Palliative Care Journal Watch

In our September 2023 episode, our co-hosts, Dr. Jose Pereira and Dr. Leonie Herx are joined by special guests Dr. Jesse Solomon and Dr. Aynharan Sinnarajah.

During this episode, they highlight the following 5 articles:

1. Dzeng E, Batten JN, Dohan D, Blythe J, Ritchie CS, Curtis JR. Hospital Culture and Intensity of End-of-Life Care at 3 Academic Medical Centers. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 Aug 1;183(8):839-848. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.2450. PMID: 37399038; PMCID: PMC10318547. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37399038/​
2. Chan LML, Yan OY, Lee JJJ, Lam WWT, Lin CC, Auyeung M, Bloem BR, Kwok JYY. Effects of Palliative Care for Progressive Neurologic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2023 Feb;24(2):171-184. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2022.11.001. Epub 2022 Dec 5. PMID: 36481217. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36481217/​
3. Curtis JR, Lee RY, Brumback LC, Kross EK, Downey L, Torrence J, LeDuc N, Mallon Andrews K, Im J, Heywood J, Brown CE, Sibley J, Lober WB, Cohen T, Weiner BJ, Khandelwal N, Abedini NC, Engelberg RA. Intervention to Promote Communication About Goals of Care for Hospitalized Patients With Serious Illness: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2023 Jun 20;329(23):2028-2037. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.8812. PMID: 37210665; PMCID: PMC10201405. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37210665/​
4. Koh SJQ, Sim DKL, Neo SH. Letter to the Editor: Educating Patients With Advanced Heart Failure Through Chat Generative Pretrained Transformer and Natural-Language Artificial Intelligence: Is Now the Time for It? J Palliat Med. 2023 Jul;26(7):893-895. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2023.0199. PMID: 37428968 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37428968/​
5. Navarro-Meléndez A, Gimenez MJ, Robledo-Donascimento Y, Río-González A, Lendínez-Mesa A. Physiotherapy applied to palliative care patients: a descriptive practice-based study. BMC Palliat Care. 2023 Jul 20;22(1):99. doi: 10.1186/s12904-023-01188-3. PMID: 37474943; PMCID: PMC10357741 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37474943/

To access slides, recordings and links to the articles discussed, visit our Journal Watch Webpage at: http://www.echopalliative.com/palliative-care-journal-watch/