Publications by authors named "Marguerite Russo"
Background: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) combined with COVID-19 presents challenges (eg, isolation, anticipatory grief) for patients and families.
Objective: To (1) describe characteristics and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 receiving ECMO, (2) develop a practice improvement strategy to implement early, semistructured palliative care communication in ECMO acknowledgment meetings with patients' families, and (3) examine family members' experiences as recorded in clinicians' notes during these meetings.
Methods: Descriptive observation of guided, in-depth meetings with families of patients with COVID-19 receiving ECMO, as gathered from the electronic medical record of a large urban academic medical center.
Objective: To present an overview of the epidemiology and pathophysiology of cancer pain related to disease and treatment.
Data Sources: Published manuscripts, Web sites, and textbook chapters.
Conclusion: Current knowledge of cancer pain epidemiology and pathophysiology widens and focuses the opportunities to prevent, limit, and treat cancer pain.
Background: A valid and reliable instrument is needed to assess acute pain in critically ill patients unable to self-report and who may be transitioning between critical care and other settings.
Aim: To examine the reliability, validity, and clinical utility of the Multidimensional Objective Pain Assessment Tool (MOPAT) when used over time by critical care nurses to assess acute pain in non-communicative critically ill patients.
Methods: Twenty-seven patients had pain assessed at two time points (T1 and T2) surrounding a painful event for up to 3 days.
Objectives: To propose an integrated framework for survivorship care and palliative care, explore application of this framework in cancer patients, and identify research opportunities to expand the evidence base for practice.
Data Sources: Peer-reviewed literature, online documents from the National Quality Forum and National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care, and reports from the Centers for Disease Control and the Institute of Medicine.
Conclusion: The interface between palliative care domains and survivorship care results in prioritizing needs and coordination of care along the cancer trajectory.