Hospice Care

Clinicians in acute or post-acute care settings may delay or avoid serious illness conversations with patients whose cancer prognoses are worsening out of deference to the patient’s oncologist, according to study findings.

Patients receiving infectious diseases consultation over the past decade were increasingly complex, generally sicker and more likely to die soon after a consultation was performed.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Laura Petrillo, MD, about navigating patients through changes and goals in palliative care, understanding patients living with and surviving advanced cancer and more.

A small study suggested that remote deactivation of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in patients receiving hospice care was feasible.

Remote deactivation of implantable cardioverter defibrillators was successful in patients transitioned to end-of-life care, with patients and family reporting high satisfaction with the protocol, researchers reported.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Mettle Health’s Claritza Rios, MD and Bridget Sumser, SW about misconceptions surrounding palliative care, communication training as self-care for physicians and more.

A recent study published in JAMA Oncology showed the use of aggressive cancer treatment at the end of life has not decreased but rather shifted from chemotherapy to immunotherapy.

When advanced, chronic pulmonary conditions, such as COPD, worsen, physicians may recommend these patients consider hospice care.

Veterans with end-stage kidney disease receiving hospice financed by the Veterans Health Administration were more likely to receive concurrent treatments than those receiving Medicare-financed hospice, according to recently published data.

In men, high consumption of ultra-processed foods was associated with an increased risk for colorectal cancer; however, this association was not found in women, according to study results.