SUPPORTive AND PALLIATIVE CARE
Palliative Care The NSLHD Palliative Care Network consists of specialist palliative care clinicians, nurses and allied health providers who engage in research across the spectrum of specialties to provide the best care for our patients, their families and carers. Key 2020 palliative care research projects included: › The NHMRC-funded phase III randomised controlled trial for opioid unresponsive cancer-related neuropathic pain › A systematic review to inform five evidence–based recommendations in conjunction the national Choosing Wisely program, with the aim of reducing low value health care at the end of life › A project to translate current best evidence that supports screening for distress in cancer patients in the Northern Sydney Cancer Centre
Publication highlights include: › Clark K, Byrne PG, Hunt J, Brown L,
Rowett D, Watts G, Lovell M, Currow DC. Pharmacovigilance in Hospice/Palliative Care: De-Prescribing Combination Controlled Release Oxycodone-Naloxone. J Palliat Med . 2020 May;23(5):656-661. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0226. Epub 2020 Jan 3. PMID: 31904310 › Currow D, Louw S, McCloud P On behalf of the Australian National Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC), et al Regular, sustained-release morphine for chronic breathlessness: a multicentre,
double-blind, randomised, placebo- controlled trial Thorax 2020;75:50-56
› McCaffrey N, Asser T, Fazekas B, Muircroft W, Agar M, Clark K, Eckermann S, Lee J, Joshi R, Allcroft P, Sheehan C, CurrowDC. Health- related quality of life in patients with inoperable malignant bowel obstruction: secondary outcome from a double-blind, parallel, placebo- controlled randomised trial of octreotide. BMC Cancer . 2020 Oct 31;20(1):1050. doi: 10.1186/ s12885-020-07549-y. PMID: 33129304; PMCID: PMC7603764 › Mohamudally A, Clark K. Levetiracetam at the End of Life: A Case Report and Discussion. J Palliat Med . 2020 Jul;23(7):995- 997. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0347. Epub 2019 Oct 11. PMID: 31603723 › Shepherd J, Waller A, Sanson-Fisher R, Clark K, Ball J. Where would acute care nurses prefer to receive end-of-life care? a cross-sectional survey. Int J Nurs Stud . 2020 Sep;109:103683. doi: 10.1016/j. ijnurstu.2020.103683. Epub 2020 Jun 12. PMID: 32663704
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