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January 9
Palliative sedation: why we should be more concerned about the risks that patients experience an uncomfortable death. |
Deschepper R, Laureys S, Hachimi-Idrissi S, Poelaert J, Distelmans W, Bilsen J. |
The Imperative to Study Palliative Sedation Background: The practice of palliative sedation is increasing, with overall incidences ranging from 7%-17% of all hospital, nursing home, and home care dea... |
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Cornell Assessment of Pediatric Delirium: a valid, rapid, observational tool for screening delirium in the PICU [published online ahead of print October 18, 2013]. |
Traube C, Silver G, Kearney J, et al. |
Psychometric Properties of the Cornell Assessment of Pediatric Delirium Background: Pediatric delirium is associated with increased length of stay in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU),1 ... |
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Are needs assessments cost effective in reducing distress among patients with cancer? A randomized controlled trial using the Distress Thermometer and Problem List. |
Hollingworth W, Metcalfe C, Mancero S, et al. |
Impact of Needs Assessment on Cancer Patients' Distress Background: Despite the prevalence of distress among 20%-40% of cancer patients,1,2 healthcare professionals often fail to identify it.3,4 Does... |
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A home-based intervention to reduce depressive symptoms and improve quality of life in older African Americans: a randomized trial. |
Gitlin LN, Harris LF, McCoy MC, et al. |
Home-Based Intervention for Depression and Quality of Life in Older African Americans Background: Up to 30% of older African Americans (AAs) experience depressive symptoms,1,2 yet compared with white... |
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Pain-related depression of the mesolimbic dopamine system in rats: expression, blockade by analgesics, and role of endogenous κ-opioids |
Leitl MD, Onvani S, Bowers MS, et al. |
Mechanisms of Pain-Related Depression of Behavior Background: Pain often is associated with depression of behavior and mood; analgesic drugs are used to treat pain-related depression.1,2 What mechani... |
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Health insurance status and the care of nursing home residents with advanced dementia. |
Goldfeld KS, Grabowski DC, Caudry DJ, Mitchell SL. |
Health Insurance Status and Care of Nursing Home Residents with Dementia Background: More than 90% of proxies for nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia indicate comfort as the goal of ca... |
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