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The IDEAL Study. A randomized, controlled trial of early versus late initiation of dialysis. |
Cooper BA, Branley P, Bulfone L, et al; |
Early Versus Late Initiation of Dialysis Background: A global trend toward initiating dialysis at a relatively high estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) presupposes that early initiation ma... |
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Longitudinal study of depressive symptoms in patients with metastatic gastrointestinal and lung cancer. |
Lo C, Zimmermann C, Rydall A, et al. |
Depression in Advanced Cancer Patients Background: A significant concern in itself, depression is associated with negative health behaviors, including poorer treatment adherence1 and greate... |
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Interventions to promote the use of advance directives: an overview of systematic reviews. |
Tamayo-Velázquez MI, Simón-Lorda P, Villegas-Portero R, |
Interventions to Promote Use of Advance Directives Background: How effective are interventions designed to increase the completion rate of advance directives (ADs)? Th... |
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Opiniones: End-of-Life Care Preferences and Planning of Older Latinos. |
Kelley AS, Wenger NS, Sarkisian CA. |
End-of-Life Planning for Latinos Background: The fastest growing segment of the American population is Latinos ≥ 60 years old. What are older Latinos' end-of-life (EOL) care pref... |
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Palliative radiotherapy tailored to life expectancy in end-stage cancer patients: reality or myth? |
Gripp S, Mjartan S, Boelke E, Willers R. |
Palliative Radiotherapy for End-Stage Cancer Patients Background: Radiation therapy can relieve cancer pain; palliation is the reason for referral for half of patients receiving radiother... |
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