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Inflammatory biomarkers improve clinical prediction of mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. |
Celli BR, Locantore N, Yates J, et al; for the ECLIPSE investigators. |
Inflammatory Biomarkers to Improve Prediction of Mortality in COPD Background: Several variables independently predict mortality from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (eg, FEV1, degree o... |
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Animal-assisted therapy at an outpatient pain management clinic. |
Marcus DA, Bernstein CD, Constantin JM, Kunkel FA, Breuer P, Hanlon RB. |
Animal-Assisted Therapy in an Outpatient Pain Clinic Background: Therapy dog visits have been shown to significantly reduce blood pressure, heart rate,1,2 serum and salivary cortisol,3 and incre... |
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Association of pain with behavioral and psychiatric symptoms among nursing home residents with cognitive impairment: results from the SHELTER study. |
Tosato M, Lukas A, van der Roest HG, et al. |
Association of Pain with Behavioral and Psychiatric Symptoms Background: Up to 90% of patients with dementia exhibit at least one behavioral or psychiatric symptom such as agitation and verbal ... |
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Barriers to conducting advance care discussions for children with life-threatening conditions. |
Durall A, Zurakowski D, Wolfe J. |
Barriers to Advance Care Discussions for Children Background: Advance care discussions (ACDs) often occur late in the course of a child's illness,1 and parents report suboptimal communication d... |
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Medical oncologists' attitudes and practice in cancer pain management: a national survey. |
Breuer B, Fleishman SB, Cruciani RA, Portenoy RK. |
Oncologists' Attitudes and Practice in Cancer Pain Management Background: In a 1990 Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group survey, 51% of 1,800 oncologists rated pain control in their own practice... |
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