poster exhibition saturday, may 9th

POSTER EXHIBITION
08:45 – 18:00
SATURDAY, MAY 9TH
PE 2
Foyer
Assessment & Measurement Tools
S1
Evoked brain potentials connected with tactile sensations, skin and joint
pain as the chance of palliative care objective assessment
Efim M. Tsirulnikov1, E. S. Titkov1, G. A. Oganesyan1, A. I. Smirnova1; 1St.-Petersburg (RU)
S3
The validation of the French Brief Edinburgh Depression Scale (BEDS)
Wadih Rhondali1, Mari Lloyd-Williams2, Pierre Saltel1, Marilene Filbet1; 1Lyon (FR),
2
Liverpool (GB)
S4
Validation of the Danish Barriers Questionnaire II
Ramune Jacobsen1, Claus Møldrup1, Lona Christrup1, Per Sjøgren1, Ole Bo Hansen2;
1
Copenhagen (DK), 2Holbæk (DK)
S5
The Danish version of the questionnaire on pain communication: Validation
in cancer patients
Ramune Jacobsen1, Claus Møldrup1, Lona Christrup1, P Sjøgren1, Ole Bo Hansen2;
1
Copenhagen (DK), 2Holbæk (DK)
S6
The project of a “clinical nutritional commission” in a hospital center
(Oncology Institute and General Hospital) in Southern Switzerland
Piero Sanna1, Silvia Walther-Veri1, Hans Neuenschwander1; 1Bellinzona (CH)
S7
The Distress Thermometer used in daily practice in advanced cancer
patients admitted to a unit for palliative care
Wendy H Oldenmenger1, Silvia Van Dooren1, Hugo J Duivenvoorden1,
Marjolein Bannink1, F E Witkamp1, Marleen K Zoetemeijer1, Agnes Jager1,
Jan Passchier1, Carin CD Van der Rijt1; 1Rotterdam (NL)
S9
Usefulness of the Palliative Performance Scale in prognostication for a
Portuguese hospital-based palliative care team
Filipa C Tavares1, Emília Fradique1, Amélia Matos1, Alexandra Coelho1,
Alexandra Ramos1, Patrícia Soares1; 1Lisboa (PT)
S10
A comparison of palliative care outcome measures used to assess the
quality of palliative care provided in residential aged care facilities: A
systematic review
Deborah Parker1, Brent Hodgkinson1; 1Brisbane (AU)
S11
Ultrasound diagnostic at home in palliative setting in abdomen and chest
disease
Simone Piazza1, Franco Vicario1, Aurelio Prino1, Silvia Poletti1, Oscar Alabiso1; 1Novara (IT)
S14
Usefulness of screening tools for delirium in palliative care units
Nele J Van Den Noortgate1, Tim Desmedt1, Ruth Piers1, Els Steeman1; 1Gent (BE)
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S15
Quality of life in palliative patients: Comparison of assessment tools and
subjective well-being
Stephanie Stiel1, Norbert Krumm1, Katharina Kues1, Frank Elsner1, Lukas Radbruch1;
1
Aachen (DE)
S16
Assessment of symptoms in hospitalized patients with advanced chronic
diseases. Is there agreement between patients and doctors?
M. Alejandra Palma Behnke1, Ignacia del Río Silva1, Pilar Bonati1, Luis Villarroel1,
Patricia Olivares1, Flavio Nervi1; 1Santiago (CL)
S17
The impact of pain behaviour on pain intensity in older persons with severe
dementia: Reliability of the MOBID Pain Scale by video uptake
Bettina S Husebø1, Liv-Inger Strand1, Rolf Moe-Nilssen1, Stein B Husebo1,
Anne E Ljunggren1; 1Bergen (NO)
S18
Comparison to a gold standard: Concurrent validity of the MOBID-2 Pain
Scale
Bettina S Husebo1, Siri Amundsen1; 1Bergen (NO)
S19
A multi centre study of attitudinal barriers to cancer pain management
Valgerdur Sigurdardottir1, Sigridur Gunnarsdottir2, Marianne Kloke3, Lukas Radbruch4,
Rainer Sabatowski5, Stein Kaasa6, Pål Klepstad6; 1Kopavogur (IS), 2Reykjavík (IS), 3Essen
(DE), 4Aachen (DE), 5Dresden (DE), 6Trondheim (NO)
S20
Psychological diagnostic profile of palliative patients
Maria Nabal1, Pilar Marine1, Carmen Serret1, Teresa Juvero1, Esther Perez1,
Concepción Palomar1, Rosa M Casals1; 1Lleida (ES)
S21
Can practice knowledge inform the development of competencies in the
nursing management of terminal restlessness?
M. O’Connor1, Katrina Mary Recoche2, Susan Lee2, Jennifer Newton2; 1Melbourne (AU),
2
Frankston (AU)
S22
Implementing palliative outcome measures in a palliative care unit (PCU) in
Argentina
Ernesto Vignaroli1, Mariela Bertolino1, Adriana De Marco1, Elizabeth Ledesma1,
Fanny Vega1, Gabriela Peirano1, Victoria Rey1, Guillermo Mammana1, Roberto Wenk1,
Stephen Connor2; 1Ciudad de Buenos Aires (AR), 2Alexandria (US)
S23
Outcomes measures of care in caregivers (CG) in a palliative care (PC) unit in
Argentina
Ernesto Vignaroli1, Mariela Bertolino1, Ana Correa1, Marina Macchi1, Fanny Vega1,
Gabriela Peirano1, Victoria Rey1, Roberto Wenk1, Stephen Connor2;
1
Ciudad de Buenos Aires (AR), 2Alexandria (US)
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S24
Health professionals’ views and use of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment
System in the care of patients with advanced cancer
Inmaculada Velasco Velasco1, Maria Arantzamendi1, Carlos Centeno1, Ana Carvajal1,
Ana De Santiago1; 1Pamplona (ES)
S25
A multi-centre validation study of two numerical rating scale versions of
the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) in palliative care (PC)
patients (PTS)
Sharon Watanabe1, Cheryl Nekolaichuk1, Crystal Beaumont1; 1Edmonton (CA)
S26
Palliative care needs assesment in Republic of Moldova
Daniela Mosoiu; Brasov (RO)
S27
Building local capacity and sustainability in hospice and home based care –
A study of hospice and palliative care services in South Africa
Andre Wagner; Cape Town (ZA)
S28
Therapeutic relevance of non-invasive diagnostics in palliative care –
results from a representative survey and own experiences
Bernd Alt-Epping1, Ruth Maria Baumann1, Gabriele Lindena2, Friedemann Nauck1;
1
Göttingen (DE), 2Kleinmachnow (DE)
S29
Computer assisted tool for documentation and quality assurance in pain
and symptom management in palliative care patients (QUAST Palliative
Module)
Katri-Elina Clemens1, Hans-Helmut Gockel2, Maja Falckenberg3, Martin Gleim4,
Sabine Schulzeck4, Christoph Maier5; 1Bonn (DE), 2München (DE), 3Hamburg (DE),
4
Kiel (DE), 5Bochum (DE)
S31
Development of assessment tool for terminal cancer patients
Sujin Koh; Seoul (KR)
S33
Monitoring the effect of palliatieve sedation: a systematic review
Tijn Brinkkemper1, Arjanne Van Noorel1, Karolina M. Szadek1, Jaap Gootjes1,
Corry Van Tol1, Roberto S.G.M. Perez1, Wouter W.A. Zuurmond1; 1Amsterdam (NL)
S34
Assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practices in end-of-life care
Maria Dolores T. Teneza1, Milagros F. Neri1, Macario F. Reandelar1; 1Quezon (PH)
Audit & Quality Control
S35
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Constipation – How to audit practice against standards
Melanie Jayne Brooks1, Fawad Ahmad2, Andrew Dickman1, Clare Littlewood3,
Matthew Makin4, Christine Duddle5; 1Liverpool (GB), 2Leicester (GB), 3Merseyside (GB),
4
Wrexham (GB), 5Wigan (GB)
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S36
Intention to leave: A hospice problem?
Emanuela Porta1, Barbara Rizzi1, Lia Biagetti1, Valentina Vignola1, Daniela Cattaneo1;
1
Milano (IT)
S37
Are referrals to the specialist palliative care team influenced by the team’s
presence at multi-disciplinary meetings?
Lindsay Eleanor McNeil1, Alison Mitchell2; 1Ayr (GB), 2Glasgow (GB)
S38
24-hour specialist palliative care advice line: An audit of the first 5 years
Ivan Trotman1, Sue Gale1, Humaira Jamal1; 1London (GB)
S39
Care audit in the African setting
Colleen Louise Dempers1, Kath DeFilippi1; 1Cape Town (ZA)
S40
Quality of life of cancer patients treated in Helsinki University Central
Hospital, Department of Oncology. A cross-sectional study
Tiina Saarto1, Tiina Tasmuth1, Anneli Elme1, Anna-Stina Jääskeläinen1; 1Helsinki (FI)
S41
The “Therapeutics Drug Round” – Improving the quality of hospice
inpatient prescribing
Jonathan R Martin1, Corinna Midgley1, Zulfi Thebo1; 1Romford (GB)
S42
An audit of antibiotic prescribing in a hospice inpatient unit
Anna S Murray1, Aruna K Hodgson1; 1Wigan (GB)
S43
Audit of inpatient prescribing by clinical staff on the inpatient unit
Emily Wighton1, Laura Gammage1, Margaret Hook1, Clare Kendall1; 1Bristol (GB)
S44
Audit of patient´s transfer letters on admssion to a specialist palliative care
unit
Elaine M Wallace1, Denise M Hayes1, Tony O’Brien1, Marie Murphy1; 1Cork (IE)
S45
Analysis of nursing documentation at palliative care ward
Jana Nemcová1, Katarína Ziaková1, Gabriela Srámeková2, Radka Serfelová1; 1Martin
(SK), 2Trstená (SK)
S46
Antibiotics in palliative care – Results from the HOPE 2006 Evaluation
Norbert Krumm1, Stephanie Stiel1, Martina Pestinger1, Frank Elsner1, Lukas Radbruch1;
1
Aachen (DE)
S47
Audit of major heamorrhage across hospice, hospital and community care
settings
Helen Bonwick1, Anita L Roberts1, Jan Howard1, Catriona Mayland1; 1Liverpool (GB)
S48
Bowel Management: An audit of recorded bowel management practice
Geraldine Tracey1, Gemma Kilcommons1, Kate Mcloughlin1; 1Dublin (IE)
S49
Withdrawn but not forgotten: Improving palliative care in intensive care
Paul C McConnell1, Catriona MacNeil1; 1Glasgow (GB)
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S50
Developing and collecting a Minimum Data Set for palliative care
Daniela Mosoiu1, Sorina Pop2, Arthur Sarosi2, Malina Dumitrescu1; 1Brasov (RO),
2
Cluj- Napoca (RO)
S51
Study on the value of Plain Film Abdomens (PFA´S) in assessing
constipation in palliative care outpatients
Geraldine Keane Campbell1, Helen Ely1, Eileen Mannion2, Dymphna Waldron2;
1
Roscommon (IE), 2Galway (IE)
S52
Evaluation of polypharmacy in home care and ambulatory services in a
palliative care unit
Luciana R B Trombini1, Leandro A Barbosa1, Maria F Barbosa1, Thaísa A Nogueira2,
Leandro C Pereira2, Sandra G G Lima1; 1Rio de Janeiro (BR), 2Niterói (BR)
S53
Identification of polypharmacy in home care service in palliative care unit
Luciana R B Trombini1, Leandro A Barbosa1, Luciano S Castro1, Maria F Barbosa1,
Leandro C Pereira2, Sandra G G Lima1; 1Rio de Janeiro (BR), 2Niterói (BR)
S54
Safe disposal of opioids in the community
Mehrnoush Mirhosseini1, Laurie Lemieux2, Dawn Davies1, Tara Wren1,
Ron Marcinkoski1; 1Edmonton (CA), 2Calgary (CA)
S55
Profile of the patients retrieved from pharmaceuticals anamnesis of a
palliative care unit: A useful tool
Maria F Barbosa1, Leandro A Barbosa1, Leandro C Pereira2, Sandra G G Lima1;
1
Rio de Janeiro (BR), 2Niterói (BR)
S56
A prospective evaluation of the effectiveness of interventional pain
management procedures in cancer pain – A pilot study
Natasha Michael1, Catherine McGonagle1, Frances O’Driscoll1, Tony O’Brien1,
John Browne1; 1Cork (IE)
S57
Bereaved relatives evaluation of a specialised outgoing palliative care
service in Denmark. A questionnaire survey
Lena E Lundorff1, Birte H Jønsson1, Lene Frandsen1, Kirsten Olesen1, Else Hjortbak2,
Jørgen Eriksen2; 1Herning (DK), 2Holstebro (DK)
S58
Can the outpatient treatment in palliative care be ensured by the present
care providers in Germany?
