Brian Le

End-of-Life Care Requires Caution with Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Ray Wang, Rebecca Foskey, Rahul Barmanray, Brian Le, Spiros Fourlanos

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

Use of medical device technologies for diabetes mellitus, including continuous glucose monitoring devices, is becoming more freque..

COVID-19 end-of-life care: symptoms and supportive therapy use in an Australian hospital

Aaron K Wong, Lucy Demediuk, Jia Y Tay, Olivia Wawryk, Anna Collins, Rachel Everitt, Jennifer Philip, Kirsty Buising, Brian Le

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: Descriptions of symptoms and medication use at end of life in COVID-19 are limited to small cross-sectional studies, w..

State-wide telephone support: enhanced palliative care service delivery.

Brian Le, Evelien Rosens, Esther McMillan-Drendel, David Marco, Theresa Williamson, Jennifer Philip

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ Support Palliat Care

Fact versus fiction: bridging contrasting medicinal cannabis information needs

Jennifer Philip, Stacey Panozzo, Anna Collins, Jennifer Weil, Jan Whyte, Michael Barton, Maria Coperchini, Meri Rametta, Brian Le

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL

Regulatory changes now permit the availability and prescribing of medicinal cannabis in Australia. Public awareness and patient in..

Simulation training in non-cancer palliative care for healthcare workers: a systematic review of controlled studies

Joanne Tropea, Ross Bicknell, Debra Nestel, Caroline A Brand, Christina E Johnson, Sanjoy K Paul, Brian H Le, Wen Kwang Lim

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ SIMULATION & TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING

Background The need for healthcare workers (HCWs) to have skills and knowledge in non-cancer palliative care has been recognised. ..

Care plus study: a multi-site implementation of early palliative care in routine practice to improve health outcomes and reduce hospital admissions for people with advanced cancer: a study protocol

Jennifer Philip, Roslyn Le Gautier, Anna Collins, Anna K Nowak, Brian Le, Gregory B Crawford, Nicole Rankin, Meinir Krishnasamy, Geoff Mitchell, Sue-Anne McLachlan, Maarten IJzerman, Robyn Hudson, Danny Rischin, Tanara Vieira Sousa, Vijaya Sundararajan

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

BACKGROUND: Current international consensus is that 'early' referral to palliative care services improves cancer patient and famil..

Evaluation of a Large Scale Advance Care Planning Co-Design Education Program for Chinese-Speaking People in Australia

Aaron Kee Yee Wong, Anna Collins, Andrew Ng, Luke Buizen, Jennifer Philip, Brian Le

Journal article  |  2021  |  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: Advance care planning (ACP) is important, however ethnic minorities have half the completion rates in the United State..

Oxycodone/naloxone prolonged-release tablets in patients with moderate-to-severe, chronic cancer pain: Challenges in the context of hepatic impairment

Brian H Le, Ghauri Aggarwal, Carol Douglas, Michael Green, Amanda Nicoll, Sam Ahmedzai

Journal article  |  2021  |  ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Opioids such as oxycodone are recommended in the management of moderate-to-severe, chronic cancer pain. All opioids can potentiall..

Validation of the responding to urgency of need in palliative care (RUN-PC) triage tool

Bethany Russell, Jennifer Philip, Olivia Wawryk, Sara Vogrin, Jodie Burchell, Anna Collins, Brian Le, Caroline Brand, Peter Hudson, Vijaya Sundararajan

Journal article  |  2021  |  PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: The Responding to Urgency of Need in Palliative Care (RUN-PC) Triage Tool is a novel, evidence-based tool by which spe..

Do family meetings for hospitalised palliative care patients improve outcomes and reduce health care costs? A cluster randomised trial

Peter Hudson, Afaf Girgis, Kristina Thomas, Jennifer Philip, David C Currow, Geoffrey Mitchell, Deborah Parker, Danny Liew, Caroline Brand, Brian Le, Juli Moran

Journal article  |  2021  |  PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: Family meetings facilitate the exploration of issues and goals of care however, there has been minimal research to det..