Sometimes a difficult decision to swallow: Ethical dilemmas when patients with dysphagia who lack capacity want to eat

MS Weaver, CMA Geppert - Journal of Pain and Symptom …, 2023 - jpsmjournal.com
Palliative care and ethics teams whenever possible should consider proactive approaches
Palliative care teams are uniquely positioned to elicit a patient's preferences for oral intake in …

[HTML][HTML] Oropharyngeal dysphagia: Clinical features, diagnosis, and management

AJ Lembo - Updated. Literature review current through: Mar, 2022 - medilib.ir
… ; and the etiology, assessment, and management of swallowing disorders in palliative
care … , we suggest dietary therapy in selected patients with mild oropharyngeal dysphagia. …

Esophageal stenting and radiotherapy: a multimodal approach for the palliation of symptomatic malignant dysphagia

NM Rueth, D Shaw, J D'Cunha, C Cho… - Annals of surgical …, 2012 - Springer
… to palliative care in patients with malignant dysphagia and has led us to propose a care
process for the palliation of malignant dysphagia in patients with advanced malignancies (…

Esophageal stents in malignant dysphagia: a two-edged sword?

JC Neale, JW Goulden, SG Allan… - … of palliative care, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
… 82 patients treated with SEMS (16). In palliative care, we undertake to try to help Our patients
… In patients with esophageal obstruction and severe dysphagia, we believe it is important to …

The experience of dysphagia and its effect on the quality of life of patients with oesophageal cancer

E Watt, F Whyte - European journal of cancer care, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
… In particular in a palliative care setting where patients and their carers are particularly …
reported in patients with non-malignant dysphagia and head and neck cancer patients (Edwards …

Improvement of feeding independence in end-stage cancer patients under palliative care—a prospective, uncontrolled study

WTK Lee, HF Chan, E Wong - Supportive Care in Cancer, 2005 - Springer
… of patients receiving palliative care. Studies on feeding independence among cancer patients
under palliative care … feeding independence in end-stage cancer patients in palliative care. …

Dysphagia in a general practice population

H Morris - Nursing older people, 2005 - journals.rcni.com
… Acompelling body of evidence suggests that dysphagia is common in certain con- … per cent
of cancer patients undergoing palliative care in the community or hospital report dysphagia (…

Oral health problems among palliative and terminally ill patients: an integrated systematic review

MR Venkatasalu, ZR Murang, DTR Ramasamy… - BMC oral health, 2020 - Springer
dysphagia nor any oral conditions among palliative patients. … to the body of knowledge on
palliative care. Regardless, our … that can guide health care professionals in palliative settings. …

Palliative care and end of life care

D Oliver, S Maguire, O Hardiman, P Bede - … Disorders: A Clinical Guide, 2016 - Springer
care relies heavily on a dynamic partnership between the patient, carers and the multidisciplinary
palliative care … infections are common in patients with dysphagia and should be treated …

Palliative therapy

MYV Homs, EJ Kuipers… - Journal of surgical …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
… Wallstent were compared in patients with distal esophageal cancer. The two stent types
were equally effective in the palliation of dysphagia in this patient group, and the complication …