BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care

Article	Citations
Clinical emergencies in inpatient hospice: simulation-based training to improve nursing confidence	63
COVID-19 deaths in care homes: primary care management study	55
Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from breast cancer: an ambiguous entity	39
Anti-fibrinolytics for mucosal bleeding in adults with life-limiting illnesses: a systematic review	30
Palliative medicine specialist and general practitioner interactions: national survey	29
Alfentanil conversion ratios and successful analgesia	28
Serial fascia iliaca blocks for pathological hip fracture pain	26
Ambulatory palliative care and cancer symptom control: a systematic review and meta-analysis	24
The clock is ticking: can palliative care survive the dual crises of time and workforce shortages?	24
Artificial intelligence and large language models in palliative medicine clinical practice and education	21
Burnout and attachment in oncology and palliative care healthcare professionals	20
Edmonton symptom assessment system global distress score and overall survival among patients with advanced cancer receiving early palliative care	20
Duloxetine for prevention and treatment of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN): systematic review and meta-analysis	19
Support programme for bereaved relatives: a retrospective observational study	19
Palliative treatment disparities in metastatic colon cancer: US retrospective cohort study with disaggregated ethnic groups	18
Cardiac dysfunction in solid tumours: scoping review	17
Cancer pain management: long-term maintenance therapy	17
Omeprazole administration via short subcutaneous infusion	16
End stage kidney disease – palliative peritoneal dialysis programs: narrative review	16
Video consultations in community palliative care – patient satisfaction: mixed methods study	16
Palliative care utilisation globally by cancer patients: systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Patient–caregiver dyads advance care plan value discussions: randomised controlled cancer trial of video decision support tool	15
Existential distress in family caregivers: scoping review of meaning-making interventions	15
Palliative surgery in metastatic gastric cancer: analysis (2007–2021)	14
Emergency department patient diagnostic communication: cohort study	14

Care of the dying – medical student confidence and preparedness: mixed-methods simulation study	14
Morphine for chronic breathlessness in COPD: improvement predictors-cross-sectional study	13
Ethnicity and palliative care: we need better data – five key considerations	13
Palliative physiotherapy in community settings for people with terminal illness	13
Challenges with cancer pain management: novel opioid shortages and cancer trials restrictions	13
Subcutaneous proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) in palliative medicine	13
Proxy medical decision-making: national survey	13
Communication skills: simulated patient goals of care workshop for acute care clinicians	12
End-of-life care for inpatients with schizophrenia: national claims database retrospective cohort study	12
Oral morphine versus transmucosal diamorphine for breakthrough pain in children: methods and outcomes: UK (DIPPER study) consensus	12
Palliative radiotherapy: a one-week course in advanced head and neck cancer – quality of life outcomes	12
How to build a thriving integrative oncology programme	11
Ketamine for chronic limb-threatening ischaemia pain	11
Inpatient deaths by medical service: characteristics in a comprehensive cancer centre	11
Guidelines should be based on all of the evidence	11
End-of-life care quality measures: beyond place of death	11
Wernicke’s encephalopathy in advanced cancer	10
Deodorant pad for ulcerated breast cancer: safety and efficacy	10
Beyond the physical realm: exploring the relationship between spiritual well-being and spiritual care competence	10
Cancer survivor inspiratory muscle training: systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis	10
Olanzapine cost-effectiveness in vomiting and nausea from highly emetogenic chemotherapy in children and adolescents	10
That’s right: palliative care is not simple	10
Assisted dying: is any healthcare option 100% perfect?	10
Patient experiences in high-grade gliomas: from symptoms to radiotherapy	9
Fast-track hospital end-of-life discharge pathway: is it actually fast? National clinical audit	9
Glucocorticoids for pain flare prophylaxis after palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials	9
Palliative sedation and time to death in home palliative care: retrospective analysis	9
End-of-life experiences in advanced cancer: gender differences	9
Quality of death educational programme in a national reference palliative care unit	9
Relationship between dyspnoea and related factors in patients with cancer: a cross-sectional study	9
Pharmacogenomics and symptom management in palliative and supportive care: A scoping review	8
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	8
Living with breathlessness: quality improvement project to enhance staff confidence and patient self-management	8
Esomeprazole for subcutaneous infusion: compatibility with other alkaline medications	8
Subcutaneous antibiotics in palliative medicine: Retrospective chart review	8
Timely community palliative and end-of-life care: a realist synthesis	8
