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costgathe.bsky.social
Chair for Palliative Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Head of Departement Palliative Medicine
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SZ vom 3.3.2025: “Es war ein in jeder Hinsicht würdeloses Schauspiel für die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Ein Desaster für die Menschen in der Ukraine. Und ein Fest für Wladimir Putin.”

B I T T E T E I L N E H M E N! Sie sind Freund*in/Nachbar*in einer schwerkranken Person und kümmern Sie sich? Sie sind – auch wenn sie nicht Familie sind – für die Person da. Sie helfen bei Einkäufen, im Haushalt, gehen mit zum Arzttermin, hören zu! webext.mh-hannover.de/soscisurvey/...

In the #internet and #socialmedia discourse the #CoViD #pandemic had a negative impact on the perception of #palliativecare. Negative stereotypes increased, e.g. palliative care is increasingly seen as a synonym for end-of-life care! www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

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Multiple points of system failure were identified in continuous subcutaneous infusion incident reports. #hpm #hapc #palliativecare. buff.ly/40tH6XT

What can patient safety science do for palliative care? Bridging the gap. Challenging editorial asking us to question our perceptions and roles of patient safety in #palliativecare. #hpm #hapc buff.ly/3Pqekkr

Liebe A., was für eine wunderbare Rückmeldung für eure Zeit als Familie auf der #Palliativstation am Uniklinikum in #Erlangen. Wenn Ihr Euch wohl gefühlt habt und der Kakao 🍶 lecker war, dann hat das Team wohl einiges richtig gemacht! Danke! Dir und deiner Familie alles Gute! Und Danke ans Team …!

An article for @newsweek.com about palliative care, ordinary dying and underfunding across the UK www.newsweek.com/i-witnessed-...

Our common denominator is that in our field much better evidence is needed! Let`s strive to confirm or question our own #palliativecare paradigms. Not everything we learned from cancer may fully apply to other diagnoses. Note: Clemens et al, cited by Gallagher R.,studied exclusively cancer pts.

We have to be critical towards our own #palliativecare paradigms! The evidence for #opioids for breathlessness in #heartfailure is questionable. A recent review states that „it may only be the very last option if other options have failed or in case of an emergency.“ heart.bmj.com/content/109/...

Our new BJCN Editorial: 'Providing effective dying symptom control at home'. We sometimes need to do much better as an integrated care team (sadly)! ⬇️ Paper ⬇️ www.britishjournalofcommunitynursing.com/content/edit... @theqni.bsky.social @mariecurieuk.bsky.social

Are #PalliativeCare needs in patients with #dementia under-recognized? The low number of dementia diagnoses in the German Hospice and Palliative Care Registry could be due to barriers to accessing specialized services for people with dementia. Lets not forget this group! rdcu.be/d2WIG

@j-palliativemed.bsky.social Pain and dyspnea were more severe in patients with hyperactive delirium than those without delirium. The presence of hypoactive delirium was not associated with a greater severity of physical symptoms www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

👓 Interesting read 👓 Prevention and screening are the most powerful tools to reduce mortality from #cancer. In analogy prevention and screening are powerful tools to reduce unnecessary suffering in (cancer) patients with #palliativecare needs! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Model-based study assessed the impact of prevention, screening, and treatment on reducing cancer mortality in the U.S. from 1975 to 2020, focusing on #BreastCancer #cervicalCancer #ColorectalCancer and #LungCancer https://buff.ly/49sBWy3 @elisaagostinetto.bsky.social @realbowtiedoc.bsky.social

Are you a #palliative care #nurse, or a nurse working with people who could benefit from a palliative approach to care, interested in increasing your sphere of influence? Come join us in the first of the NursEduPal@IMPACT dissemination series of webinars. @EAPCvzw Find out more at: bit.ly/4eF2NrB

Full house Maria Heckel, PhD (social worker and head of our research department) speaking at our #palliativecare lecture series about Compassionate Communities!

High TECH meets high TOUCH! S. Griesshammer reports on research on innovative sensor technologies for #palliativecare within #EMPKINS. "Radar-based heart rate monitoring has potential for use as a means for burden-free and continous symptom assessment in palliative care rdcu.be/d1YnN