Alexander Laske1, Carolin Eichstädt1, Wolf Diemer1; 1Greifswald (DE)
S59
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in advanced cancer patients in a
comprehensive cancer center in Czech Republic – Retrospective analysis of
decision making in end of life care of 100 cancer patients
Ondrej Slama1, Rostislav Vyzula1; 1Brno (CZ)
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SATURDAY, MAY 9TH
Does early palliative care consultation in the emergency department affect
hospital length of stay?
Denise Waselewsky1, Amarinder Singh1, Jeri Burn1, Robert Zalenski1; 1Detroit (US)
Basic Science & Translation Research
S61
EMG frequencies changes in cancer related fatigue
Mellar P Davis1, Guang Yue1, Alexandria Wyant1, Katarzyna Kisiel-Sajewicz1,
Dilara Seyidova-Khoshknabi1, Declan Walsh1; 1Cleveland (US)
S62
Medical ozone oil suspension applications heal osteonecrosis of the jaws
(ONJs) in patients treated with bisfosfonates (BPs). Preliminary results of a
single institution protocol
Carla Ripamonti1, Massimo Maniezzo1, Roberto Ghiringhelli2, Elena Fagnoni1,
Tiziana Campa1, Luigi Mariani1, Enrico Cislaghi1; 1Milan (IT), 2Varese (IT)
S63
Improvement of Quality of Life (QoL) of patients with advanced
haematological or oncological diseases at a palliative unit
Andrea Passini1, Susanne Praßl1, Elke Hayn-Völkl1, Katja Gruber1, Herbert Kainz1,
Felix Keil1; 1Leoben (AT)
S64
The cleo90 subcutaneous needle system for patients on a palliative care
unit
Michael Schneider1, Martin Hoffmann1, Antje Beyer1, Stefan Lorenzl1; 1München (DE)
S65
Disorders in hemostatic system can be target for antitumor treatment of
metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC)
Ilya Tsimafeyeu; Moscow (RU)
S66
Calcium channels blokers as adjuvant of opioid analgesia
Piotr Kosson1, Anna Klinowiecka1, Jerzy Jarosz1, Andrzej Wojciech Lipkowski1; 1Warsaw
(PL)
S67
Pharmacokinetics of gentamicin subcutaneous administration, an N of 1
Paul W Walker; Houston (US)
Bereavement
S69
A comparison of bereavement services provided in hospice and palliative
care settings in Australia, the UK and the US
Margaret O’Connor1, Sheila Payne2, Craig Demmer3, Jo-Anne Abbott1; 1Melbourne
(AU), 2Lancaster (GB), 3New York (US)
S70
Living with loss in a social world: A curiosity about what people find useful
(and ´un-useful´) in managing their loss
Kimberley M McLaughlin; Berkhamsted (GB)
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S71
Settling with troubling memories: Exploring the need and possibilities for
assisting bereaved families with ‘difficult’ relationships after death
Francesca Tong; Pinelands (ZA)
S72
You’ve forgotten us! How to balance the competing demands of paediatric
palliative care and bereavement support needs. Life Force team share their
experiences of running two memory days
Bernadette O’gorman1, Sara Portnoy1; 1London (GB)
S73
What to tell children and not to tell, if their parents are dying with
terminally ill disease
Stella Mwari Rithara; Nairobi (KE)
S74
Life with your children after the death of your partner
Irene Murphy1, Tom Hogan1, E. Gordon1, T. O’Sullivan1; 1Cork (IE)
Education
S75
Sharing the journey: Role modeling as a teaching strategy in palliative care
Beth Perry; Edmonton (CA)
S76
Survey of palliative care concepts among medical students and interns in
Austria: A comparison of the old and the new curriculum of the Medical
University of Vienna
Gudrun MI Pohl1, Christine Marosi1, Karin Ute Dieckmann1, Gregor Goldner1,
Katharina Elandt1, Marco Hassler1, Heinz P Ludwig1, Herbert Watzke1; 1Wien (AT)
S77
The landscape of formal CME in palliative care for GP´s in Flanders, Belgium
Peter F Pype1, Bart Van den Eynden1; 1Antwerpen (BE)
S78
A descriptive survey to assess the palliative care knowledge of generalist
public health nurses in the mid west region of Ireland
Hilary R Smyth; Limerick (IE)
S79
Exploratory study of primary health care providers´ feelings of comfort
with caring for the terminally Ill patients using multiple regression and
structural equation modeling
Mone Palacios1, Claudio Violato1, Jose L Pereira2; 1Calgary (CA), 2Ottawa (CA)
S80
What do medical students learn about palliative care?
Kathrin Woitha1, Yvonne Engels1, Jeroen Fokke1, Birgit Jaspers2, Johannes Menten3,
Bill Noble4, Wojciech Leppert5, Jean-Marc Mollard6, Kris C P Vissers1; 1Nijmegen (NL),
2
Bonn (DE), 3Leuven (BE), 4Sheffield (GB), 5Poznan (PL), 6Paris (FR)
S81
Education and training for physiotherapists in palliative care. Experiences
with the curriculum “Physiotherapy in Palliative Care”
Rainer Simader; Wels (AT)
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S82
Japan Partners Against Pain (JPAP) activities and effects on pain
management awareness in the medical community
Norio Meguro1, Takayuki Noguchi2, Akiyoshi Namiki3, Takashi Mashimo1,
Naohito Shimoyama4, Setsuro Ogawa4, Kazuo Hanaoka4; 1Osaka (JP), 2Yufu (JP),
3
Sapporo (JP), 4Tokyo (JP)
S83
A project of transfering expertise from a hospice in a hospital setting to
local nursing homes – Experiences
Turid K Reinvold1, Anne Blaafladt1, Are P Normann1, Rigmor V Lindahl1; 1Oslo (NO)
S84
Teaching professionals on how to support patients and families with cancer
Antonis Socrati Tryphonos; Larnaca (CY)
S85
An educative journey leading to better support for adults with intellectual
disability who have developed an advanced or progressive, life-limiting
illness
Corinna J Midgley1, Jane Sutherland1; 1Romford (GB)
S86
Government and NGOs cooperation to improve of palliative care
specialists’ education and training in Ukraine
Anatoliy Tsarenko1, Yuriy Gubskiy1, Vira Tchaykovska1, Leonid Stadnyuk1,
Viktor Serdiuk1, Svitlana Martynyuk-Gres’1; 1Kyiv (UA)
S87
Results of dental screening during bisphosphonate therapy
Jens H Papke1, Simone Papke1, Simone Berger1, Alkje Schuetze2; 1Neustadt (DE),
2
Dresden (DE)
S88
Learning by doing: Integration of a research project on communication into
a master´s degree program
Ulrich S. Schuler1, Barbara Schubert1; 1Dresden (DE)
S89
Development of telephone advice training for hospice in-patient nursing
staff
Sarah Louise Wells1, Jane Murray1; 1Solihull (GB)
S90
Which competencies do care givers need for providing spiritual care?
Annemieke Kuin1, Marijke Wulp1; 1Bunnik (NL)
S91
General practice palliative care education initiative: Program review
Tanya L Trevena1, Patsy M Yates2; 1Herston (AU), 2Kelvin Grove (AU)
S92
Certified palliative care courses for nurses, course leader qualification and
activity in Germany – Analysis of nation-wide data from 1998 – 2008
Eva Schumacher1, Martina Kern1, Monika Mueller1, Klaus Aurnhammer2; 1Bonn (DE),
2
Voelklingen (DE)
S93
Nursing education in palliative care – Challenges and opportunities
Nicoleta Mitrea; Brasov (RO)
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S94
Contribution of palliative care toward developing nursing as an
autonomous profession in Romania
Nicoleta Mitrea; Brasov (RO)
S95
Patient awareness and knowledge of clinical trials: Do research specific
educational interventions increase patient enrollment?
Carla Stiles1, Laureen Johnson1, Tevi Helland-Nergaard1, Darlene Whyte1,
Jane Gardner1; 1Calgary (CA)
S96
Undergraduate education in palliative care (PC). First 3 years of experience
Raul A Sala1, Karina Zanini1, Sonia D Juarez1, Cecilia Rapelli1, Luis E Fein1; 1Rosario (AR)
S97
Palliative education for volunteers: Towards harmonization of
competencies
Francoise Porchet1, Christine Burki1, Yvette Depallens2, Alix Noble Burnand1,
Catherine Hoenger1; 1Lausanne (CH), 2Villeneuve (CH)
S98
A quality frame for nurse education in palliative care in the Netherlands
Herlin Woldberg1, Arianne Brinkman1, Els Prikker1, Angelique De Wit1, Paul Vogelaar1,
Anja Guldemond1; 1Breda (NL)
S99
Getting into pedagogy: Action research in the Macmillan Specialist
Palliative Care Team, North Wales NHS Trust (East)
Theresa Richards1, Marlise Poolman1, Alison Foster1; 1Wrexham (GB)
S100 Baby doctors in palliative medicine – Helping arrivals deal with departures
Marlise Poolman1, Frederick Speyer1, Matthew Makin1; 1Wrexham (GB)
S101
Literary fruits along the palliative way
Harald Retschitzegger; Ried/Innkreis (AT)
S102
International multidisciplinary course: Suffering in orthodox perspective
Nicolae Mosoiu1, Daniel Hinshaw2, Daniela Mosoiu3; 1Sibiu (RO), 2Michigan (US),
3
Brasov (RO)
S103
Communication with the dying patient – Results of a controlled
intervention study on communication skills in undergraduates
Christian Schulz1, Mischa Möller1, Irma Schmincke-Blau1, Martin W Schnell1; 1Witten (DE)
S104 Interprofessional communication taught to German nursing and medical
undergraduates in a seminar on palliative care needs of the elderly
Johannes Just1, Christian Schulz1, Harald Haynert1, Julia Katérla1, Martin W Schnell1;
1
Witten (DE)
S105
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The clinical diploma in palliative medicine – A resounding success
Patricia Margaret Treston; Brisbane (AU)
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S106 Experience of a first 120 hours case seminar course over a two years period
to train in palliative medicine in Germany
Wilhelm Freiherr von Hornstein1, Tobias Reiber1, Gudrun Meinshausen1;
1
Freiburg im Breisgau (DE)
S107
Research and education in palliative care: A European perspective
Kathrin Woitha1, Yvonne Engels1, Wojciech Leppert2, Nisar Ahmed3, Sam H Ahmedzai3,
Bill Noble3, Xavier Gómez-Batiste4, Silvia Paz5, Birgit Jaspers6, Eberhard Klaschik6,
Johannes Menten7, Karen An Leon van Beek7, Jean-Marc Mollard8, Kris CP Vissers1;
1
Nijmegen (NL), 2Poznan (PL), 3Sheffield (GB), 4Barcelona (ES), 5Castelló de la Plana (ES),
6
Bonn (DE), 7Leuven (BE), 8Paris (FR)
S109
Education and expertise development in palliative care in the Netherlands
Marieke M. Groot1, Yvonne Engels1, Jeroen Fokke1, Kris Vissers1; 1Nijmegen (NL)
S110
Preparing prisoners to become palliative care supporters in and out of
prison
Joan Mary Marston1, Mardia Visser1; 1Bloemfontein (ZA)
S111
Effects of a multi-professional course for paediatric palliative care (PPC) in
Germany
Wilma Henkel1, Susanne Herzog1, Tanja Hechler1, Boris Zernikow1; 1Datteln (DE)
S112
Palliative care by the general practitioner in Flanders: The HiPP-project
Bart Van den Eynden1, Lucas Ceulemans2, Noël Derycke2, Peter Demeulenaere2,
Jo Lisaerde2, Jos Van Bragt2, Martine De Raedt2, Gabie Thijs2; 1Mortsel (BE), 2Antwerp
(BE)
S113
Diagnosing dying – A neglected topic in medical textbooks
Sabine Pleschberger1, Eva Eggenberger1, Sandra Hornek1; 1Wien (AT)
S115
SENTENCE – Which of diagnosis is a “sentence”? The comparative study of
attitudes towards different chronic diseases
Magdalena Osowicka1, Monika Lichodziejewska-Niemierko1, Blazej Przybyslawski1;
1
Gdansk (PL)
S116
Dissemination of research results over the internet – A web-based
anthology of palliative care
Joakim Öhlén1, Magdalena Andersson2, Rigmor Fransson3, Ingegerd Lindquist1;
1
Gothenburg (SE), 2Eslöv (SE), 3Lund (SE)
S118
Educational training in palliative medicine – The experience of the
University of Turin
Fulvia Vignotto1, Antonio Mussa1, Anna De Luca1; 1Torino (IT)
S119
Palliatieve sedation in the Netherlands: A lesson for professional caregivers
J. Mathilde van der Breggen1, A. van der Heide1; 1Rotterdam (NL)
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End of Life Care & Quality of Death
S120
Palliative care in the ITU – The intensivist perspective
Alistair McKeown1, Chris Cairns2, Mike Cornbleet1, Andrew Longmate2; 1Denny (GB),
2
Stirling (GB)
S121
Prime tasks of our palliative consulting team at the Wilhelminenhospital in
Vienna: An evaluation from september 2007 – august 2008
Heidemarie Seemann1, Doris Heidegger1, Michaela Werni1, Barbara Hörnlein1; 1Wien
(AT)
S122
A longitudinal study of the prognostic role of quality of life factors on
length of survival of terminal cancer patients receiving palliative care in
Taiwan
Chia-Chin Lin; Taipei (TW)
S123
Knowledge and attitudes of intellectual disability and palliative care by
specialist palliartive care teams and ID carers in Kent
David John Oliver1, Rachel Forrester-Jones2, Lisa Duplock2; 1Chatham (GB),
2
Canterbury (GB)
S124
Medication at the end of life for motor neurone disease
David J Oliver1, Carole Tallon2, Nigel Sykes3, Richard Sloan4, Colin Campbell5,
Tony O’Brien6, Jane Taylor1; 1Rochester (GB), 2Northampton (GB), 3London (GB),
4
Dorchester (GB), 5Scarborough (GB), 6Cork (IE)
S125
Predictors of home death among palliative cancer patients in a primary
care setting
Mette Asbjoern Neergaard1, Frede Olesen1, Anders Bonde Jensen1, Jens Sondergaard2;
1
Aarhus (DK), 2Odense (DK)
S126
Identifying professional barriers and facilitators to discussing future care
and preferred place of death with patients who have advanced cancer
Bruce Mason1, Scott Murray1, Kirsty Boyd1, Marilyn Kendall1, Stephen Barclay2,
Aziz Sheikh1, Keri Thomas3; 1Edinburgh (GB), 2Cambridge (GB), 3Birmingham (GB)
S127
Evaluation of the quality of palliative care in stationary hospices from the
perspective of patients/their families and those performing the care
Karolina Pietruk1, Anna Doboszyńska1; 1Warsaw (PL)
S128
´What evidence is there about the specific environmental needs of older
people who are near the end of life and are cared for in hospices or similar
institutions?´ A literature review
Janet S Rigby1, Sheila Payne1, Katherine Froggatt1; 1Lancaster (GB)
S129
The impact of poor coordination of community service provision on end of
life care for patients with cancer
Mary O’Brien1, Barbara Jack1; 1Ormskirk (GB)
124
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S130
The management of diabetes mellitus in pallaitive patients including
patients on the Liverpool Care Pathway for the dying patient
Emer McKenna1, Laura Chapman1, Trudy Hutchinson1; 1Liverpool (GB)
S131
A survey of experiences and views of doctors working in an Irish teaching
hospital to prognostication
Carol A Stone; Dublin (IE)
S132
The role and involvement of the specialized supporting health service “LEIF
physicians” in end-of-life decision making in Belgium
Yanna Van Wesemael1, Joachim Cohen1, Bregje Onwuteaka-Phillipsen2, Johan Bilsen1,
Luc Deliens1; 1Jette (BE), 2Amsterdam (NL)
S133
Mortality in the dialysis population – When should termination be
considered?
