Systematic Reviews on Palliative Care

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of evidence for the effectiveness of therapies in palliative care.

For summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of terminal care interventions, follow the links from the Systematic Reviews of Terminal Care Interventions [HealthInsite Topic Page]
Reviewed January 2012

28 Resources Found

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Title:   Radioisotopes for metastatic bone pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pain is commonly experienced by people whose cancer has spread to their bones. There are several ways to treat this pain, including the administration of radioisotopes, which are chemical elements that emit radiation and act on the bone to reduce the ef...
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Non-invasive interventions for improving well-being and quality of life in patients with lung cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Despite recent advances in lung cancer treatment, the outlook for most patients is grim. Many still face a short survival time during which they may suffer physical and psychological problems associated with the cancer and with side effects of treatment...
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Interventions for improving palliative care for older people living in nursing care homes
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People are living longer, however, the very old often have many health problems and disabilities which result in them living and eventually dying in care homes. Residents of such homes are highly likely to die there, making these places where palliative...
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Medically assisted hydration for adult palliative care patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review is an updated version of the original Cochrane review published in Issue 2, 2008, there has been no change to the conclusions since the first version was published. It is common for palliative care patients to have reduced fluid intake durin...
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Systematic Reviews of Palliative Care Medications
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to systematic reviews of the evidence of the effectiveness of palliative care medications.
Date:   Dec 2010
Title:   Laxatives or methylnaltrexone for the management of constipation in palliative care patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Palliative care patients commonly experience constipation. This is as a result of the use of medications (in particular opioids) for pain control, as well as disease, dietary and mobility factors. This review aimed to determine the effectiveness of laxa...
Date:   Dec 2010
Title:   Drug therapy for pain in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or motor neuron disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND), is the most common neurodegenerative disorder of the motor system in adults. Pain is a frequent symptom and may have a pronounced impact on quality of life and suffering. Des...
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Droperidol for treatment of nausea and vomiting in palliative care patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Nausea (a feeling of sickness) and vomiting are common and distressing symptoms for people with advanced cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Several medications to control these symptoms are available. Droperidol is one example which has been u...
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Chemotherapy versus best supportive care for extensive small cell lung cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   SmalI cell lung cancer accounts for nearly a quarter of all new cases of lung cancer. This cancer is often diagnosed after it has spread to the brain, liver, bone or bone marrow and most patients die in the first year after diagnosis. This review found ...
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Palliative biliary stents for obstructing pancreatic carcinoma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The majority of patients with cancer of the pancreas are diagnosed only after blockage of the bile ducts has occurred. Surgical by-pass (SBP) or endoscopic stenting (ES) of the blockage are the treatment options available for these patients. This review...
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Haloperidol for the treatment of nausea and vomiting in palliative care patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   We did not identify any randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to find out if haloperidol is a useful drug for the treatment of nausea or vomiting in palliative care patients. Nausea and vomiting are common problems for patients with serious life threateni...
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Second-line chemotherapy in advanced and metastatic CRC
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients with metastatic or advanced colorectal cancer are often treated with chemotherapy. If the disease doesn't improve with a specific chemotherapy regimen, a different chemotherapy regimen may be tried, called second-line treatment, with the aim to...
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Palliative cytoreductive surgery versus other palliative treatments in patients with unresectable liver metastases from gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Liver metastases (liver spread) from gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours (cancer of intestinal hormone cells which originate from the embryonic nerve cells or the embryonic outer coat) are generally treated with surgery if a complete removal is deem...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Medically assisted nutrition for palliative care in adult patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   It is common for palliative care patients to have reduced oral intake during their illness. Management of this condition includes discussion with the patient, family and staff involved and may include giving nutrition with medical assistance. This can b...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Palliative endobronchial brachytherapy for non-small cell lung cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have a poor prognosis and the therapeutic options are limited to controlling their symptoms and maintaining their quality of life. Palliative endobronchial brachytherapy (EBB) is used as a trea...
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Methadone for cancer pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pain is a common and debilitating symptom of cancer. Methadone is an opioid drug used to treat cancer pain, and can be given by mouth as liquid, tablet or capsule, via the rectum as a suppository, or injected into the vein, muscle or under the skin. Thi...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Ketamine as an adjuvant to opioids for cancer pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The benefits and harms of adding ketamine to strong pain-killers such as morphine for the relief of cancer pain are not yet established. Morphine-like drugs (opioids) are frequently prescribed for moderate and severe cancer pain, but in some cases these...
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Oxygen therapy for dyspnoea in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review aimed to determine if oxygen therapy relieves breathlessness in end-stage illness in adults. No overall improvement of breathlessness in cancer study participants was found when oxygen breathing was compared to air breathing. However, some c...
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Doxorubicin-based chemotherapy for the palliative treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Doxorubicin is commonly used as palliative chemotherapy for patients with advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma (cancer of muscle/tendon/fat/blood vessel). This review was conducted to find out if combining doxorubicin with other drugs is more effe...
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Palliative radiotherapy regimens for non-small cell lung cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In most developed countries lung cancer is one of the commonest tumours. Only 10 to 20% of patients can have surgery with a chance of cure. For many of the rest it can be beneficial to treat the tumour in the lung with radiotherapy to relieve symptoms s...
Date:   Aug 2006

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