"how-to" practical suggestions for common problems in the terminally ill.

Access to Palliative Care Resources 1. FAQ#1 of the Terminally ILL or Their Families (issue 12 updated March 2010) 2. FAQ#2 of the Terminally ILL or Their Families (issue 13 updated March 2010) 3. Managing Terminally Ill Patients at Home (issue 16 updated June 2010) 4. Access to Palliative Care Resources in Edmonton Zone(issue 23 updated Feb 2011) 5. How to Access Medications commonly used in Hospice Palliative Care After Hours in the Edmonton area (issue 25 updated May 2011) 6. How to Arrange Therapeutic Paracentesis for Palliative Care Patients in the Community and Hospice (issue 30 updated Jan 2009) 7. Subcutaneous Drainage of Lower Limb Edema(issue 36 Nov 2010) new!   Pain Management 1. Pain Management (issue 8 updated 2010) 2. Pain Assessment (issue 9 updated Jan 2010) 3. Morphine vs Hydromorphine vs Oxycodine vs The Patch (issue 17 updated Jan 2010) 4. Myoclonus - Seizures - Hyperalgesia (issue 18 updated Dec 2009) 5. Assessing Pain in the Palliative Care Patient with Moderate to Severe Dementia (issue 32 updated Dec 2009) 6. Approaching "Breakthrough pain" (BTP) (issue 34 Aug 2011) new! Gastro-intestinal system 1. Cancer Anorexia/Cachexia (issue 2 updated Apr 2005) 2. Constipation in the Cancer Patient (issue 3 updated Jan 2010) 3. Cancer Nausea and Vomiting (issue 5 updated Jan 2010) Respiratory system 1. Dyspnea (issue 4 updated Dec 2009) 2. Management of Noisy Respirations in Comatose Patients ("Death Rattle") (issue 19 updated Jan 2010) 3. Management of Dyspnea Associating Pleural Effusion (issue 35 Nov 2010) new! Cognitive and Mood Disorders 1. Delirium (issue 1 updated Jan 2010) 2. Depression or Delirium? (issue 15 updated Dec 2009) Hydration and artificial nutrition 1. Hydration (issue 11 updated Jan 2010) 2. Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) (issue 24 updated Dec 2009)   Common complications of advanced disease 1. Infections (issue 6 updated Jan 2010) 2. Hypercalcemia of Malignancy (issue 7 updated Sept 2005) 3.Anticoagulation in Palliative Care cancer patients (issue 31 updated Dec 2009) Radiotherapy 1. Radiotherapy in Palliative Care: Bone Metastasis & the RAPRP(issue 26 vol 1 updated Feb 2008) 2. Radiotherapy in Palliative Care: FAQ's on Radiotherapy (issue 26 vol2 updated Dec 2006) 3. Radiotherapy in Palliative Care: Thoracic Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer (issue 27 updated May 2007) 4. Thoracic Radiotherapy for Superior Vena Cava Obstruction(SVCO)(issue 28 updated May 2007) 5. Radiotherapy in Palliative Care: Brain Metastasis (issue 29 updated Oct 2007)   End of life care and Ethical consideration 1. Palliative Sedation (issue 21 updated Feb 2010)   Medication administration 1. Subcutaneous Administration of Opioids and Anti-emetics (issue 14 updated May 2006) 2. Commonly Administered Sub-Cutaneous Medications in Palliative Care (issue 20 updated May 2004)   Others 1. Treatment of Pressure Ulcers (decubitus ulcers, bed sores) (issue 10 updated Jan 2010) 2. Natural Health Products in Cancer (issue 33 updated Dec 2009)