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Palliative Care Guidelines

Guidelines for the Use of Symptom Control - West Midlands

Pocket guide giving general advice on management of symptoms in palliative patients.

 

Guidelines Related to Care in the Last Days of Life

Flash Card Principles of End of Life Care

Outlines principles of excellence in end of life care including brief prescribing guidance

 

Transdermal Patch where eGFR greater than 30 mmols/l 

Transdermal Patch where eGFR less than 30 mmols/l 

Flow chart for what to do with transdermal analgesia when patients are entering the terminal phase

 

Management of Diabetes in the Last Days of Life   

 

Supportive Care for Advanced Renal Disease

See pages 11 and 12 which guide adjustments in end of life prescribing for patients with advanced renal disease

 

 

 Additional Documents

Management of Bleeding in Head and  Neck Cancers

Approach to management of patients at risk of bleeding including catastrophic terminal haemorrhage/actute shortness of breath

 

Management of Intractable Breathlessness

Multiprofessional document with approach to managing breathlessness in advanced disease

 

Mouthcare Guidelines

 

  

Additional Guidelines for Palliative Patients

Use of Corticosteroids in Palliative Care

Use of and monitoring of corticosteroids for palliative conditions

 

Advance Care Planning

Guidance/countywide document/capacity assessment/prognostication tool

 

Acute Oncology Guidelines

 

Breaking Bad News

 

Supportive Care for Advanced Renal Disease

Guidance on identifying and supporting patients with advanced kidney disease - prescribing for common symptoms when to refer to palliative care/dieticians and care at the end of life