Browse Items (109 total)
- Tags: 80 And Over
Handgrip strength and mortality in the oldest old population: the Leiden 85-plus study
Tags: 2010, 80 And Over, Activities of Daily Living, Aged, Backlog, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Cardiovascular Diseases, Comorbidity, de Craen Anton JM, Depression, Disability Evaluation, Female, Follow-up Studies, Gussekloo J, Hand Strength, Humans, Journal Article, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Ling CHY, Maier AB, Male, Mortality, Muscle Strength Dynamometer, Netherlands, Neuropsychological Tests, Prospective Studies, Study Design, Taekema D, Westendorp RG
HIV/AIDS symptom management in Southern Africa
Tags: 2005, 80 And Over, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/diagnosis/epidemiology/therapy Adolescent Adult Africa, Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use, Backlog, Child, Comorbidity, Complementary Therapies/methods/statistics & numerical data, Data Collection, Diet, Female, Holzemer WL, Human S, Humans, Journal Article, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Makoa ET, Makoae LN, Male, Methods, Middle Aged, Mndebele SC, Non-U.S. Gov't Self Care/methods/statistics & numerical data, Palliative Care/, PedPal Lit, Ramukumba TS, Seboni NM, Southern/epidemiology Aged Aged, statistics & numerical data Research Support, Sukati NA, Therapy/statistics & numerical data
Hospital charges for a community inpatient palliative care program
Tags: 2004, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Chi-Square Distribution, Community/economics/utilization, Comparative Study, Cost Control, Cowan JD, Female, Hospital Charges/statistics & numerical data, Hospital Costs/statistics & numerical data, Hospitals, Humans, Journal Article, Length of Stay/economics/statistics & numerical data, Male, Middle Aged, Palliative Care/economics/organization & administration/utilization, Patient Admission/economics, Patient Discharge/economics, Referral And Consultation, Tennessee, The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, Time Factors
Identifying potential need for cancer palliation in Nova Scotia
Tags: 1998, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Burge FI, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Comprehensive Health Care/utilization, Cummings I, Dewar RA, Female, Gibbons L, Health Services Needs and Demand/statistics & numerical data, Human, Johnston GM, Journal Article, Levy IG, Male, Middle Age, Neoplasms/mortality/radiotherapy, Non-U.S. Gov't, Nova Scotia/epidemiology, Odds Ratio, Palliative Care/utilization, Referral And Consultation/statistics & Numerical Data, Retrospective Studies, Support, Survival Analysis
Impact of writing "comfort measures only" orders in a community teaching hospital.
Tags: 2010, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Baltimore, Community, DNAR, Female, Hospitals, Humans, Journal Article, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Kearney CD, Male, Mayo RL, Medical Audit, Middle Aged, Palliative Care/og [Organization & Administration], Peltier H, Resuscitation Orders, Retrospective Studies, Teaching, Terminal Care, Walker KA
Integrating oncology and palliative home care in Italy: the experience of the "L'Aquila per la Vita" Home Care Unit
Tags: 2013, 80 And Over, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aielli F, Aloisi P, Backlog, Chi-Square Distribution, Child, Death, Delivery of Health Care, Emergencies, Female, Ficorella C, home care services, Hospitalization, Humans, Integrated, Interdisciplinary Communication, Italy, Journal Article, Length Of Stay, Male, Martella F, Medical Records, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Palliative Care, Patient Care Team, Patient Preference, Porzio G, Program Evaluation, Retrospective Studies, Tumori, Verna L
Interaction of serotonergic antidepressants and opioid analgesics: Is serotonin syndrome going undetected?
Tags: 2005, 80 And Over, Aged, Analgesics, Antidepressive Agents/pharmacology, Backlog, Drug Interactions, Espinoza RT, Female, Gnanadesigan N, Homes for the Aged, Humans, Israel M, Journal Article, Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association, Mianserin/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology, Nursing Homes, Opioid/pharmacology, Reuben DB, Serotonin Agents/pharmacology, Serotonin Syndrome/etiology, Smith RA
International comparison study on the primary concerns of terminally ill cancer patients in short-term life review interviews among Japanese, Koreans, and Americans
Tags: 2009, 80 And Over, Aged, Ahn SH, Ando M, Backlog, Cross-cultural Comparison, Female, Hospices, Humans, Ide S, Interview, Japan, Journal Article, Life Change Events, Male, Marquez-Wong F, Mental Recall, Middle Aged, Morita T, Neoplasms/ethnology/psychology, Palliative & Supportive Care, Personality Inventory/statistics & numerical data, Psychological, Psychometrics, Religion and Psychology, Republic of Korea, Social Values/ethnology, Spirituality, Terminal Care/psychology, United States
Internet versus mailed questionnaires: A randomized comparison.
