on Avoidable Readmissions (STAAR) initiative is a quality improvement collaborative whose primary goal is to reduce unplanned readmissions. In this article, published...
09.13.2016
Risk Factors for Hospitalization of Home Hospice Enrollees: Development and Validation of a Predictive Tool
Despite a focus on preventing hospitalizations, over 10% of the hospice population will experience one transition of care during their last 6 months of life,...