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Symptom Management Guideline: Oral Mucositis This clinical practice guideline discusses contributing factors, assessment and management of oral mucositis in patients...

Symptom Management in Comfort End-of-Life Care of Pneumonia An approach to managing terminal pneumonia, a common end-of-life complication in many progressive chronic conditions, including...

The Use of Gabapentin and Tricyclic Antidepressants in the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain in Cancer Patients: A Clinical Practice Guideline This clinical practice guideline reviews the clinical evidence re: the use of gabapentin and tricyclic antidepressants in...

When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End-Of-Life Care for Children and Their Families This report from the Institute of Medicine discusses ways in which health care professionals can provide better care to dying...

WHO guidelines for the pharmacological and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents A comprehensive document from the World Health Organization with information for health care providers to help guide their...

WRHA Pain Assessment & Management Clinical Practice Guidelines The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) Pain Assessment and Management Clinical Practice Guideline is a tool developed...

WRHA PCH End-of-Life Symptom Management Pathways & Resources Winnipeg region's Personal Care Home and Palliative Care Programs collaborated to create final days of care symptom management...

Radiation skin reactions

Spinal cord compression - see Palliative care emergencies

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Sedation for Palliative Purposes – Evidence Informed Practice Tool This guideline provides recommendations for adult and pediatric clinical practice when Sedation for Palliative Purposes is...

Sedation for Palliative Purposes Guideline – PowerPoint Presentation This is the PowerPoint presentation that outlines details of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority guideline on Sedation...

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Guidelines for Discharge Planning for First Nations Patients Returning to Home Community for Palliative Care The Palliative Care Program of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has developed " Guidelines for Discharge Planning...

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