03.22.2023
Palliative Pearls
02.27.2023
Dementia Medications & Deprescribing: A Revision
This month, we revisit a popular Palliative Pearls case published in April 2017. We have incorporated guidance from recently published literature along with revisions for...
01.18.2023
Palliative Care Medications: Five Facts Patients and Caregivers Ought to Know
One of the core values of hospice is engaging patients and their family members in care decisions as much as possible. That includes medication management....
12.16.2022
Top 3 Clinical Case Studies and Reviews in 2022 from Enclara Pharmacia
Palliative care has different goals than curative care, particularly for hospice patients nearing the end of life. It can be difficult to find pharmacological guidance...
11.22.2022
Depression Management Case
NW is an 80-year-old female admitted to hospice yesterday with a primary diagnosis of congestive heart failure. Her co-morbidities include hypertension and coronary artery disease....
10.26.2022
Recognizing Delirium in Home Hospice
In this month’s Palliative Pearls Case Study we explore how to screen, prevent and treat symptoms of delirium. Learn how common drugs or their side...
09.22.2022
Approach to Polypharmacy: A Refresher
This month’s Palliative Pearls serves as a refresher, pulling key points from a popular case, Polypharmacy Management. PATIENT CASE MB is a 77-year-old admitted to...
08.23.2022
Inhaled Therapy Palliative Pearls: A Review
This month’s Palliative Pearls serves as a refresher, pulling key points from two popular cases, COPD Inhalation Therapy Conversion Case and Inhaled Therapy Case: Selecting...
06.23.2022
Switching or Deprescribing Insulins: When & How
Diabetes therapy traditionally focuses on tight glycemic control to lower the long-term risk of developing complications such as retinopathy, kidney disease, and neuropathy. At the...