Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine: Palliative Medicine

Welcome to the home of Palliative Care Fast Facts and Concepts—originally published by EPERC since 2000. Fast Facts are edited by Sean Marks, MD; Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

End of Life / Palliative Education Resource Center (2015). Fast facts and concepts #30 Prognostication, 2nd ed. https://www.mypcnow.org/fast-fact/prognostication/

End of Life / Palliative Education Resource Center (2015). Fast facts and concepts #179 CPR survival in the hospital setting. Available at https://www.mypcnow.org/fast-fact/cpr-survival-in-the-hospital-setting/

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Back, A., Arnold, R., Baile, W., Tulsky, J., & Fryer-Edwards, K. (2005). Approaching difficult communication tasks in oncology. CA: A Cancer Journal For Clinicians, 55(3), 164-177.

Pitorak, E. (2005). Care at the time of death... originally published in AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 103(7), 42-52, July 2003. Reprinted with permission. Home Healthcare Nurse, 23(5), 318-329.

Searight, H. R., & Gafford, J. (2005). Cultural diversity at the end of life: issues and guidelines for family physicians. American Family Physician, 71(3), 515-522.

Swetz, K. M., & Kamal, A. H. (2018). Palliative Care. Annals of internal medicine, 168(5), ITC33–ITC48. https://doi.org/10.7326/AITC201803060

Sessums LL, Zembrzuska H, Jackson JL. Does this patient have medical decision-making capacity?. JAMA. 2011;306(4):420-427. doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1023

Wood, G., Shega, J., Lynch, B., & Von Roenn, J. (2007). Management of intractable nausea and vomiting in patients at the end of life: "I was feeling nauseous all of the time . . . nothing was working". JAMA: The Journal Of The American Medical Association, 298(10), 1196-1207.

Cook D, Rocker G. Dying with dignity in the intensive care unit. N Engl J Med. 2014;370(26):2506-2514. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1208795

Balaban, R. (2000). A physician's guide to talking about end-of-life care. Journal Of General Internal Medicine, 15(3), 195-200.

Tulsky, J. (2005). Perspectives on care at the close of life. Beyond advance directives: importance of communication skills at the end of life. JAMA: Journal Of The American Medical Association, 294(3), 359.

Arnold, R and Weissman, DE (2015). Fast facts and concepts # 042 Broaching the Topic of a Palliative Care Consultation with Patients and Families, 2nd ed. Available at https://www.capc.org/fast-facts/42-broaching-topic-palliative-care-consultation-patients-and-families/

von Gunten, CF and Weissman, DE (2015). Fast facts and concepts # 266-Consultation Etiquette in Palliative Care. Available at https://www.capc.org/fast-facts/266-consultation-etiquette-palliative-care/

von Gunten, CF and Weissman, DE (2015). Fast facts and concepts # 267-Writing the Consultation Note. Available at https://www.capc.org/fast-facts/267-writing-consultation-note/

Kahn, J., Benson, N., Appleby, D., Carson, S., & Iwashyna, T. (2010). Long-term acute care hospital utilization after critical illness. JAMA: The Journal Of The American Medical Association, 303(22), 2253-2259. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.761

Campbell, ML, Weissman, DE & Nelson, JE (2015). Fast facts and concepts # 253 Palliative Care Consultation in the ICU. Available at https://www.capc.org/fast-facts/253-palliative-care-consultation-icu/

James C., J., Nathaniel, M., & Ramona O., H. (2011. Cognitive Functioning, Mental Health, and Quality of Life in ICU Survivors: An Overview. Anesthesiology Clinics, 29, 751-764. doi:10.1016/j.anclin.2011.09.012

Eskildsen, M. (2007). Long-term acute care: a review of the literature. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society, 55(5), 775-779. doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01162.x

Wright, A., & Katz, I. (2007). Letting go of the rope--aggressive treatment, hospice care, and open access. The New England Journal Of Medicine, 357(4), 324-327.

Prendergast, T., & Puntillo, K. (2002). Withdrawal of life support: intensive caring at the end of life. JAMA: The Journal Of The American Medical Association, 288(21), 2732-2740.

