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PD-L1 inhibits acute and chronic pain by suppressing nociceptive neuron activity via PD-1 |
Chen G, Kim YH, Li H, et al |
Assessing the Role of PD-L1 in Acute and Chronic Pain Background: Cancer cells and normal cells typically express programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1).1-4 Does PD-L1 act on immu... |
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Who decides when a patient can't? Statutes on alternate decision makers |
DeMartino ES, Dudzinski DM, Doyle CK, et al |
Varying Statutes on Alternate Decision Makers Background: Forty percent of adult medical inpatients and residential hospice patients cannot make their own medical decisions.1-4 How ... |
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Barriers to goal-concordant care for older patients with acute surgical illness [published online ahead of print April 26, 2017] |
Taylor LJ, Johnson SK, Nabozny MJ, et al |
What Impedes Goal-Concordant Care for Older Patients With Acute Surgical Illness? Background: Physician-implemented decision aids (DAs) are intended for helping patient... |
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End-of-life care transition patterns of Medicare beneficiaries |
Wang SY, Aldridge MD, Gross CP, Canavan M, Cherlin E, Bradley E |
Transitions of Care Near the End of Life Background: Multiple healthcare setting transitions can be burdensome to patients and families and costly to society.1-2 What factors a... |
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Delirium and mortality in critically ill children: epidemiology and outcomes of pediatric delirium |
Traube C, Silver G, Gerber LM, et al |
The Epidemiology and Outcomes of Pediatric Delirium Background: Pediatric delirium (PD) epidemiology is not well characterized.1-3 How common is PD and what are associated ri... |
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The empowerment of elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: managing life with the disease |
Fotokian Z, Mohammadi Shahboulaghi F, Fallahi-Khoshknab M, Pourhabib A |
Empowering Patients on Managing Life with COPD Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prevalence increases with age, resulting in an expected 7% of deaths w... |
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