Medical cannabis use in young adults with cancer: a self-reported survey study	8
Skin rash after immunomodulatory drugs for plasma cell neoplasms: effective practical corticosteroid desensitisation regimen	8
Symptom reduction in advanced cancer from multi-session mindful breathing: randomised controlled study	8
Medically assisted dying in Western Europe: legislation review – what has changed in 5 years?	8
Medical oncologists and supportive/palliative care education: prevention of fragmented care	8
Regional hospice and palliative care networks worldwide: scoping review	8
Symptoms, performance status and phase of illness in advanced cancer: multicentre cross-sectional study of palliative care unit admissions	8
The use and timing of rehabilitation and palliative care to cancer patients, and the influence of social vulnerability – a population-based study	8
Caring for a Patient with Inoperable Hip Fracture	8
Patient experiences of randomised placebo-controlled trial participation during end-of-life palliative cancer care	8
Stress and sleep quality in palliative care	8
Dexamethasone and hiccups: a 2000-patient, telephone-based study	8
Rational use of human albumin: plan-do-check-act cycle in clinical practice	7
The European Certificate in Essential Palliative Care in Lebanon: Adaptation and Pilot	7

Young-onset colorectal cancer: treatment-related nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea	7
Specialist palliative care classification: typology development	7
Gynaecologic oncology referrals to specialist palliative care in a tertiary referral centre: population, characteristics and outcomes	7
Advance care planning and caregiver outcomes: intervention efficacy – systematic review	7
Death from cancer: frequent unscheduled care	7
Assisted dying: participation barriers and facilitators – qualitative interview study of doctors’ perceptions	7
Health-related quality of life and frailty in liver cirrhosis	7
End of life care in paediatric settings: UK national survey	7
Uncertainty and hope in relation to anxiety and depression in advanced lung cancer	7
Optimizing quality of life: integrating palliative care for patients with hand-foot syndrome in oncology practice	7
Extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) and palliative care disparities: a national cancer database study	7
Physical activity, fatigue, kinesiophobia and quality of life in prostate cancer	7
Beta-blockers for tenacious saliva: a case report	7
Physical activity and supportive care intervention preferences: a cross-sectional study of barriers in advanced cancer	7
Bone-targeting agents in major solid tumour metastases: a multinational cohort study	7
Time, distress and the social good of palliative medicine research participation	7
Emergency department presentations in palliative care patients: a retrospective cohort study	6
Healthcare media interviews	6
Caregiver burden in advanced cancer in tertiary care palliative medicine	6
Bereaved parents’ quality of life: resilience and professional support	6
Malignancy-related ascites in palliative care units: prognostic factor analysis	6
Patients with cancer and hospital admissions: disease trajectory and strategic choices	6
Anticipatory prescribing in community end-of-life care	6
Rare cause of dyspnoea: phenazopyridine-induced methemoglobinemia	6
Anticipatory prescribing in community end-of-life care: systematic review and narrative synthesis of the evidence since 2017	6
End-of-life interventions in patients with cancer	6
The Value of Palliative Medicine—not another definition!	6
Naldemedine versus placebo in opioid-induced constipation: a meta-analysis	6
Pathological emotionality in neurodegenerative conditions treated with dextromethorphan and quinidine: patients and carers impact	6
Myofascial pain syndrome in patients with cancer: a narrative review	6
Depression prevalence in cardiovascular disease: global systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Terminally Ill Adults Bill: an opportunity to improve continuing healthcare (CHC) in England	6
Indwelling urinary catheters at the end of life are associated with less breakthrough medication use	6
Cannabidiol oil or placebo in advanced cancer–disease progression and survival: a secondary analysis	6
COVID-19 communication resources in a major health system: development and dissemination	6
Acceptance and commitment therapy in metastatic gastrointestinal cancer: patient and caregiver qualitative study	6
International curriculum and core components of kidney supportive care: a guide for clinicians in palliative care	6
Important to distinguish between end-of-life values and preferences for improved advance care planning	6
Early palliative/supportive care in acute myeloid leukaemia allows low aggression end-of-life interventions: observational outpatient study	5
Family carer needs in advanced disease: systematic review of reviews	5
Information provision in life-threatening illnesses: comprehensive framework	5
Sympathetic blocks in cancer pain: coordinate based step-by-step fluoroscopic-guided transdiscal approach	5
Delirium in patients with musculoskeletal tumours: incidence and risk factors – single-centre prospective study	5
Prophylactic antibiotics and corticosteroid prescribing in palliative medicine: retrospective study	5
COVID-19 pandemic stress and cancer symptom burden	5
Repeated radiological procedures in the last 6 months of life in old age: a retrospective study	5
