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Clinician perspectives regarding the do-not-resuscitate order. |
Sanderson A, Zurakowski D, Wolfe J. |
Clinician Perspectives on Do Not Resuscitate Orders for Children Background: For adults, the presence of a do not resuscitate order (DNR) may inhibit the initiation of treatments unrelated to resusci... |
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A multicenter study of physician mindfulness and health care quality. |
Beach MC, Roter D, Korthuis PT, et al. |
Physician Mindfulness and Healthcare Quality Background: Mindfulness practice reduces psychological distress and burnout for clinicians.1-2 This study asks: Is mindfulness among clinicians asso... |
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Constitutive μ-opioid receptor activity leads to long-term endogenous analgesia and dependence. |
Corder G, Doolen S, Donahue RR, et al. |
Mu-Opioid Receptor Activity and Long-Term Endogenous Analgesia Background: Opiates relieve pain, but repeated administration leads to compensatory neuroadaptations that underlie opioid tolerance and ... |
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Predictors of rehospitalization among elderly patients admitted to a rehabilitation hospital: the role of polypharmacy, functional status, and length of stay. |
Morandi A, Bellelli G, Vasilevskis EE, et al. |
Predictors of Rehospitalization Among Elderly Patients in Rehabilitation Facilities Background: Twenty-five percent of Medicare beneficiaries discharged from a hospital are rehospitalized within 30 d... |
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Disability during the last two years of life. |
Smith AK, Walter LC, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE. |
Symptoms and Disability in the Final Years of Life Background: Little is known about patterns of activities of daily living disability as patients near death. Disability During the Last Two Years of... |
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Restricting symptoms in the last year of life: a prospective cohort study. |
Chaudhry SI, Murphy TE, Gahbauer E, Sussman LS, Allore HG, Gill TM |
Symptoms and Disability in the Final Years of Life Background: Little is known about patterns of activities of daily living disability as patients near death. Disability During the Last Two Ye... |
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Multicenter, randomized controlled trial of yoga for sleep quality among cancer survivors. |
Mustian KM, Sprod LK, Janelsins M, et al. |
Yoga to Improve Sleep Quality Among Cancer Survivors Background: After treatment, 30%-90% of cancer survivors report impaired sleep quality.1-3 Can yoga improve sleep for posttreatment cancer survivo... |
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