BACKGROUND: In oncology, early palliative care enhances quality of life and may increase survival; yet, because of resource limitations and overestimation of prognosis, referrals frequently happen late. Due to a shortage of specialised workers, this ...
BACKGROUND: The use of artificial intelligence (AI) methods in palliative care research is increasing. Most AI palliative care research involves the use of routinely collected data from electronic health records; however, there are few data on the vi...
BACKGROUND: Palliative care enhances dignity and quality of life for patients with serious illnesses by managing distressing symptoms and supporting families. However, inadequate awareness and misconceptions often hinder patients and their families f...
BACKGROUND: Nursing in palliative medicine combines primary patient care with the special challenges of this medical field (eg, handling the processes of dying, grief, and death). These cause high stress levels and burden on the nursing staff, result...
Journal of health, population, and nutrition
Apr 23, 2025
BACKGROUND: Palliative care is a key component of integrated care to improve care quality and reduce hospitalization costs for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This study aims to use machine learning algorithms to create an...
BACKGROUND: The extension of onboard cone-beam CT (CBCT) imaging for real-time treatment planning is constrained by limitations in image quality. Synthetic CT (sCT) generation using deep learning provides a potential solution to these limitations.
PURPOSE: This study aimed to differentiate nonscheduled visits (NSVs) in an outpatient palliative care setting that are driven by or accompanied by uncontrolled symptoms from those that are administrative or routine, such as prescription refills and ...
Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
Apr 2, 2025
Underrepresented groups (URGs) in the United States, including African Americans, Latino/Hispanic Americans, Asian Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans, face significant barriers to accessing hospice and palliative care. Factors such as language b...
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
Feb 15, 2025
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Scalable, flexible and highly interpretable tools for predicting mortality in residential aged care facilities for the purpose of informing and optimizing palliative care decisions, do not exist. This study is the first and ...
PURPOSE: The current review examined the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques in palliative care, specifically focusing on models used to identify potential beneficiaries of palliative services among indivi...
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