Palliative medicine outpatient clinic ‘no-shows’: retrospective review	5
Parental death: a systematic review of support experiences and needs of children and parent survivors	5
Association between person-centred care quality and advance care planning participation in haemodialysis	5
Effects of early exposure to palliative care on end-of-life outcomes in patients with cancer in a community setting	5
Paediatric advance care planning in life-limiting conditions: scoping review of parent experiences	5
Procalcitonin in advanced urological cancer—bacterial versus non-bacterial infections: prospective cohort study	5
Well-being treatments in cancer care: patient benefits	5
End-of-life and immediate postdeath acute hospital interventions: scoping review	5
Neutropenic event incidence in women with early-stage breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy: a retrospective study	5
Comparison of official reporting on assisted suicide and euthanasia across jurisdictions	5
Voluntary-assisted dying, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: global perspectives—systematic review	5
Auriculotherapy and pain intensity and functional disability in older adults with chronic low back pain: randomised single-blind clinical trial	5
Enteral and parenteral nutrition in patients with cancer: complication rates compared—updated systematic review and meta-analysis	5
The Physician Surprise Question in the Emergency Department: prospective cohort study	5
Cognitive complaints during breast cancer endocrine therapy: aromatase inhibitors versus tamoxifen	5
Malignant bowel obstruction symptoms: subcutaneous bolus esomeprazole-retrospective case series	5
Digital health for cancer symptom management in palliative medicine: systematic review	5
Skeletal muscle mass recovery after oesophagectomy and neoadjuvant chemotherapy in oesophageal cancer: retrospective cohort study	5
Physical exercise and fatigue in advanced gastrointestinal cancer during chemotherapy	5
Does voluntary assisted dying impact quality palliative care? A retrospective mixed-method study	5
Immersive virtual reality and psychological well-being in adult chronic physical illness: systematic review	4
Acute palliative care units: characteristics, activities and outcomes – scoping review	4
Drug dependence epidemiology in palliative care medicinal cannabis trials	4
Non-specialist palliative care - question prompt list preparation: patient, family and clinician experiences	4
Skeletal muscle mass during chemotherapy for haematological malignancies: a retrospective study	4
Ethics of sedation for existential suffering: palliative medicine physician perceptions - qualitative study	4
Deep continuous sedation at the patient’s request until death in a palliative care unit: retrospective study	4
Anaemia investigation and treatment in hospice inpatients: palliative medicine consultants attitudes and practices survey	4
Assisted suicide and euthanasia requests in early palliative care	4
End of life in haematology: quality of life predictors – retrospective cohort study	4
The carbon footprint of a hospice	4
Symptom assessment in the dying: family members versus healthcare professionals	4
End of life in general practice: trends 2009–2019	4
Gold standards framework implementation in an acute hospital: end-of-life outcomes	4

Mortality in hospitalised older patients: the WHALES short-term predictive score	4
Cancer-related fatigue	4
Desire for hastened death in advanced cancer: cross-sectional study in China	4
Personal legacy and treatment choices for serious illness: a scoping review	4
Blood transfusions in palliative medicine and symptom control in solid tumours	4
Palliative Care Curriculum and Training Plan for community health workers	4
Video training of nursing home healthcare workers in palliative care	4
Low serum thyroid-stimulating hormone levels may be an early predictor of sepsis	4
Specialist palliative care out of hours telephone advice in Ireland: a national survey	4
Symptom evolution in the dying	4
Drug prescribing changes in the last year of life among homebound older adults: national retrospective cohort study	4
Palliative care integration into outpatient heart failure management: pilot study	4
Parkinson’s disease: symptoms and medications at the end of life	4
Venting percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy in malignant bowel obstruction: safety and effectiveness in a comprehensive cancer centre	4
Rheumatology and palliative care: needs and opportunities	4
Efficacy of models of palliative care delivered beyond the traditional physician-led, subspecialty consultation service model: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Informal end-of-life care—hidden costs: multi-method analysis	4
Telemedicine for outpatient palliative care during COVID-19 pandemics: a longitudinal study	4
Unmet care needs of patients with advanced cancer and their relatives: multicentre observational study	4
Supportive care interventions in metastatic bone disease: scoping review	4
Postoperative pain following intraoperative acupuncture: a randomized‑controlled study	4
Advanced breast, cervical and prostate cancer- Patient needs: systematic review	4
Valproic acid as an adjuvant analgesic: adult Fanconi syndrome	4
Are the deprescribing guidelines for proton pump inhibitors in palliative care applicable? A monocentric observational study	3
