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Code status orders and goals of care in the medical ICU. |
Gehlbach TG, Shinkunas LA, Forman-Hoffman VL, Thomas KW, Schmidt GA, Kaldjian LC. |
Code Status Orders and Goals in MICU Background: Effective physician-patient communication is imperative to determine patient resuscitation preferences. Are patients and surrogates adequately... |
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Ways of providing the patient with a prognosis: a terminology of employed strategies based on qualitative data. |
Graugaard PK, Rogg L, Eide H, Uhlig T, Loge JH. |
Providing the Patient with a Prognosis Background: Intrinsic challenges arise when physicians need to communicate information regarding prognosis to their patients. Are there specific communication s... |
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Living and dying with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: multi-perspective longitudinal qualitative study. |
Pinnock H, Kendall M, Murray SA, et al. |
Living and Dying with COPD Background: Although severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) typically results in a slow physical decline with unpredictable disease exacerbations in... |
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Potentiation of buprenorphine antinociception with ultra-low dose naltrexone in healthy subjects. |
Hay JL, La Vincente SF, Somogyi AA, Chapleo CB, White JM. |
Buprenorphine Antinociception with Naltrexone Background: Beneficial effects of opioids are often limited by associated adverse effects. Can buprenorphine antinociception be optimized by adding... |
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Laxatives or methylnaltrexone for the management of constipation in palliative care patients. |
Candy B, Jones L, Goodman ML, Drake R, Tookman A. |
Laxatives or Methylnaltrexone for Constipation Background: Constipation, a common cause of morbidity, affects up to 50% of palliative care patients.1,2 How effective are laxatives and methylnaltrexon... |
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