Camilla Murtagh1, Helen Austin1, Jennifer Philip1, Hilton Gock1; 1Melbourne (AU)
S134
Preferred place of care for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) who are
terminally ill
Irene Tuffrey-Wijne1, Jane Bernal2, Sheila Hollins3; 1SW RE (GB), 2Redruth (GB), 3London
(GB)
S135
The end-of-life experiences of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) who
have cancer
Irene Tuffrey-Wijne1, Jane Bernal2, Sheila Hollins1; 1London (GB), 2Redruth (GB)
S136
Hospice home visits of the Regional Hospice Centre Zagreb
Matija Rimac; Zagreb (HR)
S137
Use of a multidisciplinary institutional protocol on continuous palliative
sedation until death based on the Dutch guideline ‘Palliative Sedation’
Helma van Dijk1, C. van Zuylen1, F. J.P.M. Huygen1, H. T. M. van Veluw1,
C. C. D. van der Rijt1; 1Rotterdam (NL)
S138
Hope at the end-of-life: Perceptions of Portuguese cancer patients
submitted to palliative chemotherapy
Ana Querido; Leiria (PT)
S139
Hydration and the dying patient: The views of bereaved relatives
Catriona Rachel Mayland1, Evelyn M I Williams1, Julia Addington-Hall2,
John E Ellershaw1; 1Liverpool (GB), 2Southampton (GB)
S140
Does the Liverpool Care of the Dying Pathway (LCP) have an impact on the
quality of care for dying patients: The views of bereaved relatives?
Catriona R Mayland1, Evelyn M I Williams1, Julia Addington-Hall2, John E Ellershaw1;
1
Liverpool (GB), 2Southampton (GB)
S141
Developing competencies for end-of-life care in care homes
Nicola Beech1, John Lansdell1, Mary Mahoney1; 1Crawley (GB)
125
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S142
Community based nurse led palliative care clinics
Marie D Savage1, Jackie Westlake-Tritton1, Cindy Guerin1, Ruth Hammond1,
Belinda Smith1; 1Luton (GB)
S143
Living on hold
Anna Sandgren1, Hans Thulesius1, Bengt Fridlund2; 1Växjö (SE), 2Jönköping (SE)
S144
Raising the Bar in generalist palliative care
Jackie Westlake-Tritton1, Sue Semper1, Sally Spencer1, Chris Simpkins1, Marion Dalton1,
Jane England1; 1Luton (GB)
S145
Empirical insights into spiritual care for the dying
Traugott Roser1, Thomas Hagen1, Christina Forster1, Gian D Borasio1; 1München (DE)
S146
Oxycodon Slow Release (S.R.) + Zonisamide for cancer pain: A randomized,
single-blind, controlled pilot-study
Danilo Pinto1, Paola Bonaccia1, Fabio Marinelli1; 1Naples (IT)
S147
An experience of Buddhism based palliative care 2: How Buddhism priest
see their roles in PCU?
Kazuko Matoba1, Haruo Sakiyama2, Takesi Deguchi3, Takafumi Morita4;
1
Nagaoka-shi (JP), 2Kyoto/ Guildford (JP), 3Tokyo (JP), 4Niigata (JP)
S148
Request to turn off life sustaining Left Ventricular Assist Device
Parag Bharadwaj1, Jaclyn Yu1, Rita Hand1, Sinan Simsir1; 1Los Angeles (US)
S149
A national guideline for spiritual care in the Netherlands
Carlo Leget; Nijmegen (NL)
S150
The implementation of the Liverpool Care Pathway, LCP, in Swedish care
homes
Mary-Jane Windus1, Helena Leveälahti1, Marie-Louise Ekeström1, Carl Johan Fürst1;
1
Stockholm (SE)
S151
Is what we document the same as what we do? Interviewing professional
caregivers to analyze current end of life-care practice in a general medical
inpatient department
Erika Messerli1, Johannes Buekki1; 1Bern (CH)
S152
Oral health in advanced cancer – A neglected problem? Results from a
dentist’s examination
Petter Wilberg1, Marianne Jensen Hjermstad2, Stig Ottesen1, Bente Brokstad Herlofson1;
1
Oslo (NO), 2Trondheim (NO)
S154
End-of-life research on patients´ attitudes in Germany: A feasibility study
Raymond Voltz1, Maren Galushko1, Johanna Walisko-Waniek1, Holger Pfaff1,
Friedemann Nauck2, Lukas Radbruch3, Christoph Ostgathe1; 1Köln (DE), 2Göttingen
(DE), 3Aachen (DE)
126
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S155
‘Going for gold’
Keri Thomas; Walsall (GB)
S156
Defining personal dignity at the end-of-life: Views from patients and
experts
Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen1, H Roeline W Pasman1, Mette L Rurup1; 1Amsterdam (NL)
S157
Removing barriers to usage of liverpool care pathway in acute hospital – A
multi-disciplinary approach
Bernie M Thomas1, Collette Murray1, Janet Leatherbarrow1, Clare Littlewood1;
1
Merseyside (GB)
S158
De-tabooing – A grounded theory of end-of-life control
Hans Thulesius1, Gert Helgesson2, Anna Lindblad2, Manne Sjöstrand2, Niels Lynøe2;
1
Vaxjo (SE), 2Stockholm (SE)
S159
Evaluating thromboprophylaxis on a palliative care unit
Sandra Legault1, Sallyanne Tierney1, Tara Tucker1, Raphael Chan1, Pierre Allard1,
Françoise Dulmage1, Kelly Babcock1, José Luis Pereira1; 1Ottawa (CA)
S160
Costs of service provision over the palliative care trajectory
Lisa Masucci1, Denise N Guerriere1, Brandon Zagorski1, Lawrence Librach1,
Peter C Coyte1; 1Toronto (CA)
S161
Psychological and psychosocial support for cancer patients in their last
days of life – A literature review
Ovidiu Popa-Velea1, Maren Galushko1, Cristopher Ostgathe1, Raymond Voltz1; 1Köln
(DE)
S162
Delivering end of life care in the prison setting – Adaptation and
implementation of the Liverpool Care Pathway for the dying patient (LCP)
Katie Ann Soden1, Lesley Hall1; 1Norwich (GB)
S163
The alternation of need and satisfaction of health care of terminal patients
Kaunas University of Medicine
Arvydas Seskevičius; Kaunas (LT)
S165
Self-assessment of knowledge, attitudes and skills on end-of-life care of
medical residents in a private tertiary hospital
Maria Fidelis C. Manalo; Pasig City (PH)
S166
Palliative care for patients in a university hospital – The nurses’ standpoints
Susanne Oswald1, Alfred Holderied1, Maria Wasner1, Antje Beyer1, Stefan Lorenzl1;
1
München (DE)
S167
An exploration of the use of a sensory room as a therapeutic environment
in providing holistic care for people with palliative care needs
Lisa Mary Smith; Oxford (GB)
127
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S168
Complementary therapies in german hospices – An exploratory study of
current practices
Claudia Wenzel1, Andreas Heller1; 1Wien (AT)
S169
An expirience of Buddhism based palliative care 3: Reconsisering the social
consiousness of relegion
Haruo Sakiyama1, Takechi Deguchi2, Kazuko Matoba3, Takahumi Morita3; 1Guildford
(GB), 2Tokyo (JP), 3Nagaoka (JP)
S170
Palliative care at home for the dying: A two years experience in
communicating with AIDS patients at end of life due to antiretroviral
treatment failure in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Cyprien Mafoula Ngouolele1, Joelle Aka1, Jerome Koffi1; 1Abidjan (CI)
S171
Factors to identify palliative care patients with malignant and nonmalignant disease, results from a literature search and expert panel
meetings
Bregje Thoonsen1, Marieke Groot1, Eric Rijswijk1, Yvonne Engels1, Kris Vissers1;
1
Nijmegen (NL)
S172
To die in an internal medicine ward in Sweden today
Maria Taranger1, Susanne Börjesson1; 1Göteborg (SE)
S173
Delving deeper – Further analysis of cancer deaths audit
Karen E Groves1, Marijtje Drijfhout1, Barbara Jack2, Elizabeth Wiredu2; 1Southport (GB),
2
Ormskirk, Lancashire (GB)
S174
Quality assessment of I.S.T. Home Care Program
Massimo Luzzani1, Monica Capitani1, Silvia Di Leo1, Gabriella Morasso1; 1Genova (IT)
S175
Patterns of care in the last 4 weeks of life in patients with solid tumours at a
Swiss cancer centre
Alexa Sauer1, Marc Schlaeppi1, Beat Thürlimann1, Steffen Eychmueller1; 1St. Gallen (CH)
S176
Non-governmental organizations´ contribution to end of life care in
Argentina
María Laura Daud1, Margarita Jorge1, Silvina Dulitzky1, Sandra Maceira1,
Gladys Grance1, Vilma Tripodoro1, Celina Berenguer1, Nicolás Garrigue1,
Elena D’Urbano1, Gustavo De Simone1; 1Buenos Aires (AR)
S177
Geriatric hospice – Eight years experiences of home hospice for adult in
Poznań/ Poland
Anna Jakrzewska-Sawinska1, Krzysztof Sawinski1; 1Poznań (PL)
S178
Nationwide and graded hospice and palliative care in Austria – Dream or
reality?
Leena Pelttari-Stachl1, Peter Zottele1; 1Wien (AT)
128
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S179
The effect of the palliative care team on quality indicators for end-of-life
care in the Intensive care unit: a randomised, controlled study
Winston Cheung1, Ghauri Aggarwal1, Elizabeth Fugaccia1,
Govindasamy Thanakrishnan1, David Milliss1, Rachael Anderson1, Amelia Fryc1,
David Stock1, Helen Bird1, Jeff Tan1; 1Concord (AU)
S180
MRSA in the palliative care unit: An increasing problem?
Aoife Brid Gleeson1, Susan Floyd1, Liam O’Siorain1; 1Dublin (IE)
S183
Can randomised whole population surveys better estimate rates of chronic
breathlessness in the adult population?
