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February 15
Enhancing caregiver health: findings from the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health II intervention. |
Elliott AF, Burgio LD, DeCoster J. |
Enhancing Health for Caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease Patients Background: An estimated 9.9 million family caregivers provide unpaid care for the 5.3 million Americans with Alzheimer's D... |
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Neurocognition in patients with brain metastases treated with radiosurgery or radiosurgery plus whole-brain irradiation: a randomized controlled trial. |
Chang EL, Wefel JS, Hess KR, et al. |
Effect of Whole-Brain Irradiation on Neurocognition Background: Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) is a longstanding, standard palliative treatment for brain metastases but carries risk of neuroco... |
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Care for imminently dying cancer patients: family members' experiences and recommendations. |
Shinjo T, Morita T, Hirai K, et al. |
Family Members' Experiences and Recommendations for Care of the Dying Background: An impending death places significant physical and emotional burden on family members. How do berea... |
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The influence of nursing home culture on the use of feeding tubes. |
Lopez RP, Amella EJ, Strumpf NE, Teno JM, Mitchell SL. |
Influence of Nursing Home Culture on Use of Feeding Tubes Background: In the United States, 33% of nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia are tube fed despite the lack of evidence s... |
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Effectiveness of thigh-length graduated compression stockings to reduce the risk of deep vein thrombosis after stroke (CLOTS trial 1): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial. |
Dennis M, Sandercock PA, Reid J, et al;CLOTS Trials Collaboration. |
Effectiveness of Thigh-Length Compression Stockings After Stroke Background: Immobility and stroke are common causes of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). Prevention strate... |
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