Palliative Medicine

Neurology

Questions discussed in this category

What strategies do you find helpful in advanced care planning with patients/families who are very "miracle" centered?

For example, prolonging life-sustaining measures as they "wait for a miracle" of an unrealistic outcome.

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How do you counsel patients with ALS on the benefits of enteral nutrition?

E.g., PEG tube placement.

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Papers discussed in this category

Lancet (London, England), 2014-06-14

Hypercaloric enteral nutrition in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial.

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