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Improving the use of hospice services in nursing homes: A randomized controlled trial. |
Casarett, D, Karlawish, J, Morales, K, Crowley, R, Mirsch, T, and Asch, DA. |
Communication of Hospice Appropriateness Increases NH Residents' Use of Hospice Background: At least 1 in 4 Americans die in a nursing home; only 25% of nursing home residents enroll in a hospice car... |
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Duloxetine vs. placebo in patients with painful diabetic neuropathy. |
Goldstein DJ, Lu Y, Detke MJ, Lee TC and Iyengar S. |
Duloxetine - An Effective Agent for Neuropathic Pain Background: Serotonin and norepinephrine are thought to inhibit pain via descending pain pathways. Duloxetine is a dual reuptake inhibitor of both... |
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Evaluation of shark cartilage in patients with advanced cancer: A North Central cancer treatment group trial |
Loprinzi CL, Levitt R, Barton DL, Sloan JA, Atherton PJ, Smith DJ, Dakhil SR, Moore DF, Krook JE, Rowland KM, Mazurczak MA, Berg AR, and Kim GP |
Unprocessed Shark Cartilage Does Not Improve Survival or QOL in Advanced Cancer Background: Sharks rarely develop cancer, and it has been suggested that the high proportion of cartilage may be the re... |
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Quality of dying in the ICU: Ratings by family members |
Mularski R, Heine C, Osborne M, Ganzini L and Curtis JR. |
The "Whole Person Approach" Outcome Measures on Quality of Dying in the ICU Background: Contemporary ICUs are more frequently caring for older patients and those with chronic diseases who do not surv... |
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