Appelbaum, P. (2007). Clinical practice. Assessment of patients' competence to consent to treatment. The New England Journal Of Medicine, 357(18), 1834-1840.

Widera, E., Steenpass, V., Marson, D., & Sudore, R. (2011). Finances in the older patient with cognitive impairment: "He didn't want me to take over". JAMA: Journal Of The American Medical Association, 305(7), 698-706. doi:10.1001/jama.2011.164

Serife, E. (2011). Palliative Care: An Evolving Field in Medicine. Primary Care: Clinics In Office Practice, 38(Palliative Care), 159-171. doi:10.1016/j.pop.2011.03.001

Finucane, T. E., Nirmalasari, O., & Graham, A. (2015). Palliative care in the ambulatory geriatric practice. Clinics in geriatric medicine, 31(2), 193-206.

Ballou, J. H., & Brasel, K. J. (2019). Palliative Care and Geriatric Surgery. Clinics in geriatric medicine, 35(1), 35-44.

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Reuben, D. (2009). Medical care for the final years of life: "When you're 83, it's not going to be 20 years". JAMA: Journal Of The American Medical Association, 302(24), 2686-2694. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1871

Kane, R. (2011). Finding the right level of posthospital care: "We didn't realize there was any other option for him". JAMA: The Journal Of The American Medical Association, 305(3), 284-293. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.2015

Rezk, Y., Timmins, P. F., & Smith, H. S. (2011). Palliative Care in Gynecologic Oncology. American Journal Of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 28(5), 356-374. doi:10.1177/1049909110392204

Temel, J., Greer, J., Muzikansky, A., Gallagher, E., Admane, S., Jackson, V., & ... Lynch, T. (2010). Early palliative care for patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer. New England Journal Of Medicine, 363(8), 733-742. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1000678

Raji, M., Kuo, Y., Freeman, J., & Goodwin, J. (n.d). Effect of a dementia diagnosis on survival of older patients after a diagnosis of breast, colon, or prostate cancer - Implications for cancer care. Archives Of Internal Medicine, 168(18), 2033-2040.

May, P., Garrido, M. M., Cassel, J. B., Kelley, A. S., Meier, D. E., Normand, C., & ... Morrison, R. S. (2015). Prospective Cohort Study of Hospital Palliative Care Teams for Inpatients With Advanced Cancer: Earlier Consultation Is Associated With Larger Cost-Saving Effect. Journal Of Clinical Oncology: Official Journal Of The American Society Of Clinical Oncology,

Mitsumoto, H., & Rabkin, J. G. (2007). Palliative care for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis:“prepare for the worst and hope for the best”. Jama, 298(2), 207-216.

End of Life / Palliative Education Resource Center (2005). Fast facts and concepts #36 Calculating opioid dose conversions, 2nd ed. Available at https://www.capc.org/fast-facts/36-calculating-opioid-dose-conversions/

Johnson, S.J. (2007). Opioid Safety in Patients With
Renal or Hepatic Dysfunction. Pain Treatment Topics. Available at: http://paincommunity.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/Opioids-Renal-Hepatic-Dysfunction.pdf

End of Life / Palliative Education Resource Center (2015). Fast facts and concepts #72 Opioid infusion titration orders, 2nd ed. Available at https://www.mypcnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/FF-72-infusion-orders.-3rd-ed.pdf

Mahler, D., Selecky, P., Harrod, C., Benditt, J., Carrieri-Kohlman, V., Curtis, J., & ... Waller, A. (2010). American College of Chest Physicians consensus statement on the management of dyspnea in patients with advanced lung or heart disease. Chest, 137(3), 674-691. doi:10.1378/chest.09-1543

Wilner, L.S. & Arnold, R.M. (2015). Fast facts and concepts #93 Cannabinoids in the treatment of symptoms in cancer and AIDS, 2nd ed.

End of Life / Palliative Education Resource Center (2003). Fast facts and concepts #100 Megestrol acetate for cancer anorexia/cachexia. Available at https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004310.pub3/full