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Long-lasting antinociceptive effects of green light in acute and chronic pain in rats |
Ibrahim MM, Patwardhan A, Gilbraith KB, et al |
Using Green Light to Treat Chronic Pain Background: Acute and chronic pain treatments are limited and often cause side effects.1-2 Can green light effectively treat pain? Design ... |
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Individualized cost-effectiveness analysis of patient-centered care: a case series of hospitalized patient preferences departing from practice-based guidelines |
Padula WV, Millis MA, Worku AD, Pronovost PJ, Bridges JF, Meltzer DO |
Individualized Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Patient-Centered Care Background: Primary and specialty care providers face challenging decisions in order to balance strict practice... |
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Effect of the goals of care intervention for advanced dementia: a randomized clinical trial |
Hanson LC, Zimmerman S, Song MK, et al |
Goals of Care for Advanced Dementia Patients Background: Millions of Americans have dementia.1 Can a goals-of-care (GOC) decision-aid intervention improve nursing home (NH) care for... |
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Medicare hospice spending hit $15.8 billion in 2015, varied by locale, diagnosis |
Hargraves J, Brennan N |
Evaluating the Growth in Medicare Hospice Spending Background: Medicare hospice spending increased 52% from 2007 to 2015.1-2 What accounts for this recent growth in hospice s... |
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National trends in hospitalizations for opioid poisonings among children and adolescents, 1997 to 2012 |
Gaither JR, Leventhal JM, Ryan SA, Camenga DR |
Trends in Opioid Poisonings Among Children and Adolescents Background: Prescription drug poisoning causes most injury-related deaths in the United States.1-2 How have prescript... |
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Efficacy of oral risperidone, haloperidol, or placebo for symptoms of delirium among patients in palliative care: a randomized clinical trial |
Agar MR, Lawlor PG, Quinn S, et al |
Efficacy of Oral Risperidone and Haloperidol for Relieving Delirium Background: Forty percent of palliative care (PC) patients have delirium.1 Can antipsychotics reduce del... |
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