Intravenous morphine for emergency treatment of cancer pain
Tags: 2000, 80 And Over, Adolescence, Adult, Aged, Analgesics, Backlog, Developing Countries, Emergency Treatment, Female, Human, India, Infusions, Intravenous, Journal Article, Kumar KS, Male, Middle Age, Morphine/administration & dosage/adverse effects, Naseema AM, Neoplasms/complications, Opioid/administration & dosage/adverse effects, Pain/drug therapy/prevention & control, Palliative Care, Palliative Medicine, Rajagopal MR, Retrospective Studies
Is an advance care planning model feasible in community palliative care? A multi-site action research approach.
Tags: 2012, 80 And Over, Adult, Advance Care Planning/og [Organization & Administration], Advance Directives, Aged, Backlog, Blackford J, Community Health Services/og [Organization & Administration], DNAR, Female, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Advanced Nursing, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Organizational, Palliative Care/og [Organization & Administration], Program Evaluation, Rural Population, Street A, Terminal Care/og [organization & Administration], Urban Population, Victoria
Issues in end-of-life care: patient, caregiver, and clinician perceptions
Tags: 2003, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Attitude Of Health Personnel, Attitude To Death, Backlog, Caregivers/psychology, Cohort Studies, Cost Of Illness, Egnew TR, Family/psychology, Farber SJ, Female, Guldin GE, Herman-Bertsch JL, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Interviews, Journal Article, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Male, Middle Aged, Non-U.S. Gov't, Palliative Care/psychology, Patients/psychology, Physicians, Qualitative Research, Quality Of Health Care, Research Support, Taylor TR, Terminal Care/psychology, Washington
Ketamine-fentanyl-midazolam infusion for the control of symptoms in terminal life care
Tags: 2000, 80 And Over, Aged, Analgesics/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Backlog, Berger JM, Biomarkers of Pain, Cognition Disorders/drug therapy/etiology, Combination, Drug Therapy, Female, Fentanyl/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Harrison P, Humans, Hypnotics and Sedatives/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Infusions, Intravenous, Journal Article, Ketamine/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Male, Merriam P, Midazolam/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Middle Aged, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/antagonists & inhibitors, Neoplasms/complications, Pain Measurement, Pain/diagnosis/drug therapy/etiology, Psychomotor Agitation/drug therapy/etiology, Receptors, Retrospective Studies, Rever L, Ryan A, Terminal Care/methods, The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, Treatment Outcome, Vadivelu N
Managing end-of-life care: comparing the experiences of terminally Ill patients in managed care and fee for service
Tags: 2002, 80 And Over, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Bottorff D, Caregivers/psychology, Comparative Study, Death and Euthanasia, Emanuel EJ, Emanuel LL, Empirical Approach, Fairclough D, Fee-for-Service Plans, Female, Health Care and Public Health, Health Services Accessibility, Health Services/utilization, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society, Male, Managed Care Programs, Middle Aged, Non-U.S. Gov't, Outcome Assessment (health Care), Physician-patient Relations, Professional Patient Relationship, Research Support, Slutsman J, Terminal Care/economics
Meaning in caregiving and its contribution to caregiver well-being.
Tags: 1997, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Caregivers/psychology, Child, Comparative Study, Disabled Persons, Education, Emotions, Female, Frail Elderly, Gerontologist, Home Nursing, Humans, Income, Interviews, Journal Article, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Noonan AE, P.H.S., Regression Analysis, Research, Research Support, Spouses, Tennstedt SL, Time Factors, U.S. Gov't
Medical care utilization by incurable cancer patients in a Swedish county
Tags: 1997, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Axelsson B, Backlog, Breast Neoplasms/therapy, Christensen SB, County, European Journal Of Surgical Oncology, Female, Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/therapy, Hospital/utilization, Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data, Hospitals, Humans, Journal Article, Length Of Stay/statistics & Numerical Data, Male, Marriage, Middle Aged, Neoplasms/drug therapy/radiotherapy/surgery/therapy, Outcome Assessment (health Care), Palliative Care/statistics & numerical data/utilization, Patient Admission/statistics & numerical data, Prostatic Neoplasms/therapy, Residence Characteristics, Retrospective Studies, Surgery Department, Sweden/epidemiology, Terminal Care/statistics & numerical data/utilization, Urologic Neoplasms/therapy
Medicare cost in matched hospice and non-hospice cohorts