David C Currow1, John L Plummer1, Alan Crockett1, Amy P Abernethy2; 1Adelaide (AU),
2
North Carolina (US)
S184 Future projections of population and mortality to 2030 in Germany – And
their impact for end-of-life care
Steffen Simon1, Barbara Gomes2, Irene J Higginson2, Claudia Bausewein2; 1Oldenburg
(DE), 2London (GB)
S185
Interval between cancer diagnosis, first palliative care consult and death in
a palliative care unit in Argentina
Victoria Rey1, Ernesto Vignaroli1, Mariela Bertolino1, Bunge Sofia1, Roberto Wenk1;
1
Ciudad de Buenos Aires (AR)
S186
Hospitalizations in a palliative care unit (PCU) in Argentina
Yesica Ponte1, Ernesto Vignaroli1, Victoria Rey1, Guillermo Mammana1,
Mariela Bertolino1, Roberto Wenk1; 1Ciudad de Buenos Aires (AR)
Ethics
S187
Cornea donation from a palliative ward
Martin Weber1, Julia Braun1, Ulrike Siepmann1, Rita Laufenberg-Feldmann1,
Roman Rolke1, Jan Vetter1; 1Mainz (DE)
S188
Structured ethics consultation in a university hospital – First data
Imke Strohscheer1, Magdalena Kunz1, Hans Tritthart1, Walter Pieringer1; 1Graz (AT)
S189
Re-socialization of prisoners in hospice? Opportunities and barriers in the
light of the research made in 15 correctional and palliative care units in
Poland
Piotr Krakowiak1, Aleksandra Modlinska1, Anna Olszewska1; 1Gdansk (PL)
S190
In seeking the miracle cure, or the use of alternative treatment modalities
amongst cancer patients in Bulgaria
Nikolay R Yordanov1, Rumen P Stefanov1; 1Vratsa (BG)
129
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SATURDAY, MAY 9TH
S191
Gender: Ethical issues in long-term care
Elisabeth Reitinger1, Erich Lehner1; 1Wien (AT)
S192
Representations of end-of -life, palliative care and of withholding and
withdrawal of life support in intensive care units: Interest of collaboration
with a mobile palliative care team
Benoît Burucoa1, Bernard Paternostre1; 1Bordeaux (FR)
S193
‘Vulnerability’ in cancer and palliative care research: Findings from a
qualitative study of Black Caribbean and White British patients with
advanced cancer
Jonathan Koffman1, Myfanwy Morgan1, Polly Edmonds1, Peter Speck1,
Irene J Higginson1; 1London (GB)
S194
Consideration of palliative principles in persons with cognitive impairment
and life limiting disease
H. Christof Müller-Busch; Berlin (DE)
S195
An ethical critique of Best Supportive Care (BSC) studies in oncology
Nathan Cherny; Jerusalem (IL)
S196
Limitation of medical treatment at the end of life: A qualitative study on UK
oncologists’ perception and ethical views
Jan Schildmann1, Jacinta Tan2, Jochen Vollmann1; 1Bochum (DE), 2Oxford (GB)
S197
Nurses knowledge and attitude towards euthanasia
Laimute Rozukiene1, Ramunas Ausrotas1; 1Kaunas (LT)
S198
Written information and communication about palliative care: Which
words are used?
Isabelle Plu1, Gregoire Moutel1, Noëlle Vescovali2, Christian Herve1,
Irene Purssell-Francois3; 1Paris (FR), 2Trappes (FR), 3Dijon (FR)
Family & Care Givers
S199
Job satisfaction of palliative care doctors
Antje Rita Reinheckel1, Hans Wolfgang Linster2; 1Braunschweig (DE), 2Freiburg (DE)
S200 The loved ones process to insight when a patient is dying
Inger Benkel1, Helle Wijk1, Ulla Molander1; 1Gothenburg (SE)
S201 Why do family carers in end of life care decline support interventions?
Terri Anne O’Brien1, Sheila Alison Payne1, Christine Ingleton2, Mike Nolan2; 1Lancaster
(GB), 2Sheffield (GB)
S202 Distress and burden characteristics of caregivers in a palliative care unit
Gema Costa-Requena1, Ramon Cristofol1, José Cañete1; 1Mataró (ES)
130
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S203 The family caregiver – Family doctor relationship: A comparison between
palliative and chronic care contexts in Canada
Valorie A. Crooks1, Kelli I Stajduhar2, Gina Agarwal3; 1Burnaby (CA), 2Victoria (CA),
3
Hamilton (CA)
S204 Family dynamics in palliative care – A challenge in a multicultural world: An
Australian perspective
Victoria Margaret Nicholls1, Susan Margaret Southgate1; 1Sydney (AU)
S205 Visiting all hours? The views of hospice staff on the visiting policy
Duncan J F Brown1, Helen Gray1, Joan Adam1, Patricia Mclaughlin1, Lorraine Wilson1,
Vicky Hill1; 1Edinburgh (GB)
S206 Overcoming a chronic illness with home care
Louise Pascual Curammeng; Quezon City (PH)
S207 Anxiety and self-efficacy in caregivers of advanced cancer patients
Irene Panagiotou1, Kyriaki Mystakidou1, Efi Parpa1, Eleni Tsilika1,
Stylianos Katsaragakis1; 1Athens (GR)
S208 Perceived quality assessment: Objectifying subjectivity
Luca Ottolini1, Cecilia Dalri1, Loreta Rocchetti1, Marco Clerici1; 1Trento (IT)
S209 Family taking care of dying relative
Radka Serfelová1, Jana Nemcová1, Katarína Ziaková1; 1Martin (SK)
S210
Emotional overload (caregiver burden) in our caregivers
Elena Oliete1, Marina Costa1, Teresa Molina1, Carmela Ara1, Ascensión Landete1,
Antonio Mancheño1, Salvador Martín1, Alicia Yagüe1, Virtudes Soriano1; 1Valencia (ES)
S211
It’s difficult for the volunteer his activity in a palliative care unit?
Mª Jesús Elvira de la Morena1, Vicente J. de Luis Molero1, Diego Ruiz1,
Rafael Vidaurreta1, Ramón Martín1; 1Madrid (ES)
S212
Occupational roles performance of the formal caregivers in a palliative care
service
Marilia B. Othero1, Camila Ribeiro Rocha1, Tatiana Arini1; 1São Paulo (BR)
S213
Exploring the role of religious beliefs amongst the family caregivers of
terminally ill cancer patients: A qualitative approach
Dora Pappa1, Irena Papazoglou1; 1Athens (GR)
S214
Family resilience: A study of the lived experiences of family members of
people with oncological terminal illness, while hospitalized
Sara Cunha; Coimbra (PT)
S215
Children in households of palliative patients: Danger of life by unsecured
medication
Matthias Thöns1, Michael Zenz1; 1Bochum (DE)
131
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S217
SATURDAY, MAY 9TH
A legacy for life pre “Dignity Therapy”
Thomas P Middlemiss1, Jo Mary Middlemiss2; 1Edinburgh (GB), 2Brechin (GB)
Medical Sociology
S219
Reasons to work in palliative care: An empirical study among Indian
palliative-care nurses and physicians
Joris Gielen1, Harmala Gupta2, Ambika Rajvanshi2, Sushma Bhatnagar2,
Seema Mishra2, Arvind K Chaturvedi2, Stef Van den Branden1, Bert Broeckaert1; 1Leuven
(BE), 2New Delhi (IN)
S220 Barriers to caring for terminally Ill patients in the home: A cross-country
comparison
Steven Radwany1, Jessica Richmond1, Teresa Albanese1, Agnes Csikos2,
John Mastrojohn3; 1Akron (US), 2Pecs (HU), 3Alexandria (US)
S221 Everyday life of people with advanced cancer: Activity, time, location and
experience
Karen la Cour1, Kersti Nordell2, Staffan Josephsson3; 1Odense (DK), 2Göteborg (SE),
3
Huddinge (SE)
S222 Improving palliative care knowledge and awareness through the medium
of photography
David Clark1, Cathy Greenblat1; 1Lancaster (GB)
S223 The interdisciplinary team: Themes in care
Ruth D. Powazki1, Declan Walsh1, Wael Lasheen1, Mellar Davis1, Susan LeGrand1,
Ruth Lagman1, K Mitchell Russell1; 1Cleveland (US)
Non-Cancer
S224 Enteral feeding for older people with advanced dementia: Findings from a
Cochrane systematic review
Bridget Candy1, Elizabeth Sampson1, Louise Jones1; 1London (GB)
S225 Attitudes of specialist palliative care consultants to the use of interventions
in the care of motor neurone disease
David J Oliver1, Carole Tallon2, Nigel Sykes3; 1Chatham (GB), 2Northampton (GB),
3
London (GB)
S226 Palliative care for all: Challenges and implementation
Marie Lynch1, James Conway1, Angela Edghill1; 1Dublin (IE)
132
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S227 Systematic screening of symptoms, cognition and quality of life issues in
heart failure patients – Collaboration: Pilot project between cardiology and
palliative medicine
Vincent Thai1, Justin Ezekowitz1, Bibiana Cujec1, Twylla Hodnefield1, Lea Sanderson1;
1
Edmonton (CA)
S228 A collaborative approach to the development of a working model for end of
life care for patients with dementia
Clare Littlewood1, Frances Lindon1; 1Liverpool (GB)
S229 A retrospective review comparing malignant and non-malignant referrals
to a hospital-based palliative care service
Barbara R Sheehy-Skeffington1, Stephen Higgins1; 1Dublin (IE)
S230 Supportive and palliative care in End Stage Heart Failure (ESHF) patients: A
literature review
Joseph T.S. Low1, Jill Pattenden2, Louise Jones1; 1London (GB), 2York (GB)
S231 The development of a new specialist palliative care service for people
severely affected by neurodegenerative conditions in Italy
Simone Veronese1, Gloria Gallo1, Alessandro Valle1, David J Oliver2; 1Torino (IT),
2
Chatham (GB)
S232 Palliative care needs of people severely affected by neurodegenerative
conditions: The views of the professional carers
Simone Veronese1, Gloria Gallo1, Alessandro Valle1, David J Oliver2; 1Torino (IT),
2
Chatham (GB)
S233 A qualitative assessment of the physical symptoms of people severely
affected by neurodegenerative conditions: The physical symptoms
receiving palliative care
Simone Veronese1, Gloria Gallo1, Alessandro Valle1, David J Oliver2; 1Torino (IT),
2
Chatham (GB)
S234 Prevalence of symptoms in patients with end-stage heart disease
Fabiola Saiz Cáceres1, Rocío Valentín1, María Teresa Alonso1, Esther Martin1,
Victoria Romero1, Teresa Galea1, Angel Durán1; 1Cáceres (ES)
S235 What are the palliative care needs of adults newly diagnosed with HIV in
Uganda? A multicentre study
Victoria Mary Simms1, Richard Harding1, Eve Namisango2, Suzanne Penfold1,
Clare Nsubuga Kwebiiha2, Jeniffer Kataike2, Geoffrey Banga Nkurunziza2,
Richard Anthony Powell2, Irene J Higginson1; 1London (GB), 2Kampala (UG)
133
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SATURDAY, MAY 9TH
S237 Palliative care for non-cancer patients in specialised palliative care in
Germany – Data from the German Hospice and Palliative Care Evaluation
(HOPE) 2002-2005
Christoph Ostgathe1, Bernd Alt-Epping2, Gabriele Lindena3, Lukas Radbruch4,
Raymond Voltz1; 1Köln (DE), 2Göttingen (DE), 3Kleinmachnow (DE), 4Aachen (DE)
S238 Specialist palliative care and non-cancer patients: A retrospective review of
referrals in the acute hospital setting
Mary-Jane O’Leary1, Tony O’Brien1, Marie Murphy1; 1Cork (IE)
S239 Non-cancer and cancer patients in palliative home care – What’s the
difference?
