02.17.2022
Palliative Pearls
01.13.2022
Thyroid Replacement Therapy in Hospice: Assessing Continued Benefit
Polypharmacy is the use of multiple drugs concomitantly and/or the administration of more medications than clinically indicated. Polypharmacy is especially prevalent in the elderly and...
12.15.2021
Top 5 Clinical Case Studies and Reviews in 2021 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...
11.08.2021
Intrathecal Opioid Therapy: A Patient Case & Overview
SH is a 65-year-old female with ovarian cancer recently admitted to hospice. She has a history of hypertension and GERD, is allergic to penicillin, and...
10.12.2021
Oral Anticoagulant Conversion Considerations
JS is a 75-year-old male with a primary diagnosis of Hodgkin’s lymphoma with a history of atrial fibrillation and stage 2 chronic kidney disease. He...
09.07.2021
Palliative Management of Bacterial Infections
PATIENT CASE KC is a 53-year-old female admitted to hospice last week with a primary diagnosis of congestive heart failure. Her co-morbidities include hyperlipidemia, hypertension,...
08.09.2021
Insomnia: Identifying Causes & Best Practices in Management
PATIENT CASE DB is a 70-year-old male living with a primary diagnosis of dementia and comorbidity of COPD. He was admitted to home hospice 3...
07.12.2021
Drug Interactions in Hospice: Important Considerations
PATIENT CASE TS is a 68-year-old male diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer a year ago. He recently enrolled in hospice after discontinuing chemotherapy...
06.08.2021
Methadone and the Pediatric Patient: Dosing Guidance
PATIENT CASE DW is a 5-month-old male with a primary diagnosis of osteogenesis imperfecta with secondary of pulmonary disease and GERD. He weighs 3.52 kg...