Tramadol for moderate cancer pain: a reappraisal	3
Handgrip strength assessment in geriatric populations: digital dynamometers comparative study	3
Palliative care in cirrhosis of the liver	3
Impact of bedside ultrasound on care in specialist palliative care units: a qualitative study	3
Palliative rehabilitation and quality of life: systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Dysphagia screening post-stroke: systematic review	3
Hospital end-of-life care aggressiveness in adult solid tumour patients pre and post COVID-19: retrospective multicentre cohort study	3
Bioethics and hospital palliative care: a systematic review	3
Reimagining cancer care in the USA: advancing supportive oncology through the Cancer Moonshot Program	3
Consumer satisfaction, palliative care and artificial intelligence (AI)	3
UK hospices: fairness, funding, fit	3
Burn trauma management: palliative care integration	3
Burden prediction in cancer caregivers: role of social support and connectedness	3
Reframing assisted dying through the civil law: possibilities and challenges for the UK	3
20 years of palliative medicine practice in South Australia: from a burns unit to hospice	3
Last 24 hours: opioid use survey	3
Virtual reality interventions for mental health and well-being in palliative care: systematic review and narrative synthesis – outcomes, techniques, processes and mechanisms	3
Shifting US location patterns in leukaemia mortality: retrospective analysis	3
Cancer centre information and support services and patient needs: participatory action research study	3
Palliative care volunteer roles in Nordic countries: qualitative studies—systematic review and thematic synthesis	3
Peer support-based online education, burden of care and quality of life among family caregivers of patients with leukaemia: non-randomised clinical trial	3
What do family caregivers of patients with life-threatening diseases need from healthcare professionals? A qualitative study	3
Subcutaneous lacosamide for seizures	3
Spiritual care in palliative medicine: interactive, virtual workshop for specialists	3
Unmet needs: system-focused investigations	3
When the game is hard, more complex weapons are needed	3
Oregon Death with Dignity Act access: 25 year analysis	3
Cyclizine continuous subcutaneous infusion in palliative medicine: practice survey	3
Malodour from oral malignant fungating wound: sprayed metronidazole – case report	3
The Surprise Question and clinician-predicted prognosis: systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Severe hypoglycaemia in paediatric oncology: characterisation and risk factors	3
End-of-life preferences of people with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	3
Geriatric screening and comprehensive geriatric assessment during initial oncology appointments	3
Gender equality in palliative medicine editorial boards, authorships and national societies	3
Mobile technology and delegated work in specialist community services: the EnComPaSS Integration project	3
Symptom burden among men treated for castration-resistant prostate cancer: a longitudinal study	3
Burnout in Palliative Care - Difficult Cases: Qualitative Study	3
Advance and future care planning: strategic approaches in Wales	3
Futile life-sustaining treatment in the intensive care unit – nurse and physician experiences: meta-synthesis	3
Parenteral nutrition in palliative care: single-centre observational study	3
Implementation of palliative care day hospital for outpatients with advanced cancer	3
Sleep quality and coping styles among nurses working in tertiary cancer institutions: a mixed-method study	3
Palliative care integration in the intensive care unit: healthcare professionals’ perspectives – a qualitative study	3
Advance care and resuscitation plans in a tertiary hospital: a multimodal approach	3
Rethinking palliative care inside a cancer centre	3
Osimertinib-induced radiation recall pneumonitis	3
Haematology and specialist palliative medicine education and training	3
Did the assisted dying debate kill evidence-based discussion?	3
The Surprise Question	3
Home emergency response team for the seriously ill palliative care patient: feasibility and effectiveness	3
Effects of specialised nutritional interventions in patients with incurable cancer: a systematic review	3
Novel multidisciplinary ambulatory palliative care clinic: staff opinion and job satisfaction	3
Trends in utilisation of palliative care services in COVID-19 patients and their impact on hospital resources in the USA: insights from the national inpatient sample	3
Spiritual care in incurable cancer: physician views	3
Supportive relationships between patients and family caregivers in specialist palliative care: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators	3
Assisted dying and medical practice: questions and considerations for healthcare organisations	3
Peripheral nerve blocks in advanced cancer pain: retrospective case series	3
Geographical distance and reduced access to palliative radiotherapy: systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Breast cancer survivors–supportive care needs: systematic review	3
New UK palliative medicine consultants: clinical and non-clinical preparedness after higher specialty training	3
Acetazolamide versus placebo for cerebral oedema requiring dexamethasone in recurrent and/or progressive high-grade glioma: phase II randomised placebo-controlled double-blind study	3