Tags: 2004, 80 And Over, Aged, Alzheimer Disease/economics/mortality/therapy, Backlog, Case-Control Studies, Cerebrovascular Accident/economics/mortality/therapy, Cohort Studies, Congestive/economics/mortality/therapy, Connor S, Female, Fitch K, Health Care Costs, Heart Failure, Hospice Care/economics, Humans, Journal Article, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Kinzbrunner B, Male, Medicare/economics, Middle Aged, Neoplasms/economics/mortality/therapy, Pyenson B, Survival Rate
Methadone titration in opioid-resistant cancer pain
Tags: 1999, 80 And Over, Administration, Adult, Aged, Analgesics, Backlog, Drug Administration Schedule, Drug Resistance, Drug Tolerance, European Journal Of Cancer Care, Female, Gonty N, Human, Journal Article, Male, Methadone/administration & Dosage, Middle Age, Morphine/administration & dosage, Neoplasms/complications, Opioid/administration & dosage, Oral, Pain Measurement, Pain/diagnosis/drug therapy/etiology, Scholes CF, Therapeutic Equivalency, Trotman IF
Neostigmine for the treatment of acute colonic pseudo-obstruction
Tags: 1999, 80 And Over, Abdominal Pain/chemically induced, Acute Disease, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Cholinesterase Inhibitors/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction/drug therapy, Double-Blind Method, Female, Humans, Journal Article, Kimmey MB, Male, Middle Aged, Neostigmine/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Ponec RJ, Recurrence, Saunders MD, The New England Journal Of Medicine
Neuropathic cancer pain: prevalence, severity, analgesics and impact from the European Palliative Care Research Collaborative-Computerised Symptom Assessment study
Tags: (EPCRC) European Palliative Care Research Collaborative, 2013, 80 And Over, Aass N, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Analgesics, Backlog, Bennett MI, Caraceni A, Cross-sectional Studies, Fainsinger R, Female, Heitzer E, Hjermstad MJ, Humans, Journal Article, Kaasa S, Life Expectancy, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplasms, Neuralgia, Pain Measurement, Palliative Medicine, Prevalence, Quality Of Life, Rayment C, Strasser F, Symptom Assessment, Young Adult
Nonheart failure-associated elevation of amino terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in the setting of sepsis
Tags: 2006, 80 And Over, Aged, Backlog, Bar SL, Biological Markers/blood, Brain/blood, Congestive/blood/drug therapy, Fatal Outcome, Female, Heart Failure, Humans, Ignaszewski A, Journal Article, Male, Natriuretic Peptide, Peptide Fragments/blood, Protein Precursors/blood, Sepsis/blood/drug therapy, Straatman L, Swiggum E, Telemeres, The Canadian Journal Of Cardiology
Not ready for hospice: characteristics of patients in a pre-hospice program
Tags: 2001, 80 And Over, Adaptation, Age Factors, Aged, Backlog, Comparative Study, Decision Making, Denial (Psychology), Female, Hayley DC, Health/statistics & numerical data, Hospice Care/organization & administration/psychology, Hougham G, Humans, Illinois, Insurance, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Muir JC, Non-U.S. Gov't, Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology/statistics & numerical data, Patient Selection, Patient Transfer/statistics & numerical data, Psychological, Research Support, Retrospective Studies, Sachs G, Social Support, Stocking C, The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care
Opioid rotation in patients with cancer pain. A retrospective comparison of dose ratios between methadone, hydromorphone, and morphine
Tags: 1996, 80 And Over, Administration, Aged, Analgesics, Backlog, Belzile M, Bruera E, Cancer, Cohort Studies, Comparative Study, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Hanson J, Humans, Hydromorphone/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Injections, Journal Article, Kuehn N, Male, Methadone/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Middle Aged, Morphine/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Neoplasms/complications, Opioid/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Oral, Pain/drug therapy/etiology, Pereira J, Retrospective Studies, Subcutaneous, Watanabe S
Oral opioid therapy for chronic peripheral and central neuropathic pain
Tags: 2003, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Analgesics, Backlog, Central Nervous System Diseases/drug therapy, Chronic Disease, Davies PS, Dose-Response Relationship, Double-Blind Method, Drug, Drug Tolerance, Female, Human, Journal Article, Levorphanol/administration & dosage/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Male, Middle Age, Mohr D, Neuralgia/drug therapy, New England Journal Of Medicine, Non-U.S. Gov't, Opioid/administration & dosage/adverse effects/therapeutic, Outcome Assessment (health Care), P.H.S., Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/drug therapy, Reisner L, Rowbotham MC, Support, Taylor K, Twilling L, U.S. Gov't, use
Outcome evaluation in a home palliative care service
Tags: 1997, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Female, Franceschi P, home care services, Human, Journal Article, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Legori T, Male, Mannucci F, Middle Age, Non-U.S. Gov't, Outcome Assessment (health Care), Paci E, Palliative Care, Peruselli C, Prospective Studies, Quality Of Life, Support
Paradoxes in advance care planning: the complex relationship of oncology patients, their physicians, and advance medical directives.
