Oncology and palliative medicine: providing comprehensive care for patients with cancer

L Finn, AR Green, S Malhotra - Ochsner journal, 2017 - ochsnerjournal.org
Background: Despite the evidence for the fundamental need for palliative medicine services
in the practice of oncology, integration of these medical specialties remains a clinical …

[HTML][HTML] The development of pathways in palliative medicine: definition, models, cost and quality impact

L Finn, S Malhotra - Healthcare, 2019 - mdpi.com
Palliative Care and its medical subspecialty, known as Palliative Medicine, is the care of
anyone with a serious illness. This emerging field includes Hospice and comfort care, however, …

A qualititative study of neurological soft signs in obsessive compulsive disorder and effect of comorbid psychotic spectrum disorders and familiality on its expression in …

S Malhotra, PB Borade, P Sharma, Y Satija - Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is one of the most common psychiatric
disorders, with lifetime prevalence of 2%–3% and is known to lie on a spectrum continuous …

Increasing readiness for early integrated palliative oncology care: development and initial evaluation of the EMPOWER 2 intervention

LM Perry, O Sartor, S Malhotra, S Alonzi, S Kim… - Journal of pain and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Context Early integrated palliative care improves quality of life, but palliative care programs
are underutilized. Psychoeducational interventions explaining palliative care may increase …

Anxiety, depression, and end‐of‐life care utilization in adults with metastatic cancer

…, LM Perry, LE Walsh, J Gerhart, S Malhotra… - Psycho …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective End‐of‐life care for patients with cancer is often overly burdensome, and palliative
and hospice care are underutilized. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the …

[HTML][HTML] Development and validation of the palliative care attitudes scale (PCAS-9): a measure of patient attitudes toward palliative care

LM Perry, M Hoerger, S Malhotra, JI Gerhart… - Journal of pain and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Context Palliative Care is underutilized, and research has neglected patient-level factors
including attitudes that could contribute to avoidance or acceptance of Palliative Care referrals. …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostication and proactive planning in COVID-19

KB Newport, S Malhotra, E Widera - Journal of Pain and Symptom …, 2020 - Elsevier
Accurate prognostication is challenging in the setting of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible
for COVID-19, due to rapidly changing data, studies that are not generalizable, and lack of …

Statewide differences in personality associated with geographic disparities in access to palliative care: findings on openness

…, AS Kazan, JL Rogers, W Atiya, S Malhotra… - Journal of palliative …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Background: Geographic disparities in access to palliative care cause unnecessary suffering
near the end-of-life in low-access US states. The psychological mechanisms accounting for …

Challenges in communication, prognostication and dialysis decision-making in the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for interdisciplinary care during crisis settings

D Nair, S Malhotra, D Lupu, G Harbert… - Current opinion in …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need for nephrologists to be competent in serious
illness communication skills that include virtual and remote modalities, to be aware of …

[HTML][HTML] Giant submandibular gland duct sialolith mimicking an impacted canine tooth

…, A Dhawan, K Bhullar, S Malhotra - National journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Sialolithiasis is the most common disease affecting the salivary glands and accounts for 80%
of salivary gland disorders. Chronic sialolithiasis promotes stone formation. Size of the …