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Alpha Psychiatry
November 2024
Department of Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
BMC Palliat Care
January 2025
Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University, Sturt Rd, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia, 5042, Australia.
Background: Clinicians are frequently asked 'how long' questions at end-of-life by patients and those important to them, yet predicting timeframes to death remains uncertain, even in the last weeks and days of life. Patients and families wish to know so they can ask questions, plan, make decisions, have time to visit and say their goodbyes, and have holistic care needs met. Consequently, this necessitates a more accurate assessment of empirical data to better inform prognostication and reduce uncertainty around time until death.
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January 2025
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Etomidate, an intravenous hypnotic used for anaesthesia and critical care, is known for its undesirable side effects, including pain on injection, myoclonus, and adrenocortical depression. Despite its continued clinical use because of its haemodynamic stability and rapid onset and offset of effect, alternatives like propofol, ketamine, and remimazolam offer fewer drawbacks. Recent efforts to improve etomidate through chemical modifications, such as methoxyethyl etomidate hydrochloride (ET-26), have shown limited success, with persistent issues like involuntary muscle movements and adrenocortical suppression.
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December 2024
Intensive Care Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
Since 2018, DonateLife South Australia and the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) have collaborated to deliver routine family follow-up after bereavement in the intensive care unit (ICU). This follow-up includes a telephone interview that invites bereaved family members to comment on the quality of care and communication experienced in the ICU. To identify bereaved families' experiences, including how they conceptualise good care and communication in intensive care, an analysis was conducted on all qualitative data collected during 118 interviews completed between 1 February 2018 and 30 May 2019.
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