[Canada] Simplifying palliative symptom management: Elastomeric infusions in hospice and home care

[Canada] Simplifying palliative symptom management: Elastomeric infusions in hospice and home care
British Journal of Nursing; by Vincetic Bozidar, Natalie Wm Hertzman, Daphne Broadhurst; 7/25
Palliative care patients often require frequent, resource-intensive, intermittent subcutaneous injections or complex infusion pumps for end-of-life symptom management. Our findings suggest that continuous subcutaneous infusions via elastomeric infusion pumps offer a promising and feasible approach to end-of-life symptom management in hospice and home care. Elastomeric infusions may enhance simplicity, acceptability, safety, efficacy, and efficiency of care, compared to traditional routine subcutaneous injections.