Vol 8, No 5 (November 29, 2019) - Annals of Palliative Medicine

Original Article

Clinical efficacy analysis of Osimertinib treatment for a patient with leptomeningeal metastasis of EGFR+ non-small cell lung cancer without the T790M mutation

Xueyang Hu, Wenjun Chen, Xiaoqiu Li, Chenchen Zhao, Congjun Zhang, Fuxing Xiong, Hongyang Wu

PDF Pages: 525-531 Full Text (3097) Open Access

The prevalence of bereavement rooms at German hospitals: a cross-sectional observational study from 2016

Burkhard Dasch, Michael Wagner, Peter K. Zahn

PDF Pages: 532-541 Full Text (2922) Open Access

Phenomenology of agony: a qualitative study about the experience of agony phenomenon in relatives of dying patients

Laura Padmah Galantin, Ines Testoni, Lucia Natati

PDF Pages: 542-550 Full Text (10380) Open Access

Quality of care, spirituality, relationships and finances in older adult palliative care patients in Lebanon

Huda Abu-Saad Huijer, Rachele Bejjani, Souha Fares

PDF Pages: 551-558 Full Text (2521) Open Access

Risk factors of difficult cases of deliberate postoperative hypotension after endovascular embolization in patients with brain arteriovenous malformation

Yi Liu, Feng Liang, Miao Xu, Yuting Ling, Xiaoyun Duan, Nan Jiang

PDF Pages: 559-564 Full Text (2339) Open Access

Resveratrol increase myocardial Nrf2 expression in type 2 diabetic rats and alleviate myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury (MIRI)

Guiping Xu, Xuan Zhao, Juan Fu, Xiaoli Wang

PDF Pages: 565-575 Full Text (4731) Open Access

The effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for the treatment of myasthenia gravis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Xue Zhang, Wentao Ding, Zhao Wang, Xiuli Gu, Wenzeng Zhu

PDF Pages: 576-585 Full Text (5004) Open Access

Acupoint injection treatment for primary osteoporosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Rui Huang, Xiuxia Li, Shihong Xu, Dingpeng Li, Peijing Yan, Bo Liu, Xingwen Xie, Kehu Yang

PDF Pages: 586-595 Full Text (4486) Open Access

Association of the malnutrition-inflammation score with anthropometry and body composition measurements in patients with chronic kidney disease

Wen-Ling Wang, Shuang Liang, Fang-Lei Zhu, Jie-Qiong Liu, Xiang-Mei Chen, Guang-Yan Cai

PDF Pages: 596-603 Full Text (6694) Open Access

Blood homocysteine and folic acid levels may provide reference value for the treatment of sudden total frequency deafness

Yang Huang, Tao Lv, Minqiang Xie, Jing He, Jiahong Pei, Yanfei Guan, Hequn Jiang, Shunmin Gong, Xianbao Cao

PDF Pages: 604-610 Full Text (2857) Open Access

A risk model to predict severe postpartum hemorrhage in patients with placenta previa: a single-center retrospective study

Cheng Chen, Xiaoyan Liu, Dan Chen, Song Huang, Xiaoli Yan, Heying Liu, Qing Chang, Zhiqing Liang

PDF Pages: 611-621 Full Text (6943) Open Access

Tigecycline in combination with other antibiotics against clinical isolates of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in vitro

Jisheng Zhang, Lan Yu, Yanjun Fu, Yongxin Zhao, Yong Wang, Jing Zhao, Yuhang Guo, Chunjiang Li, Xiaoli Zhang

PDF Pages: 622-631 Full Text (8023) Open Access

Efficacy of levofloxacin on macrolide-unresponsive and corticosteroid-resistant refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children

Miaomiao Lin, Lifeng Shi, Airong Huang, Dongshi Liang, Lisha Ge, Yimei Jin

PDF Pages: 632-639 Full Text (5120) Open Access

Barriers to hepatitis C virus treatment in Guangdong Province

Xiaohua Yang, Zhen Xu, Yongyu Mei, Guoli Lin, Jinyuan Wei, Xiaoqiong Shao, Qiumin Luo, Zhixin Zhao, Chaoshuang Lin, Xiaohong Zhang

PDF Pages: 640-644 Full Text (1556) Open Access

Retinol-binding protein 4 is closely correlated to blood pressure level and E/A in untreated essential hypertension patients

Xiuzhen Li, Shushu Zhu, Guoxin Song, Kangzhen Zhang, Wei Gao, Jingjing Huang, Xiang Lu

PDF Pages: 645-650 Full Text (4541) Open Access

Efficacy of tigecycline monotherapy versus combination therapy with other antimicrobials against carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii sequence type 2 in Heilongjiang Province

Jiaying Li, Yanjun Fu, Jisheng Zhang, Ying Wang, Yongxin Zhao, Xuecai Fan, Lan Yu, Yong Wang, Xiaoli Zhang, Chunjiang Li

PDF Pages: 651-659 Full Text (3878) Open Access

Intra-amygdala infusion of zeta inhibitory peptide attenuates neuropathic pain but not inflammatory pain in adult rats

Juan Yao, Ling Zhang, Weiping Lei, Yaqin Huang, Honghai Zhang, Bo Lu, Yongxing Yao, Li Zhao, Jianliang Sun

PDF Pages: 660-666 Full Text (1560) Open Access

The influence of Tongqiao Huashuan Decoction on the expression of VEGF and EphB2 in MCAO model rats