Elke Ostgathe1, Birgit Jaspers1, Martina Kern1; 1Bonn (DE)
S240 The organisation of palliative care in home – One of the most priority and
economically defensible directions of development of the palliative help
not oncological patients for Belarus (and the majority of republics of the
former CIS)
Konstantin Vladimirovich Yatskevich; Minsk (BY)
S241 Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Cortico-Basal Degeneration – Atypical
parkinsonism disorders with impications for palliative medicine
Stefan Lorenzl; München (DE)
S242 Palliative care for the patient with severe neurological damage – Practice in
occupational therapy
Marilia Bense Othero1, Camila Ribeiro Rocha1, Tatiana Arini1; 1São Paulo (BR)
S243 Palliative care and COPD-related fatigue – Exploring the knowledge
Aleksandra Modlinska1, Iwona Damps-Konstańska1, Tomasz Buss1, Beata Wajda1,
Justyna Janiszewska1, Monika Lichodziejewska-Niemierko1; 1Gdańsk (PL)
S244 Obduction of patients with neurodegenerative diseases dying at a
palliative care unit
Stefan Lorenzl1, Christoph Lücking1; 1München (DE)
S245 Modelling specialist input in hospital inpatients with non-malignant
palliative care needs: A pilot
Helen MacKay1, Paul W Keeley1; 1Glasgow (GB)
Organisation of Services
S246 The Royal Marsden Hospital2Home pilot project: Developing a new
model of co-ordinated complex care for terminally ill patients using case
conferences and information technologies
Julia L Riley; London (GB)
134
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S247 Development, structure and function of a community based urban
palliative care consultation team (PCCT)
David I Wollner1, Anne Walsh1, Mary Drayton1, Kathleen Broglio1, Brian Mandel1,
Charles Rudansky1, Martha Heller1, Barbara Hiney1; 1Brooklyn (US)
S248 District nurses, palliative care and relationships with patients: A realist
review
Catherine Walshe1, Sheila Payne2, Karen Luker1; 1Manchester (GB), 2Lancaster (GB)
S249 Recognising the hidden volunteers in palliative care: A survey of hospice
trustees in the United Kingdom
Mary Turner1, Sheila Payne1; 1Lancaster (GB)
S250 Palliative care for cancer patients in Albania
Irena Laska1, Marsela Prifti1, Gerla Koleci1, Ornela Xherahu1; 1Korce (AL)
S251 Analysis of 24 hour specialist palliative care telephone advice
Amanda Jane Powell1, Angela Bentley1, Fiona Downs1; 1Denny (GB)
S252 Enhancing palliative care services in the emergency department of an
acute tertiary care hospital
Steven Radwany1, Scott Wilbur1, Melissa Soltis1, Tyrone Manalac1, Teresa Albanese1,
Jill Bradshaw1, Chelsea Worstall1; 1Akron (US)
S253 Patient and family preferences regarding accommodations within
palliative care units
Michaela Werni-Kourik1, Doris Heidegger1, Heidemarie Seemann1, Barbara Hoernlein1;
1
Wien (AT)
S254 Who you gonna call (in an emergency at home)? Do community palliative
care patients and their relatives know who to call in an emergency?
Mark Taubert1, Jennifer Phillips2; 1Cardiff (GB), 2Swansea (GB)
S256 Answering to the need to manage, collect and process clinical data in a
home palliative care unit: A web-based case sheet
Franco Vicario1, Simone Piazza1, Aurelio Prino1, Cristiano Longoni1, Silvia Poletti1,
Oscar Alabiso1; 1Novara (IT)
S257 Geriatric palliative care interest group of the European Union Geriatric
Medicine Society (EUGMS)
Sophie Pautex1, Vito Curiale2, Mathias Pfisterer3, Lourdes Rexach4, Miel Ribbe5,
Nele Van Den Noortgate6; 1Collonge-Bellerive (CH), 2Genoa (IT), 3Darmstadt (DE),
4
Madrid (ES), 5Amsterdam (NL), 6Gent (BE)
S258 Model of communication between palliative care services and primary care
emergency and continued services
Carmen Valdes Gomez1, Jose Maria Fernandez Rodriguez-Lacin1,
Purificacion Vallina Blanco1; 1Gijon (ES)
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S259 Reaching out with palliative care: An evaluation of a community volunteer
programme in Uganda
Barbara A Jack1, Anne Merriman2, Jerith Birakurataki2; 1Ormskirk nr Liverpool (GB),
2
Kampala (UG)
S260 Global need for palliative care and palliative radiotherapy
Eeva K Salminen; Turku (FI)
S261 A specialised palliative care unit in a nursing home – Organization and
patient characteristics
Georg Bollig1, Åse Nordstrønen1, Ann Kristin Øren1; 1Bergen (NO)
S262 Dying at home – What can Primary Home Care (PHC) teams in Austria
contribute?
Klaus Wegleitner1, Katharina Heimerl1, Sabine Pleschberger1; 1Wien (AT)
S263 Case management for transitions in lung cancer care
Frances Legault1, Liliane Locke1, Debbie Gravelle1, Lynn Kachuik1, Erin Mutterback1,
Kathryn Crabbe1; 1Ottawa (CA)
S264 Charting the historical development of pioneer palliative care services
across Europe: A review of the literature
Thomas James Lynch1, Carlos Centeno2, Javier Rocafort3, David Clark1; 1Lancaster (GB),
2
Navarra (ES), 3Extremadura (ES)
S265 Barriers to the development of palliative care in Western Europe
Thomas James Lynch1, Carlos Centeno2, Javier Rocafort3, David Clark1; 1Lancaster (GB),
2
Navarra (ES), 3Extremadura (ES)
S266 Paediatric palliative home care by paediatricians in their own practice: An
example of general palliative care delivery
Andrea Elisa Vedder1, Saskia Jünger1, Tania Pastrana1, Martina Pestinger1,
Lukas Radbruch1; 1Aachen (DE)
S267 Speciality of doctors working in palliative home care in Estonia
Kaiu Suija1, Kadri Suija1; 1Tartu (EE)
S268 Role of palliative care heart failure nurse specialist
Rebecca Telfer1, Clare Littlewood1; 1St Helens (GB)
S269 “Convenience Store!” – Improving access to palliative care medicines
Steven Simpson1, Karen Groves1; 1Southport (GB)
S270 Reviewing hospice services – An inclusive approach
Alison M Stevens; Bradford on Avon (GB)
S271 Learning from early adopters
Mariska Kraan1, Amber van der Poll1, Margot Scholte2; 1Bunnik (NL), 2Utrecht (NL)
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S272 The PIVOT project – Implementation of a new nursing role in healthcare
institutions for specific patient groups
Rob Krol; Nijmegen (NL)
S273 Organization of palliative/hospice care in Poland according to the data
from Ministry of Health Registry 2008
Leszek Pawłowski1, Monika Teresa Lichodziejewska-Niemierko1, Tomasz Buss1;
1
Gdańsk (PL)
S274
Ambulatory routines in a unit of palliative care in Brazil
Cristhiane S Pinto1, Lúcia Cerqueira1, Mônica Bouzan1, Fátima Vinhas1; 1Rio de Janeiro
(BR)
S275 Benchmarking length of stay (LOS) in acute care palliative medicine
Ruth L Lagman1, Brett Young1, Joseph Mac Mahon1, Declan Walsh1, Susan B Le Grand1,
Mellar P Davis1, Mitchell Russell1, Bassam Estfan1; 1Cleveland (US)
S276 Α multifarious approach to promoting palliative care in Greece for patients
with neuromuscular diseases
Maria Tsonioti; Athens (GR)
S277 Integrated care in palliative medicine – Cooperation between a university
hospital and a hospice association
Birgit Vyhnalek1, Gian Domenico Borasio1, Antje Beyer1, Matthias Gockel1,
Marcus Schlemmer1, Stefan Lorenzl1, Angelika Westrich1, Albrecht Ohly1,
Brigitte Hirsch1, Josef Raischl1; 1München (DE)
S278 Access to the knowledge base for supportive and palliative care in Europe:
Comparative analysis of national online knowledge services
Richard John Stevens1, Denise Brady2, Melanie Hodson2, Sam Hjelmeland Ahmedzai1;
1
Sheffield (GB), 2London (GB)
S279 Do geographic accessibility and deprivation levels predict a hospice death?
Justin Wood1, Tony Gatrell1, Eric Emerson1, David Clark1; 1Lancaster (GB)
S280 Specialist nurses experience of clinical skills training to support service
development
Martin Brown1, Anne Chesters1, Vicki Pitts2, Margaret Bosworth1, Chantal Meystre2;
1
Warwick (GB), 2Birmingham (GB)
S281 A community-based model is effective for implementing Physicians Orders
for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) paradigm
Tarek Mahdi1, Benjamin Mahdi2; 1Riverside (US), 2Portsmouth (DM)
S282 The partnership between a NGO and a company: A successful story
Alina Lazar; Bucharest (RO)
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S283 Palliative care in Ukraine – Present condition and prospects for
development
Anna Mardofel1, Aleksandra Ciałkowska-Rysz1; 1Łódź (PL)
S284 The general public’s experiences, perceptions and expectations of
palliative care in Romania
Alison Sarah Landon1, Magda Muntean1, Malina Dumitrescu1; 1Brasov (RO)
S285 Anticancer therapies in palliative care settings? A case series
Bernd Alt-Epping1, Xenia von Schoenebeck1, Gariele Lindena2, Friedemann Nauck1;
1
Göttingen (DE), 2Kleinmachnow (DE)
S286 Facilitating success: A review of literature about the contribution of
‘champions’ to service improvement programmes
Sheila Mary Kennedy1, Jane Seymour1; 1Nottingham (GB)
S287 How to integrate palliative medicine into medical oncology: Analysis
of a stepwise realisation of the ESMO Designated Center Program at an
academic teaching hospital
Marianne Kloke1, Michael Stahl1; 1Essen (DE)
S288 Telephone triage in specialist palliative care
Jane L Sutherland; Romford (GB)
S289 Inventory of the organisation of palliative care in seven European countries
Karen AL Van Beek1, Nisar Ahmed2, Kathrin Woitha3, Silvia Paz4, Birgit Jaspers5,
Jean-Cristophe Mino6, Woiciech Leppert7, Jean Marc Mollard6, Sam H Ahmedzai8,
Yvonne Engels3, Bill Noble8, Xavier Gómez-Batiste4, Johan Menten1, Kris Vissers3;
1
Leuven (BE), 2Sheffield (GB), 3Nijmegen (NL), 4Barcelona (ES), 5Bonn (DE), 6Paris (FR),
7
Poznan (PL), 8Sheffiels (GB)
S290 Setting complementary therapies in a public hospital and a private clinic:
Process of organization of services and permanent auditing of results
Marisela Holguin-Licón1, Bernardo Villa-Cornejo1; 1Mexico (MX)
S291 To be yourself until the end. Could well-organized palliative services
contribute to this ambition?
Martina Špinková; Prague (CZ)
S292 Supporting clinical teams through group reflective practice
Jane L Sutherland1, Caroline Scates2, Sue Lakey2; 1Havering-atte-Bower (GB), 2Essex (GB)
S293 The consultation-hour for the ambulant patients as an effective form of
palliative care
Boris Hait1, Ursula Prinz-Rogosch1, Heidrun Froehlich1; 1Unna (DE)
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Pain
S294 Administration of Gabapentin as co-analgesic drug for bone pain
management in patients with advanced cancer
Josef G Abesadze1, Rema R Ghvamichava1, Mikheil D Shavdia1, Memed I Jincharadze2;
1
Tbilisi (GE), 2Batumi (GE)
S295 Ketamine in the treatment of cancer pain – A systematic review
Annina Scholz1, Andreas Sandner-Kiesling1, Imke Strohscheer1; 1Graz (AT)
S296 Intractable abdominal pain and discomfort in patients of Chronic Liver
Disease treated by corticosteroids
Syed Q Abbas1, Zafar Abbas2, Parveen Khan2; 1Hastingwood (GB), 2Mirpurkhas (PK)
S297 Intermittent subcutaneous opioid administration: A safe, effective, and
cost-saving strategy for the management of cancer pain
Henrique A Parsons1, Abdul Shukkoor2, Hue Quan2, Marvin O Delgado-Guay1,
J. Lynn Palmer1, Robin Fainsinger2, Eduardo Bruera1; 1Houston, Texas (US), 2Edmonton,
Alberta (CA)
S298 Development of an electronic observational pain scale
Greet Leysens1, Lieven De Maesschalck1, Bert Bonroy2, Pieter Schiepers3,
Bart Van Rumste2, Daniël Berckmans3; 1Lier (BE), 2Geel (BE), 3Leuven (BE)
S299 Prolonged-release oxycodone/naloxone is very effective and tolerable in
treatment of cancer pain
Thomas Nolte1, Tanja Schmidt2; 1Wiesbaden (DE), 2Limburg (DE)
S300 The management of pain in palliative care patients with a history of
substance misuse: The development of regional guidelines
Clare Finnegan1, Lynne Cannell2, Laura Chapman2, Averil Fountain2; 1Southport (GB),
2
Liverpool (GB)
S301 The impact of pain on behavioural disturbances in patients with moderate
and severe dementia
Bettina S Husebo1, Clive Ballard2, Dag Aarsland1; 1Bergen (NO), 2London (GB)
S302 Breakthrough pain: The “best unknown pain syndrome”
Dominique A F Lossignol1, Isabelle Libert1, Bénédicte Michel1, Myriam Obiols-Portis1;
1
Bruxelles (BE)
S303 Should patients with a history of drug dependence ever be prescribed
short acting opioids? A case report
Victor A Tysoe-Calnon1, Julia Riley1; 1London (GB)
139
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S304 Intranasal fentanyl spray (INFS) for relief of breakthrough pain in patients
with cancer: Evidence of dose response
Thomas Nolte1, Stein Kaasa2, Zbigniew Kaczmarek3, Anna Orońska3,
Kristian Teglkamp4, Maciej Sopata5; 1Wiesbaden (DE), 2Trondheim (NO),
3
Włocławek (PL), 4Roskilde (DK), 5Poznan (PL)
S305 Pharmacokinetics of intranasal fentanyl spray (INFS) in patients with cancer
and breakthrough pain
Kristin Moksnes1, Thomas Nolte2, Danièle Lefebvre3, HG Kress4, Lars Popper5,
Stein Kaasa1; 1Trondheim (NO), 2Wiesbaden (DE), 3Lille (FR), 4Wien (AT), 5Langebjerg (DK)
S306 Advantages of oral opiates in complex cures of patients with severe
funcitonal dependence. A nursing view
Anna Torres1, Eulalia Villegas1, Marta Tella1, Jesus Esteve1; 1Barcelona (ES)
S307 Treatment of moderate to severe pain of opioid-naïv patients with the
combination of Prolonged-Release (PR) oxycodone and PR naloxone
Ulf Schutter1, Christiane Meyer2; 1Marl (DE), 2Limburg (DE)
S308 Predictive validity of an abbreviated form of the Edmonton Classification
System for Cancer Pain (A-ECS-CP) in advanced cancer
Augusto Caraceni1, Cinzia Brunelli1, Maria Teresa Greco1, Mauro Montanari1,
Giovanni Apolone1, Anne Kari Knudsen2, Stein Kaasa2; 1Milano (IT), 2Trondheim (NO)
S309 How do nurses assess and manage breakthrough pain in specialist
palliative care inpatient units? A multi-centre study
Lara Alloway1, Katie Soden2, Paul Perkins3, Simone Ali4, David Barclay5,
Stephanie Barker2; 1Basingstoke (GB), 2Norwich (GB), 3Cheltenham (GB), 4Brighton (GB),
5
Eastbourne (GB)
S310
Percutaneous cordotomy for advanced cancer pain – Is it effective?
