New paper!

Sistematic assessment of needs in Palliative Care sistematically is feasible in a first visit.

Open access: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

When prescribing dexamethasone, remember enzyme inducers, such as carbamazepine and phenytoin, can significantly reduce its serum levels. In some cases dexamethasone doses may need to be increased 2 - 4 fold! Particular caution needed in high risk indications such as MSCC!

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35866185/

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35771548/

Short-lived breathlessness or pain may resolve before PRN oral opioids can take effect (oral morphine starts to work after 15 - 30 minutes, peak effect may take upwards of one hour), in such circumstances the patient may derive little benefit but experience adverse effects.
#palliativecare #pain

Two new additions to the fantastic Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines.

Mouthcare: tinyurl.com/5n6v38st

Spiritual Distress: tinyurl.com/y4k67ja5

El pasado viernes 29 de noviembre WeCare organizó su 11º Workshop "Responder al deseo de morir".

Se abordaron claves para atender el DAM haciendo énfasis en la formación de los profesionales.

6ª edición del curso Evaluación y Respuesta al Deseo de Adelantar la Muerte 👇🏻
www.uic.es/es/estudis-u...

Participating in the webinar "Palliative Care and Oncology integración"
Sharing knowledge among oncologists and palliativists

Avui compartint l'experiència de l'equip de suport hospitalari (ESH) de cures pal·liatives de l'@ICO_oncologia #Badalona a la I jornada dels ESH organitzada per @salutcat

Welcome to the 20M+ new folks who just joined BSky!! 🔥 Here's a Pain Science & Medicine starter pack for those interested. Please RT so that our community can find us! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Comment if you'd like to be added 🤓👇🏼
#medsky #medtwitter #PsySciSky #neuroscience #neuroskyence #PainSky
go.bsky.app/4r8uAeG

❌ There is no "pain center" in the brain.

🧠 Rather, pain is a diffuse neurological process involving MANY brain sites, including PFC (attention), cerebral cortex (thoughts) + limbic system, critical parts of our emotion circuitry💥

📣 Pain is *both* physical and emotional ALWAYS 👏🏼
#MedSky #psyscisky

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39297834/

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39167532/

"70% of the public want to prioritise social EOL care before thinking about assisted dying & I believe that as part of that, a commission on EOL should devise a thought-through, fully funded, 10-year strategy for improved and comprehensive #palliativecare." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

And here is the first #hapc #palliativecare starter pack: go.bsky.app/582Y1Av

I've updated the #hapc #palliativecare starter packs so now there are two. Do let me know if you want to be added (but check you aren't there first please!). Lots of great people to follow here. go.bsky.app/E8o273Y

Listening to the debates on assisted dying… there is so much more we need to do to communicate about the complexities of pain beyond the purely ‘physical and medication’. In #palliativecare we know how complex and multidimensional pain is

My 1st post at @bsky.app

Let's build a Palliative Care community to share knowledge and experiencies!
@palliativemedj.bsky.social @pallimed.org @jpsmjournal.bsky.social @brueraeduardo.bsky.social @j-palliativemed.bsky.social