Thread by @PaCE_TCD

Palliative & End-of-Life Care in Ireland (pelci.ie) aims to inform policymakers & the general public.

We used @Altmetric to study research recognition in policy, mainstream media, social networks & Wikipedia.

@Altmetric Top 10 #palliativecare articles (thread):

#palliativecare research recognition in policy & media.

#1 most cited article (1356):

J Temel et al.
Early Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
New England Journal of Medicine, August 2010
DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1000678
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

#2 most cited article (997):

@petermay_tcd et al.

Economics of Palliative Care for Hospitalized Adults With Serious Illness
JAMA Internal Medicine, June 2018
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.0750
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

#3 most cited article (934):

@FeliciaKnaul et al.

Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage: the Lancet Commission report
The Lancet, April 2018
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)32513-8
thelancet.com/journals/lance…

#4 most cited article (666):

@anandavati et al.

Improving Palliative Care with Deep Learning
BMC Med Inform Decis Making, December 2018
DOI: 10.1186/s12911-018-0677-8
bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

#5 most cited article (655):

@meera_agar et al.

Efficacy of Oral Risperidone, Haloperidol, or Placebo for Symptoms of Delirium Among Patients in Palliative Care
JAMA Internal Medicine, January 2017
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.7491
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

#6T most cited article (614):

@scottamurrayed et al.

Palliative care from diagnosis to death
British Medical Journal, February 2017
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j878
bmj.com/content/356/bm…

#6T most cited article (614):

C Grudzen (@policy911) et al.

Emergency Department–Initiated Palliative Care in Advanced Cancer
JAMA Oncology, May 2016
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.5252
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26768772/

#8 most cited article (582):

@drruthting et al.

Palliative care for patients with severe covid-19
British Medical Journal, July 2020
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m2710
bmj.com/content/370/bm…

#9 most cited article (572)

K Jordan et al. (including @edubru)

European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) position paper on supportive and palliative care
Annals of Oncology, January 2018
DOI 10.1093/annonc/mdx757
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29253069/

#10 most cited article (501)

@diokavalieratos et al.

Association Between Palliative Care and Patient and Caregiver Outcomes
JAMA, November 2016
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.16840
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…