Julie Bellieu1, Emer McKenna1, Heino Hugel1, Manohar Sharma1, Andreas Goebel1;
1
Liverpool (GB)
S311
Circadian variation in opioid consumption in inpatients with chronic cancer
pain – A PCA based study
Christine Schiessl1, Inge Schestag2, Reinhard Sittl1; 1Erlangen (DE), 2Darmstadt (DE)
S312
The efficacy, tolerability and onset of action of fentanyl pectin nasal spray
(FPNS) with PecSys in the treatment of breakthrough cancer pain (BTCP): A
multicentre, placebo-controlled, double-blind, two-phase crossover study
Russell K Portenoy1, Allen W Burton2, Mark S Wallace3, Richard L Rauck4,
Vincent Galan5, Donald R Taylor6; 1New York (US), 2Houston (US), 3La Jolla (US),
4
Winston-Salem (US), 5Riverdale (US), 6Marietta (US)
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S313
Fentanyl pectin nasal spray (FPNS) with PecSys provides most favourable
pharmacokinetic/tolerability profile compared with nasal chitosan-based
fentanyl and oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate (OTFC)
Mark Watling1, Tony Fisher2, Alastair Knight2, Alan Smith3; 1Reading (GB), 2Nottingham
(GB), 3London (GB)
S314
Management of neuropathic pain in cancer patients – Retrospective study
Cristina Pissarro1, Victor Coelho1, Isabel Pazos1, Helena Gervásio1; 1Coimbra (PT)
S315
By the ladder or the knife? Are interventional pain techniques essential for
the pain of mesothelioma?
Jane Hough1, Karen Groves1, Tim Jones1; 1Southport (GB)
S316
The availability of pain controlling drugs in HIV care facilities in Kenya: A
multi-methods study
Richard Harding1, Suzanne Penfold1, Victoria Simms1, Eve Namisango2,
Julia Downing2, Richard Anthony Powell2, Roselyn Matoke2, Zipporah Ali3,
Faith Mwangi-Powell2, Irene Higginson1; 1London (GB), 2Kampala (UG), 3Nairobi (KE)
S317
The role of cordotomy in the management of mesothelioma-related pain in
the United Kingdom (The INPIC pilot study) (invasive procedures In cancer
pain)
Matthew K Makin1, John Ellershaw2, Austin Leach2, Marlise Poolman1; 1Wrexham (GB),
2
Liverpool (GB)
S318
Physical and spiritual pain assessment and its control adequateness among
the end-of-life patients receiving home-based palliative care in Georgia
Tamari Rukhadze1, Dimitri Kordzaia1, Tamar Alibegashvili1, Marine Turkadze1,
Tsismar Aladashvili1; 1Tbilisi (GE)
S319
Continuous intravenous lidocaine mitigates chronic back pains caused by
bed sores – A case report
Shizuma Tsuchiya1, Yasutaka Takinishi1, Tomohiro Itou1, Ken Shimada1,
Akiko Sakashita1, Yusuke Takamiya2, Eriko Kinugasa1; 1Yokohama (JP), 2Tokyo (JP)
S320 Validation of the Arabic version of the M. D. Anderson Symptom Inventory
(MDASI-A) in the moroccan cancer patients
Mati Nejmi1, Aziza Bentalha1; 1Rabat (MA)
S321 Pain at third level controlled by rehabilitation interventions for patients
with advanced cancer in palliative care unit
Paul Kazunari Abe; Chiba (JP)
S322 Painful dilemma: Managing cancer pain in patients with drug addiction
Vandana A Vora1, Clare Farrington2; 1Sheffield (GB), 2Sheffied (GB)
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S323 Assessment of analgesia and adverse effects of controlled release tramadol
and dihydrocodeine in patients with cancer pain – Based on a modified
ESAS
Wojciech Leppert; Poznan (PL)
S324 Optimizing the control of severe cancer pain: Add on therapy in stead of
rotation of strong opioids
Johan Van den Eynde; Sint-Niklaas (BE)
S325 Pamidronate is effective with analgesics in cancer pain treatment in
patients with bone metastases – Two centers experience
Wojciech Leppert1, Wojciech Rolski2; 1Poznan (PL), 2Warszawa (PL)
S326 Use of Gabapentin in a girl with vincristine induced neuropathic pain
Giuliana Rizzo1, Giuseppe Rosano1, Sofia Ananiadou1, Andrea Di Cataldo1,
Salvo D’Amico1, Marinella Astuto1; 1Catania (IT)
S327 Opioid medication in hospice – Often too much?
Maja Falckenberg1, Hans Schele2; 1Hamburg (DE), 2Kiel (DE)
S328 Methadone in opioid rotation – Experience from Poland
Wojciech Leppert; Poznan (PL)
S329 Drug interactions in hospice patients- The advantage or a serious trap?
Aleksandra Kotlinska-Lemieszek; Poznan (PL)
S330 Quality of life in patients treated with controlled release dihydrocodeine
and tramadol – Results of a prospective, randomised, cross-over study
Wojciech Leppert1, Mikolaj Majkowicz2; 1Poznan (PL), 2Gdansk (PL)
S331
The Edmonton Classification System for Cancer Pain (ECS-CP): A
prospective study in patients with advanced cancer who were referred to
an inpatient hospice unit (IHU) and an acute tertiary hospital (ATH) setting
Peter G Lawlor1, Kate McLoughlin1, Richella Ryan1, Carol Stone1, Colin Mason1,
Liam O’Siorain1, Sharon Beatty1, Rory Wilkinson1, Cathriona Corcoran1,
Stephen Higgins1, Cheryl Nekolaichuk2, Robin Fainsinger2; 1Dublin (IE), 2Edmonton (CA)
S332 Intravenous ketamine for procedural pain in cancer patients
Jason Boland1, Elaine Cachia1, Rachel Vedder1, Sam H Ahmedzai1; 1Sheffield (GB)
S333 Hyperalgesia and opioid switching in a patient with a neuropathic cancer
pain
Antonio Noguera Tejedor1, Yolanda Zuriarrain Reyna1; 1Madrid (ES)
Palliative Care in Children and Adolescents
S334 Psychosocial support for children and their families
Marie Macková; Brno (CZ)
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S335 Palliative care for children and adolescents in German-speaking
Switzerland: A needs analysis across three diagnostic groups
Susanne Inglin1, Rainer Hornung1, Eva Bergsträsser1; 1Zurich (CH)
S336 The families’ point of view on the respite offered in a children’s hospice
Suzanne Mongeau1, Manon Champagne2, Mona Trudel1; 1Montreal (CA),
2
Rouyn Noranda (CA)
S337 Re-moving mountains: An exploration into the respite needs of
adolescents/young people with life-limiting conditions as perceived by
them, their parents and professionals from the multidisciplinary paediatric
palliative care team
Hilary Maguire1, Miriam Smith2; 1Newtownabbey (GB), 2Belfast (GB)
S338 When to introduce the pediatric palliative care team: The parents’ point of
view
Domitille Serraz1, Michel Duval2, Nago Humbert2, Thérèse Saint Laurent2,
Sylvie Fortin2; 1Paris (FR), 2Montréal (CA)
S339 Experience of 2½ years specialised paediatric palliative home care service
Michaela Kuhlen1, Ulrike Richter1, Stefan Balzer1, Claudia Friedland1, Gisela Janßen1;
1
Duesseldorf (DE)
S340 Critical situations in paediatric palliative medicine – Experience of 10 years
medical home care
Gisela Janßen1, Stefan Balzer1, Ulrike Richter1, Claudia Friedland1, Michaela Kuhlen1;
1
Duesseldorf (DE)
S341 A situational diagnosis to analyse the reasons for referrals for consultation
by a Paediatric Palliative Care Team
Rut J. Kiman1, María Laura Requena1, María Constanza Varela1; 1El Palomar (AR)
S342 Sedation in the setting of presumed distress withdrawn after abstract book publication
Patty Wu1, Parag Bharadwaj2; 1San Diego (US), 2Los Angeles (US)
S343 Networking with volunteers for effective paediatric palliative care
Maryann Muckaden1, Manjiri Dighe1, Saroj Lasrado1, Nandana Kasotia1,
Niranjan Parikh1, Usha Nagpal1; 1Mumbai (IN)
S344 Organization of a new pediatric palliative care unit in Madrid: The
challenge of an integral an integrated model
Ricardo Martino1, Carola Del Rincon1, Elena Cata1, Manuel Monleon1, Angel Carrasco1,
Asuncion Fillol1, Genay Montalvo1, Ana Robles1, Encarna G Romera1; 1Madrid (ES)
S345 Extending a paediatric palliative care program for oncology patients to all
children with life-threatening disorders
Marleen Renard1, Ilse Ruysseveldt1, Anne Uyttebroeck1; 1Leuven (BE)
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S346 Advance directives in pediatric palliative care
Ralf J. Jox1, Thomas Nicolai1, Monika Führer1, Gian Domenico Borasio1; 1München (DE)
S347 Bana Pele – Children First: Developing a continuum of palliative care for
children in resource-limited settings in South Africa
Joan Mary Marston1, Petro Magdalena Basson1, Hanneke Dippenaar1,
Richard Hugh Marston1; 1Bloemfontein (ZA)
S348 Developing a palliative care strategy for children and adolescents in South
Africa
Joan Mary Marston1, Suzanne Janet Boucher2, Busiswe Nkosi3; 1Bloemfontein (ZA),
2
Durban (ZA), 3Johannesburg (ZA)
S349 Effectiveness of a coordination center for pediatric palliative care: The
parents’ experience
René Vollenbroich1, Ayda Duroux1, Monika Brandstätter1, Gian Domenico Borasio1,
Monika Führer1; 1München (DE)
S350 Extubating children at home or hospice for end-of-life care – What´s
involved?
