Fast Facts— Specific Disease and Organ System categories

Specific Diseases & Organ Systems Category List

1. Dementia
2. Other neurologic disorders
3. Chronic pulmonary diseases
4. Cardiac diseases and heart failure
5. Renal diseases and dialysis
6. Gastrointestinal diseases & nutrition
7. Cancer
8. ICU
9. Psychiatric disorders
10. Other

Dementia

#84 Swallow Studies, Tube Feeding and The Death Spiral

#126 Pain Assessment In The Cognitively Impaired

#128 The Speech Pathologist And Swallowing Studies

#150 Prognostication in Dementia

#174 Dementia Medications In Palliative Care

Other neurologic disorders

#62 PREVENTING NEUROLOGIC DEFICITS: EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF EPIDURAL METASTASES

#73 AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIST (ALS) MANAGEMENTOF RESPIRATORY FAILURE

#84 SWALLOW STUDIES, TUBE FEEDING AND THE DEATH SPIRAL

#114 MYOCLONUS

#115 DECLARING BRAIN DEATH: THE NEUROLOGICAL CRITERIA

#128 The Speech Pathologist And Swallowing Studies

#135 Neoplastic Meningitis

Chronic pulmonary diseases

#141 Prognosis in End-Stage COPD

Cardiac diseases and heart failure

#111 Cardiac Pacemakers At The End Of Life

#112 Implantable Cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) at End of Life

#143 Prognostication In Heart Failure

#144 Palliative Care Issues in Heart Failure

Renal diseases and dialysis

#161 Opioid Use in Renal Failure

Gastrointestinal diseases & nutrition

#10 Tube Feed Or Not Tube Feed

#15 Constipation—What Makes Us Go

#45 Medical Management Of Bowel Obstruction

#84 Swallow Studies, Tube Feeding And The Death Spiral

#91 Interventional Options For Malignant Upper Gi Obstruction

#96 Diarrhea In Palliative Care

#119 Invasive Treatment Options For Malignant Bowel Obstruction.

#128 The Speech Pathologist And Swallowing Studies

#176 Evaluation of Malignant Ascites

#177 Palliative Treatment of Malignant Ascites

Cancer

#7 Depression In Advanced Cancer

#13 Determining Prognosis In Advanced Cancer

#14 Palliative Chemotherapy

#45 Medical Management Of Bowel Obstruction

#46 Malignant Wounds

#62 Preventing Neurologic Deficits: Early Diagnosis of Epidural Metastases

#66 Radiation For Palliation-Part 1

#67 Radiation For Palliation-Part 2

#91 interventional Options For Malignant Upper Gi Obstruction

#93 Cannabinoids in the Treatment of Symptoms in Cancer and Aids

#97 Blocks Of The Sympathetic Axis For Visceral Pain

#99 Chemotherapy: Response And Survival Data

#100 Megestrol ACETATE FOR CANCER ANOREXIA/CACHEXIA

#113 Bisphosphonates For Bone Pain

#116 Radiopharmaceuticals For Painful Osseous Metastases.

#119 Invasive Treatment Options For Malignant Bowel Obstruction.

#121 Oral Mucositis: Diagnosis And Assessment.

#129 Steroids In The Treatment Of Bone Pain

#130 Oral Mucositis: Prevention And Treatment

#135 Neoplastic Meningitis

#137 Carcinoid Syndrome

#151 Hypercalcemia of Malignancy

#157 Malignant Pleural Effusions: Interventional Management

#173 Cancer Related Fatigue

#176 Evaluation of Malignant Ascites

#177 Palliative Treatment of Malignant Ascites

#196: Bisphosphonates and Osteonecrosis of the Jaw

#197: Chemotherapy Associated Peripheral Neuropathy

ICU

#33 Ventilator Withdrawal Protocol (Part 1)

#34 Ventilator Withdrawal: Symptom Control (Part 2)

#35 Ventilator Withdrawal: INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS/FAMILIES (PART 3)

#122 Palliative Care And ICU Care - Pre-Admission Assessment

#123 Palliative Care And ICU Care - Daily ICU Care Plan Checklist

#160 Screening for ICU Delirium

#179 CPR Survival in the Hospital Setting

Psychiatric disorders

#7 depression In Advanced Cancer

#32 grief And Bereavment (Part 1)

#43 Is It Grief Or Depression?

#60 Pharmacologic Management of Delirium;Update On Newer Agents

#61 Use Of Psycho-Stimulants In Palliative Care

#68 Is It Pain Or Addiction?

#69 Pseudoaddiction

#88 Nightmares

#101 insomnia : Patient Assessment

#104 Insomnia: Non-Pharmacologic Treatments

#105 Insomnia: Pharmacological Therapies

#110 Urine Drug Testing For Opioids And Marijuana

#127 Substance Use Disorders In the Palliative Care Patient

#145 Panic Disorder at the End of Life

#146 Screening for Depression in Palliative Care

Other

#102 Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (Haart) And Hospice