Jing Cai, Chunlan Wu, Chaozheng Tang, Jin Cai, Peng Cao, Guangqi Zhu

PDF Pages: 667-675 Full Text (2100) Open Access

MicroRNA-155 promotes the ox-LDL-induced activation of NLRP3 inflammasomes via the ERK1/2 pathway in THP-1 macrophages and aggravates atherosclerosis in ApoE^−/− mice

Ruihua Yin, Xiaoyan Zhu, Jing Wang, Shaonan Yang, Aijun Ma, Qi Xiao, Jinyang Song, Xudong Pan

PDF Pages: 676-689 Full Text (5078) Open Access

Prognostic significance of perioperative chemotherapy on resectable colorectal mucinous adenocarcinoma liver metastasis

Cong Li, Dongfang Su, Jianhong Peng, Yujing Fang, Wenhao Zhou, Shaohua Li, Baojia Luo, Desen Wan, Zhizhong Pan

PDF Pages: 690-697 Full Text (1785) Open Access

Preoperative prognostic nutritional index shows no significant prognostic value for short-term outcomes of anastomosis-leakage patients after cancerous esophagectomy

Gu-Ha A-Lai, Han-Yu Deng, Tie-Niu Song, Jun Luo, Ze-Guo Zhuo, Xu Shen, Yi-Dan Lin

PDF Pages: 698-707 Full Text (1846) Open Access

Original Article on Palliative Radiotherapy¹

A retrospective study of postoperative radiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Zhaoyue Zhang, Liping Xu, Xiaoke Di, Chi Zhang, Xiaolin Ge, Xinchen Sun

PDF Pages: 708-716 Full Text (2305) Open Access

Image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy improves short-term survival for abdominal lymph node metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma

Haige Zhang, Yixing Chen, Yong Hu, Ping Yang, Binliang Wang, Jianying Zhang, Jing Sun, Zhaochong Zeng

PDF Pages: 717-727 Full Text (1929) Open Access

Review Article

Management of altered mental status and delirium in cancer patients

Imad El Majzoub, Hussna Abunafeesa, Rola Cheaito, Mohamad Ali Cheaito, Ahmed F. Elsayem

PDF Pages: 728-739 Full Text (24871) Open Access

Case Report

Hepatocellular carcinoma with pancreatic mass as the first symptom: a case report and literature review

Yue Zhang, Tao Han, Di Wang, Gao Li, Yanming Zhang, Xiaodan Yang, Tingsong Chen, Zhendong Zheng

PDF Pages: 740-745 Full Text (7597) Open Access

Hydrogen–oxygen therapy can alleviate radiotherapy-induced hearing loss in patients with nasopharyngeal cancer

Jibing Chen, Xiaofeng Kong, Feng Mu, Tianyu Lu, Duanming Du, Kecheng Xu

PDF Pages: 746-751 Full Text (3342) Open Access

Apatinib treatment for symptomatic pseudoprogression after standard treatment for glioblastoma multiforme: a case report

Zheng Wang, Fangfang Du, Yafang Sun, Yang Guo, Bin Song, Yahong Wang, Xiangyu Shi, Wei Jiang

PDF Pages: 752-757 Full Text (1928) Open Access

“If it weren’t for my faith”: spirituality in advanced cancer

Jenny A. Shih, Walter Moczynski, Kathleen Gallivan, Tracy A. Balboni

PDF Pages: 758-762 Full Text (3082) Open Access

Lupus podocytopathy complicated with multiple organ injuries in a patient with severe lupus

Jianhong Wu, Fanxin Zeng, Xuejun Jiang, Tingting Wang, Chaoqiong Yao

PDF Pages: 763-768 Full Text (1733) Open Access

Brief Report

Assessing the palliative care needs and service use of diverse older adults in an urban medically-underserved community

Daniel S. Gardner, Nina S. Parikh, Carolina H. Villanueva, Angela Ghesquiere, Cara Kenien, Jean Callahan, M. Cary Reid

PDF Pages: 769-774 Full Text (2841) Open Access

What are the main symptoms and concerns reported by patients with advanced chronic heart failure?—a secondary analysis of the Palliative care Outcome Scale (POS) and Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale (IPOS)

Anna Oriani, Ping Guo, Amy Gadoud, Lesley Dunleavy, Pauline Kane, Fliss E. M. Murtagh

PDF Pages: 775-780 Full Text (4061) Open Access

Mental health status of cancer research center’s care givers: should we worry?

Anne-Sophie Bertrand, Antoine Iannessi, Pierre-Yves Marcy, Faredj Cherikh

PDF Pages: 781-785 Full Text (1341) Open Access

Editorial Commentary

Palliative radiation therapy in bladder cancer: a matter of dose, techniques and patients’ selection

Barbara A. Jereczek-Fossa, Giulia Marvaso

PDF Pages: 786-789 Full Text (5177) Open Access

Letter to the Editor

Ten-year survival after portal vein arterialization in liver transplantation

Yuan Cheng, Yongbiao Chen, Yi Jiang, Xiaojin Zhang

PDF Pages: 790-792 Full Text (1730) Open Access

Disclosure:

1. The series “Palliative Radiotherapy” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Palliative Medicine without any sponsorship or funding.

Vol 8, No 5 (November 29, 2019): Annals of Palliative Medicine