Michelle Koh1, Finella Craig1; 1London (GB)
S351 Effectiveness of a coordination center for pediatric palliative care: The
health care professionals’ experience
René Vollenbroich1, Ayda Duroux1, Monika Brandstätter1, Gian Domenico Borasio1,
Monika Führer1; 1München (DE)
S352 Developing a tool for spiritual assessment of life-limited children in South
Africa
Joan Mary Marston1, Rebecca Semppe1; 1Bloemfontein (ZA)
Palliative Care in Elderly
S353 Palliative care needs of nursing home residents in Germany
Barbara Strohbuecker1, Thomas Montag1, Christoph Ostgathe1, Raymond Voltz1; 1Köln
(DE)
S354 Affective disorders among the patients of a hospice
Nataliya Shakhurova; Tomsk (RU)
S355 The voices of older people living in supported ‘extra care’ housing about
end of life care
Jane E Seymour1, Brian Crosbie1, Katherine Froggatt2; 1Nottingham (GB), 2Lancaster (GB)
144
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S356 A definition of Geriatric Palliative Medicine
Nele J Van Den Noortgate1, Mathias Pfisterer2, Vito Curiale3, Lourdes Rexach4,
Miel Ribbe5, Sophie Pautex6; 1Gent (BE), 2Darmstadt (DE), 3Genoa (IT), 4Madrid (ES),
5
Amsterdam (NL), 6Geneva (CH)
S357 Pain assessment and management in the home: Perspectives of older
patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers
Christine J McPherson1, Thomas Hadjistavropoulos2, Michelle M Lobchuk3,
Kerry-Anne Hogan1; 1Ottawa (CA), 2Regina (CA), 3Winnipeg (CA)
S358 The role of the cancer experiences collaborative in the development of
research capacity in supportive and palliative care for older adults: A
progress report
Jane Seymour1, Katherine Froggatt2; 1Nottingham (GB), 2Lancaster (GB)
S359 Developing a palliative care intervention in advanced dementia:
Methodological challenges and solutions
Riitta Kukkastenvehmas1, Ingela Thuné-Boyle1, Michael King1, Louise Jones1,
Martin Blanchard1, Elisabeth Sampson1; 1London (GB)
S360 Bridging the gaps between palliative care, gerontology, and mental health:
A collaborative initiative to improve the care of delirious patients at the
end-of-life
Susan Brajtman1, David Wright1, Pierre Allard1, Venera Bruto2, Deborah Burne3,
Laura Gage2, Pierre Gagnon4, David Hogan5, Cheryl Sadowski6, Kimberley Wilson2,
Sherri Helsdingen2; 1Ottawa (CA), 2Toronto (CA), 3Brampton (CA), 4Québec (CA),
5
Calgary (CA), 6Edmonton (CA)
S361 Trend in treatment of pneumonia among Dutch nursing home patients
with dementia, 1996-1998 versus 2006-2007: More treatments to relieve
symptoms
Jenny T. van der Steen1, Inga Meuleman-Peperkamp2, Miel W. Ribbe1; 1Amsterdam
(NL), 2Breda (NL)
S362 Referral of terminally ill patients to medium-long term hospitals and
residential care centers in Extremadura
Begoña Majado Marquez1, Silvia Librada Flores1, Javier Rocafort Gil1,
Javier Flores Belmonte2, Beatrice Pop3; 1Merida (ES), 2Zafra (ES),
3
Navalmoral de la Mata (ES)
S363 Palliative care for elderly people with pressure ulcers: Lessons we have
learned and challenges for the future
Sylwia Dziegielewska1, Ewa Wysocka1, Lech Torlinski1, Anna Jakrzewska-Sawinska1;
1
Poznan (PL)
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S364 A specialist palliative care service for patients with advanced dementia: An
analysis of the first 50 patients
Victor Pace1, Sharon Scott1; 1London (GB)
S365 Hypernatriemia at admission in elderly patients implies a dismal prognosis,
even with adequate rehydration
Maria Gabrovska1, Filip J C Geurs1, Ilse Dedobbeleer1, Marianne Van Gysel1; 1Halle (BE)
S366 Evaluation of the Gold Standards Framework for Care Homes: The
development of a matrix to analyse qualitative data
Julie E Watson1, Jo Hockley2, Scott Murray1; 1Edinburgh (GB), 2London (GB)
S367 Feeding difficulty in elderly with dementia. Supporting nursing home
nurses in the decision making process
Karin Schooten; Utrecht (NL)
S368 Symptom prevalence in the last year of life of Brazilian underprivileged
elders: A palliative care needs assessment
Joao Paulo Solano; Sao Paulo (BR)
S369 Diseases coexisting with cancer in patients of advanced age provided with
home palliative care
Sylwia F. Kazmierczak-Lukaszewicz1, Leszek M. Gottwald1,
Aleksandra D. Cialkowska-Rysz1; 1Lodz (PL)
Policy
S370 The birth of a death plan: The origins of an advance care planning tool for
improving people’s experience of end of life
Iris Cohen Fineberg1, Hugh H.E. Kidd1; 1Lancaster (GB)
S371 Contribution of low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) to palliative care
research
Tania Pastrana1, Nandini Vallath2, Elizabeth Namukwaya3, John Mastrojohn4,
Suresh Kumar2, Lukas Radbruch1, David Clark5; 1Aachen (DE), 2Cochin (IN),
3
Kampala (UG), 4Alexandria (US), 5Lancaster (GB)
S372 Linking legal advocates and palliative care providers in South Africa
Zodwa Margaret Sithole; Cape Town (ZA)
S373 Evaluating the views of decision makers and lobby groups towards
measurements for better palliative care in Germany
Sara L Lückmann1, Mareike Behmann1, Nils Schneider1; 1Hannover (DE)
S374
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Developing an all-Ireland Institute for Hospice and Palliative Care: Progress
to date
David Clark; Lancaster (GB)
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S375 World Hospice and Palliative Care Day – Discovering your voice
Claire M Morris; London (GB)
S376 MDS (minimum data set): A national project of palliative CH (Swiss
Association for Palliative Care)
Catherine Hoenger1, Sylviane Bigler2; 1Lausanne (CH), 2Villeneuve (CH)
S377 The challenges of palliative care faced in Lithuania
Marija Inesa Poniskaitiene1, Rita Kabasinskiene1, Jovita Demskyte1, Evelina Bataitiene1,
Vilune Bucinskiene1; 1Kaunas (LT)
S378 Implementation of palliative care (PC) as a state programme (SP) in Latvia
Vilnis Sosars1, Baiba Streinerte1; 1Riga (LV)
S379 ”Palliativguiden” – The Swedish palliative care directory 2008
Sylvia Sauter1, Carl Johan Fürst1; 1Stockholm (SE)
S380 The new legislative-normative basis for development of the palliative care
in Georgia
Dimirti Kordzaia1, Tamar Alibegashvili1, Tamari Rukhadze1, Helen Janberidze1;
1
Tbilisi (GE)
S381 Role of the social movements in the development of palliative medicine in
Russia
Georgiy A. Novikov1, Sergey V Rudoy1, Valery V Samoylenko1; 1Moscow (RU)
S382 Palliative medicine in Germany – Four years’ update
Birgit Jaspers1, Thomas Schindler2, Katri Elina Clemens1, Eberhard Klaschik1,
Kris Vissers3; 1Bonn (DE), 2Berlin (DE), 3Nijmegen (NL)
S383 Palliative cancer care: Developing subspecialty of both palliative care and
of oncology
Florian Strasser1, Nathan Cherny2; 1St. Gallen (CH), 2Jerusalem (IL)
S384 Transfer of the Kerala Neighbourhood Network in Palliative Care (KNNPC)
to Switzerland: Mission impossible?
Steffen Eychmueller1, Nicole Schneider1, Franziska Domeisen1, Michaela Forster1;
1
St. Gallen (CH)
Psychology & Communication
S385 Do patients in palliative care receive informations about advance
directives?
Sophie Pautex1, Laurence Deramé1, Bénédicte Lasne-Hachin1, Dominique Paillet1,
Huguette Guisado1, Gilbert B. Zulian1; 1Collonge-Bellerive (CH)
S386 Georgian Orthodox traditions and spiritual help for cancer patients
David M Shavdia1, Tamar Gotsiridze1, Mikheil D Shavdia1; 1Tbilisi (GE)
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S387 Preferences of advanced lung cancer patients for patient-centered
information and decision-making. A prospective multicentre study in 13
hospitals in Belgium
Koen Pardon1, Reginald Deschepper1, Robert Vander Stichele2, Jan L Bernheim1,
Freddy Mortier2, Luc Deliens1; 1Brussels (BE), 2Ghent (BE)
S388 The effect of recording consultations involving the transition to palliative
care on quality of life of patients with upper GI or ENT cancer; A pilot study
Madeleen Uitdehaag1, Lilly-Ann van der Velden1, Manon Spaander1, Maarten de Boer1,
Dominiek Monserez1, Ewout Steyerberg1, Ernst Kuipers1, Peter Siersema2, Jean Pruijn1;
1
Rotterdam (NL), 2Utrecht (NL)
S389 An observational study of alcohol-related problems in patients with
advanced cancer
Katherine Webber1, Andrew Davies1; 1Sutton (GB)
S390 ´The art of end of life care´ – How the creative arts can communicate and
deliver an effective end-of-life care service
Nigel Alan Hartley; London (GB)
S391 Dying to talk – Engaging the public in advance care planning
Sarah JF Russell1, Ros Taylor1, Helen Satterwaite1, Claire De Silva1, Melanie Ritter1;
1
Berkhamsted (GB)
S392 Anxiety and prevalence of psychiatric disorders among patients waiting for
surgery with suspicion of ovarian cancer
Akiko Sukegawa1, Etsuko Miyagi1, Mikiko Asai-Sato1, Haruya Saji1, Ken Sugiura1,
Takehiko Matsumura1, Atsushi Kamijyo1, Yoshio Hirayasu1, Naoyuki Okamoto1,
Fumiki Hirahara1; 1Yokohama (JP)
S393 A longitudinal study comparing two different periods of evolution of
an oncological home-care team for advanced and far advanced cancer
patients
Silvia Varani1, Cinzia Fierro1, Gianni Brighetti1, Marina Casadio1, Franco Pannuti1;
1
Bologna (IT)
S394 Burnout syndrome in palliative care units
Sandra M. Pereira; Angra do Heroísmo (PT)
S395 Sexuality and intimacy for palliative care patients
Maria Wasner1, Traugott Roser1, Robin S Cohen2, Christopher J MacKinnon2,
Therese Stahn1; 1München (DE), 2Montreal (CA)
S396 Truth telling in palliative paediatric care: The adolescent’s perspective
Alison M Rodriguez1, Nigel King1; 1Huddersfield (GB)
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S398 Hope and quality of life in patients with advanced cancer
Bogusław Stelcer1, Wojciech Leppert1, Romana Krawczyk2, Boguslaw Block3,
Piotr Milecki1; 1Poznań (PL), 2Pleszew (PL), 3Lublin (PL)
S399 Definition and elements of core attitude in palliative care – Results of a
representative survey of professionals in palliative care in Germany
Christina Ramsenthaler1, Gerlinde Geiss1, Norbert Krischke1, Claudia Bausewein2,
Steffen Simon1; 1Oldenburg (DE), 2London (GB)
S400 Core attitude in different working fields – Results of a representative survey
of professionals in palliative care in Germany
Christina Ramsenthaler1, Gerlinde Geiss1, Norbert Krischke1, Claudia Bausewein2,
Steffen Simon1; 1Oldenburg (DE), 2London (GB)
S401 Social support of patients, family members and professionals in palliative
care
Rita Oldenbourg1, Steffen Simon1, Wilfried Belschner1, Gerlinde Geiss1; 1Oldenburg (DE)
S402 Communication and decision making as professional skills – Results of a
representative survey of professionals in palliative care
Michael Otto1, Norbert Krischke1, Gerlinde Geiss1; 1Oldenburg (DE)
S403 Public awareness of palliative care in Romania
Alison Sarah Landon1, Malina Dumitrescu1, Magda Muntean1; 1Brasov (RO)
S405 Palliative cancer patients’ experience of attending group exercise training
Line M Oldervoll1, Gunnhild Nybø2, Cinzia Marini3, Asta Bye2; 1Tronheim (NO), 2Oslo
(NO), 3Trondheim (NO)
S406 Art therapy effectiveness on pain and others symptoms for palliative care
inpatients: A pilot qualitative study
Wadih Rhondali1, Mario Barmaki1, Aurelie Laurent1, Marilene Filbet1; 1Lyon (FR)
S407 Development of the ‘Cardiff communication skills toolkit’
Nikki Pease1, Ilora G Finlay1; 1Cardiff (GB)
S408 Preferences and experiences in the communication with physicians – A
survey in German patients with life-limiting illnesses
Christiane Gog1, Barbara Schubert2, Barbara Annweiler3, Harald Braun4,
Alexander Dathe5, Julia Hübner6, Sabine Koch7, Andreas Müller2, Rüdiger Scharnagel2,
Renate Pauline Schürmann8, Katharina Schütte2, Ulrich Suchner9, Ulrich S. Schuler2;
1
Frankfurt a.M. (DE), 2Dresden (DE), 3Schwerin (DE), 4Wiesbaden (DE), 5Jena (DE),
6
Berlin (DE), 7Bergheim (DE), 8Hildesheim (DE), 9Erding (DE)
S409 Psychological risk factors for colorectal cancer?
