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Effect of palliative oxygen versus room air in relief of breathlessness in patients with refractory dyspnoea: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial. |
Abernethy AP, McDonald CF, Frith PA, et al. |
Randomized Controlled Trial of Palliative Oxygen for Relief of Dyspnea Background: For patients with advanced life-limiting illness, palliative oxygen is frequently prescribed to manage dyspnea-... |
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End-of-life care in nursing homes: the importance of CNA staff communication. |
Zheng NT, Temkin-Greener H. |
CNA Communication and End-of-Life Care Process in Nursing Homes Background: In nursing homes (NHs), poor staff communication and collaboration may contribute to inadequate end-of-life (EOL)... |
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Meditation experience predicts less negative appraisal of pain: electrophysiological evidence for the involvement of anticipatory neural responses. |
Brown CA, Jones AK |
Meditation and Appraisal of the Unpleasantness of Pain Background: Mindfulness meditation involves voluntarily placing nonjudgmental, present-focused attention on a selected stimulus and ... |
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A biobehavioral home-based intervention and the well-being of patients with dementia and their caregivers: the COPE randomized trial. |
Gitlin LN, Winter L, Dennis MP, Hodgson N, Hauck WW. |
A Biobehavioral Home-Based Intervention for Dementia Patients and Their Caregivers Background: Most of the 5 million Americans with dementia live at home, cared for by family members.1 Does a nonpha... |
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Prognostic factors in patients with advanced cancer: use of the patient-generated subjective global assessment in survival prediction. |
Martin L, Watanabe S, Fainsinger R, et al. |
Nutritional Screening to Aid Prognostication in Advanced Cancer Patients Background: Anorexia-cachexia manifestations are associated with survival in advanced cancer patients, but are not consistent... |
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