Impact of palliative care consult service in inpatient hospital setting: a systematic literature review.

Objectives: Despite a number of studies on effectiveness of palliative care, there is a lack of complex updated review of the impact of in-hospital palliative care consult service. The objective is to update information on the impact of palliative care consult service in inpatient hospital setting.

Methods: This study was a systematic literature review, following the standard protocols (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Joanna Briggs Institute tools) to ensure the transparent and robust review procedure.

PERCEPTION OF ORAL PROBLEMS IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CANCER.

The results of the previous research, aimed to study the per-ception of and attitude to the end-of-life in the incurable cancer patients as well as the elderly aged 85 and older, revealed that independently from the cause of the life limitation, perceptions of and attitudes to the end-of-life are mainly similar. Moreover, it must be highlighted that the complaints on oral cavity were stated only by the single patients from the sample. We aimed to verify if the less attention from the sides of pa-tients towards the oral cavity symptoms/complaints were caused by the "poor" format of semi-structured interviews that were not focused on the oral status.

MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ANGIOGENESIS IN ADENOCARCINOMA OF COLON.

The study of the process of angiogenesis and microcirculation with the help of modern methods of morphological research including type and maturity of the tumor, location and is considered a problem of special importance and value. The purpose of this research is to study the particularity of angiogenesis and microcirculation in colon adenocarcinomas. The human tissue samples of colon adenocarcinoma (19 cases, 40 observation sites) were studied by light microscopic, electron- microscopic, electron-radiographic and immunohistochemical methods.

Mismatch between physicians and family members views on communications about patients with chronic incurable diseases receiving care in critical and intensive care settings in Georgia: a quantitative observational survey.

Background: Physicians working in critical and intensive care settings encounter death of chronic incurable patients on a daily basis; however they have scant skills on how to communicate with the patients and their family members. The aim of the present survey is to examine communication of critical and intensive care physicians with patients' family members receiving treatment due to chronic incurable diseases/conditions and to compare the views of families with physicians working in critical and intensive care settings.

Methods: The survey was conducted in four cities of Georgia (Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Batumi and Telavi) in 2014.

Depressive symptoms in the last days of life of patients with cancer: a nationwide retrospective mortality study.

Objectives: Depressive symptoms are common in patients with cancer and tend to increase as death approaches. The study aims were to examine the prevalence of depressive symptoms in patients with cancer in their final 24 h, and their association with other symptoms, sociodemographic and care characteristics.

Methods: A stratified sample of deaths was drawn by Statistics Netherlands.

The use of antidepressants in patients with advanced cancer--results from an international multicentre study.

Objectives: Depression is common in patients with advanced cancer; however, it is not often recognized and therefore not treated. The aims of this study were to examine the prevalence of the use of antidepressants (ADs) in an international cross-sectional study sample and to identify sociodemographic and medical variables associated with their use.

Methods: The study was conducted in patients with advanced cancer from 17 centres across eight countries.

How are patient populations characterized in studies investigating depression in advanced cancer? Results from a systematic literature review.

Context: Prevalence rates of depression in patients with advanced cancer vary considerably. This may be because of heterogeneous samples and use of different assessment methods. Adequate sample descriptions and consistent use of measures are needed to be able to generalize research findings and apply them to clinical practice.