Frida Barak1, Lev Ostrowsky2, Michal Kreitler3, Shulamith Kreitler3; 1Ashkelon (IL),
2
Ashdod (IL), 3Tel Hashomer (IL)
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S410
The Kawa Model – As a communication tool
Camilla V Wedenby1, Anna-Karin L Gustavsson1; 1Gothenburg (SE)
S411
Influence of the caregiver age in the pact of silence
Jesús Elvira Elvira de la Morena1, Vicente J. de Luis Molero1, Diego Ruiz1,
Julián Sánchez1; 1Madrid (ES)
Research Methodology
S412
Improving feasibility of clinical trials in palliative care: A proposed model
Neil A Hagen1, Carla Stiles1, Penelope M.A. Brasher2; 1Calgary (CA), 2Vancouver (CA)
S413
Therapy management decisions by means of F-18-FDG PET/CT in patients
with recurrent rectal cancer
Attila Kollar1, Cornelia Gertrud Blumstein2, Andreas Geretschlaeger1,
Daniel Aebersold1, Sven Norbert Reske2, Norbert Manfred Blumstein1; 1Bern (CH), 2Ulm
(DE)
S415
The challenge of end of life care research: Reflections on the use of an
observational research method
Richard Latten1, E.M.I. Williams1, Maureen Gambles1, John E Ellershaw1; 1Liverpool (GB)
S416
Feasibility study of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for
cancer bone pain
Michael I Bennett1, Mark Johnson2, Sarah Brown2, Robert D Searle2, Helen Radford2,
Julia M Brown2; 1Lancaster (GB), 2Leeds (GB)
S417
Why trials fail in effectiveness research in palliative care
Paul W Keeley; Glasgow (GB)
S418
How to explore what people really want to say with an advanced directive
Matthias Becker1, Birgit Jaspers2, Katri Elina Clemens1, Eberhard Klaschik1,
Lukas Radbruch3, Raymond Voltz4, Friedemann Nauck2; 1Bonn (DE), 2Goettingen (DE),
3
Aachen (DE), 4Köln (DE)
S419
Oral history and photography with patients in supportive and palliative
care
Michelle Winslow1, Karen Hitchlock1, Bill Noble1; 1Sheffield (GB)
S420 Is the integration of non-scientific literature helpful for systematic review
on phenomena in the last days of life?
Stefanie Schuler1, Franziska Domeisen1, Barbara Grossenbacher-Gschwend1,
Steffen Eychmueller1; 1St. Gallen (CH)
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Symptoms Other Than Pain
S421 Nasal Fentanyl for the treatment of severe dyspnoea – The perfect
symptom control for home-care?
Thomas Sitte; Fulda (DE)
S422 Can “steroid switching” improve steroid-induced psychosis in an advanced
cancer patient?
Nao Okishiro1, Hitoshi Tanimukai2, Satoru Tsuneto2, Noriyuki Ito1; 1Mino (JP), 2Suita (JP)
S423 A retrospective review of the use of pregabalin in a palliative medicine
outpatient department
Dympna Waldron1, Lucy Balding1, Eileen Mannion1, Florrie Daniels1; 1Galway (IE)
S424 Use of tunneled pleural catheters for treatment of malignant pleural
effusions
Macarena Cabrera1, Pilar Sales1, Teresa Ribot1, Montserrat Lopez1, Eva Poyato1;
1
Sabadell (ES)
S425 Living with breathlessness: How does it affect the sleep patterns of patients
& their caregivers and how can we help?
Farida A Malik1, Marjolein Gysels1, Irene J Higginson1; 1London (GB)
S426 Artificial hydratation and nutrition at patients with advanced oezofageal
cancer
Lidija Veterovska Miljkovik; Skopje (MK)
S427 Subcutaneous Methlynaltrexone (MNTX), a novel approach to the adjunct
management of opioid-induced constipation (OIC) in the advanced cancer
patient: Report of long-term treatment in 2 patients
Mary Michaud1, Jennifer Dutka1, Sharon Watanabe1; 1Edmonton (CA)
S428 Prevalence of symptoms and required support levels (activities of daily
living – ADL) of patients under the care of a hospital palliative care support
team
Michaela Werni-Kourik1, Heidemarie Seemann1, Doris Heidegger1, Barbara Hoernlein1;
1
Wien (AT)
S429 Anti-infective drugs use on advanced cancer patients
Sari Nakagawa1, Yoshiaki Okamoto1, Satoru Tsuneto1, Yoshie Toya1, Sho Goya1,
Yoichi Matsuda1, Hitoshi Tanimukai1, Yumiko Ono1, Hiroshi Eto1, Soichiro Yasuda1,
Etsuko Uejima1; 1Osaka (JP)
S430 Delirium at the end-of-life: A (re)conceptualization along the physical,
psychological, social, and spiritual dimensions of the human person
David Wright1, Susan Brajtman1; 1Ottawa (CA)
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S431 Prehospital emergency treatment of palliative patients with cardiac arrest
Christoph H.R. Wiese1, Bernhard M. Graf2, Gerd G. Hanekop1; 1Goettingen (DE),
2
Regensburg (DE)
S432 Design of a RCT double-blind, placebo, multicenter, with methylphenidate
in fatigue in advanced cancer patients
Maria Angustias Portela1, Carlos Centeno1, Miguel Angel Cuervo2, Juliana Urdiroz1,
Maite San Miguel1, Alvaro Sanz3; 1Pamplona (ES), 2Badajoz (ES), 3Valladolid (ES)
S433 The burden of constipation
Kate Jean Thompson1, Astrid Adams1, Bee Wee1; 1Oxford (GB)
S434 Individualization of pharmacotherapy in palliative medicine decreases a
risk of occurrence of adverse drug interactions
Jaroslaw Woron1, Iwona Filipczak-Bryniarska1, Jerzy Wordliczek1; 1Krakow (PL)
S435 Usefulness of perospirone for the prevention of nausea related to opioid
administration
Kinomi Yomiya1, Minoru Narita2, Naoko Kuzumaki2, Daisuke Takei2, Tsutomu Suzuki2,
Motohiro Matoba3; 1Ina-machi (JP), 2Ebara (JP), 3Tsukiji (JP)
S436 Evaluation of the clinical effectiveness of physiotherapeutic management
of lymphatic oedema in palliative care patients
Peter Nieland1, Eberhard Klaschik1, Katri E Clemens1; 1Bonn (DE)
S437 How good is our guess? Contrasting views of factors influencing decision on
cardiopulmonary resuscitation in palliative care patients and oncological
staff members
Ralph Simanek1, Veronika Requat1, Bernhard Hammerl1, Christof Geissler1,
Klaus Geissler1; 1Wien (AT)
S438 The effect of octenisept and hydrocolloid dressings on bacterial flora in
pressure ulcers of patients with advanced cancer
Maciej Sopata1, Maria Ciupinska1, Anna Glowacka1, Zygmunt Muszynski1,
Elzbieta Tomaszewska1; 1Poznan (PL)
S439 COPD, metastatic breast cancer and pain – A challenge!
Nicole Christina Rusch1, Otto Gehmacher1, Günter Höfle1; 1Hohenems (AT)
S440 How common is COPD among palliative care patients? A retrospective
survey
Nicole Christina Rusch1, Otto Gehmacher1, Günter Höfle1; 1Hohenems (AT)
S441 Fatigue and its potential correlates anemia and depression: Prevalence,
changes over time and associations in outpatients with lymphomas, lung,
breast, or colorectal cancer receiving chemotherapy
Christa Müller-Fröhlich1, Virpi Hantikainen2, Hansruedi Stoll1, Kris Denhaerynck1,
Elisabeth Spichiger2; 1Basel (CH), 2Bern (CH)
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S443 Symptoms and quality of life: A cross-sectional, descriptive, correlation
study, evaluating the relationship between symptoms and quality of life in
cancer patients on opioids
Sigridur Zoëga1, Sigridur Gunnarsdottir1, Valgerdur Sigurdardottir2,
Nanna Fridriksdottir1; 1Reykjavik (IS), 2Kopavogur (IS)
S444 Domiciliary intravenous continuous drug infusions in the management of
advanced chronic heart failure in elderly population
Eulalia Villegas1, Anna Torres1, Marta Camprecios1, Roman Freixa1, Jordi Altes1;
1
Barcelona (ES)
S445 Asthenia intensity and factors related (consumption of some drugs,
anemia, malnutrition and hepatic failure)
Jose Maria Gil Miranda1, Ruiz Pilar Marquéz1, Encinas Paloma Martinez1,
Romero Yolanda Cintas1, Flores Javier Belmonte1; 1Zafra (ES)
S446 Fatigue and its potential correlates anemia and depression: Prevalence,
changes over time and associations in hospitalized patients with advanced
cancer
Elisabeth Spichiger1, Christa Müller-Fröhlich1, Virpi Hantikainen2, Hansruedi Stoll1,
Kris Denhaerynck1; 1Basel (CH), 2Bern (CH)
S447 Topical application of a beclometasone aerosol inhaler for the treatment of
peristomal inflammation
Jason Boland1, David Brooks1; 1Sheffield (GB)
S448 Management of refractory emesis in a patient with a carcinoid tumour
using Aprepitant – A neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist
Sam Kyeremateng1, Sophie Maden1, Jason Boland1; 1Sheffield (GB)
S449 A bone of contention: Bisphosphonates in the management of metastatic
bone disease
Graham Whyte1, Jenny Smith2, Andrea Whitfield3, Helen Thomas2, Collette Murray4,
Caroline Irvine2; 1Wirral (GB), 2Chester (GB), 3Southport (GB), 4St. Helens (GB)
S450 Use of morphine to control teminal dyspnea in a palliative care unit in
Brazil
Cristhiane S Pinto1, Shirley Burburan1, Renata Freitas1, Margarida Tutungi1;
1
Rio de Janeiro (BR)
S451 What is the cancer anorexia cachexia syndrome?
Declan Walsh1, Nabila Bennani-Baiti1; 1Cleveland (US)
S452 Last week of life: Symptoms and treatment of neoplastic patients in home
care
Gianlorenzo Scaccabarozzi1, Fabio Lombardi1, Beatrice Brivio1, Cristina Sesana1,
Elisabetta Isolani1, Fiorella Pilotto1, Carmen Dell’Orto1, Stefania Crippa1,
Monica Gilardi1, Marina Perego1, Maddalena Pelosi1, Sonia Bonfanti1; 1Merate (IT)
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S453 Levodropropizine in the management of cough associated with cancer or
non-malignant chronic disease – A limited systematic review
Eva K Schildmann1, Claudia Bausewein2; 1Berlin (DE), 2London (GB)
S454 Palliative sedation in a palliative care unit: Experience and new prospects
Maria F Barbosa1, Cristhiane S Pinto1, Margarida Tutungi1, Renata Freitas1,
Flávia S Lanes1; 1Rio de Janeiro (BR)
S455 Pressure ulcers‘ prevention and care: Nurses‘ knowledge
Jovita Demskyte1, Ana Krasovskaja1, Lina Laurs1; 1Kaunas (LT)
S456 Inoperable malignant bowel obstruction in advance cancer patients:
Predictive factors of no spontaneous resolution
Albert Tuca1, Cristina Garzon1, Nuria Codorniu1, Xavier Perez-Martin1; 1L’Hospitalet,
Barcelona (ES)
S457 Prevalence and characteristics of lower extremity edema in advanced
cancer patients
Mehrnoush Mirhosseini1, Ingrid Helia de Kock1; 1Edmonton (CA)
S458 Clinical indicators of a pressure ulcer and wound tumor of the home care
service in a palliative care unit
Sineide P Silva1, Lucia Cerqueira1, Vera L B Souza1; 1Rio de Janeiro (BR)
S459 A protocol for the control of agitation
José António Ferraz Gonçalves1, Ana Almeida1, Sara Teixeira1, Sara Pereira1,
Natércia Edra1; 1Porto (PT)
S460 Recent clinical trials in cancer cachexia: Systematic literature review on
inclusion criteria, endpoints and standard anti-cachexia interventions
Aurelius Omlin1, Rolf Oberholzer1, Florian Strasser1; 1St. Gallen (CH)
S461 Sleep disturbance, performance status, depression and pain as predictors
of fatigue in cancer patients
Dalete D C F Mota1, Cibele A M Pimenta1, Geana P Kurita2, Ricardo Caponero1;
1
Sao Paulo (BR), 2Copenhagen (DK)
S462 Gastroprotection and survival at 30 days in a cohort of oncologic and
palliative patients
Jaume Canal Sotelo1, Joan Pere Fabregat1, Maria Nabal1, Javier Trujillano1,
Eva Barallat1, Concepció Palomar1, Ana Jimenez1; 1Lleida (ES)
S463 Effective treatment with methrotrexat and dexamethason in Anti-hu
negative paraneoplastic syndrome
Maria Piribauer1, Volker Mattukat1, Marianne Kloke1; 1Essen (DE)
S464 Laxatives profile in patients attended by palliative care units
Antonio Noguera1, Carlos Centeno2, Librada Silvia3, Raul Perez4, Maria Nabal5; 1Madrid
(ES), 2Pamplona (ES), 3Merida (ES), 4Coria (ES), 5Lerida (ES)
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S465 Survey of glycaemia management within a hospice setting
Elizabeth O’Brien1, Declan Cawley1, David Waterman1, Janet Braybrook1; 1Cheadle (GB)
S466 Subcutaneous metylnatrexone in the treatment of constipation in
advanced Ill patients undergoing opioid therapy
Boris Hait1, Ursula Prinz-Rogosch1, Heidrun Froehlich1, Cordula Burgard1; 1Unna (DE)
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