
Dyspnoea (breathlessness) management near the end of life in COVID-19 infection
Maria Drummond, Bahaa Alassoud and Professor Bridget Johnston for ScotPalCovid MEDLINE and EMBASE through Ovid and CINAHL via EBSCO were searched, followed by a Google and Google Scholar search to retrieve English language literature published on managing COVID-19-induced breathlessness near the end of life. The combination of key words included: COVID-19, Coronavirus, dyspnea, dyspnoea, breathlessness,Continue reading “Dyspnoea (breathlessness) management near the end of life in COVID-19 infection”

Fatigue management near end of life for COVID-19 infection
Muzeyyen Seckin & Professor Bridget Johnston (2020) for ScotPalCovid We searched CINAHL and Medline databases using the keywords: COVID-19 virus, coronavirus, fatigue, tiredness, weakness, palliative, end of ife on 23rd March 2020. There were no results for this search in two databases. Therefore we searched via Google for further evicence. Evidence has been graded usingContinue reading “Fatigue management near end of life for COVID-19 infection”

Hospital Visiting and COVID-19
Annabel FarnoodProfessor Bridget Johnston On behalf of ScotPalCovid We searched CINAHL and MEDLINE databases using the keywords: covid, coronavirus, palliative, end of life, dying and pandemic. No results were found from this search which led us to searching via google. Evidence has been graded using SIGN guidelines (SIGN, 2011). Figure 1: SIGN 50 Levels ofContinue reading “Hospital Visiting and COVID-19”


The use of T34 syringe pumps during Covid-19 pandemic
Maria Drummond & Professor Bridget Johnston on behalf of ScotPalCovid We searched CINAHL and Medline databases with key words: Pandemic, public health emergency, covid, palliative, end of life, hospice, dying, syringe driver, syringe pump. We followed these searches with a google and twitter search. Due to the limited results related to covid-19 management and theContinue reading “The use of T34 syringe pumps during Covid-19 pandemic”
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