Tags: 2010, 80 And Over, Adult, Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives, Aged, Backlog, DNAR, Dow LA, Family, Female, Humans, Interviews As Topic, Journal Article, Journal Of Clinical Oncology, Kuhn L, Lamont EB, Lyckholm L, Male, Matsuyama RK, Medical Oncology, Middle Aged, Neoplasms/px [psychology], Palliative Care, Patient Preference, Physician-patient Relations, Physicians, Ramakrishnan V, Smith TJ, Terminal Care, Young Adult
Personality characteristics as differential variables of the pain experience
Physician-assisted deaths under the euthanasia law in Belgium: a population-based survey
Tags: 2010, 80 And Over, Active, Age Factors, Aged, Assisted/legislation & jurisprudence/statistics & numerical data, Backlog, Belgium/epidemiology, Bilsen J, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Cause Of Death, Chambaere K, Cohen J, Deliens L, Euthanasia, Euthanasia/legislation & jurisprudence/statistics & numerical data, Female, Home Care Services/statistics & Numerical Data, Humans, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Mortier F, Neoplasms/therapy, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Prevalence, Questionnaires, Sex Factors, Suicide, Terminal Care/statistics & Numerical Data, Time Factors, Voluntary/statistics & numerical data
Place of death: preferences among cancer patients and their carers
Tags: 2004, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Attitude To Death, Backlog, Caregivers/psychology, Clark D, Cohort Studies, Comparative Study, Female, Great Britain, Hospice Care/standards/trends, Humans, Journal Article, Location Of Death, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Morris SM, Neoplasms/mortality/therapy, Non-U.S. Gov't, Patient Satisfaction, Research Support, Social science & medicine, Terminally Ill, Thomas C
Positive aspects of caregiving: rounding out the caregiver experience
Tags: 2002, 80 And Over, Activities of Daily Living/psychology, Adult, Aged, Alzheimer Disease/psychology, Backlog, Canada, Caregivers/psychology, Cohen CA, Colantonio A, Cost Of Illness, Depressive Disorder/diagnosis/psychology, Female, Humans, International Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, Non-U.S. Gov't, Personality Inventory, Research Support, Vernich L
Prognostic factors for survival in 676 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed primary glioblastoma
Tags: 2008, 80 And Over, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Antineoplastic Agents, Backlog, Boiardi A, Brain Cancer Register of the Fondazione IRCCS (Istituto Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Brain Neoplasms, Broggi G, Bruzzone MG, Caldiroli D, Combined Modality Therapy, Disease-Free Survival, Falcone C, Farina R, Farinotti M, Fariselli L, Female, Filippini G, Finocchiaro G, Giombini S, Glioblastoma, Humans, Journal Article, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Local, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Recurrence, Neuro-oncology, Neurosurgical Procedures, Pollo B, Prognosis, Radiotherapy, Savoiardo M, Solero CL, Treatment Outcome, Valsecchi MG
Prognostication in hospice care: can the palliative performance scale help?
Tags: 2005, 80 And Over, Aged, Backlog, Diagnosis-Related Groups, Female, Head B, Hospice Care, Humans, Journal Article, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Karnofsky Performance Status, Length Of Stay, Male, Middle Aged, Palliative Care, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, Ritchie CS, Smoot TM, Survival Analysis, Terminal Care, United States
Prospective audit of short-term concurrent ketamine, opioid and anti-inflammatory ('triple-agent') therapy for episodes of acute on chronic pain
Tags: 2005, 80 And Over, Acute Disease, Adult, Aged, Analgesics, Analgesics/administration & dosage, Ashby M, Backlog, Combination, Dexamethasone/administration & Drug Therapy, Good P, Goodchild C, Humans, Hydromorphone/administration & Ketamine/administration & Ketorolac/administration & Male, Internal Medicine Journal, Jackson K, Journal Article, Middle Aged, Non-Steroidal/administration & Chronic Disease, Opioid/administration & Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Oxycodone/administration & Pain/drug therapy, Prospective Studies, Tullio F
Prospective study of symptom control in 133 cases of palliative care inpatients in Shatin Hospital
Tags: 1999, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Chung TK, Ding A, Female, Health Care, Hong Kong/ep [Epidemiology], Hospitalization, Human, Journal Article, Lo RS, Male, Middle Age, Neoplasms/ep [Epidemiology], Neoplasms/th [therapy], Palliative Care, Palliative Medicine, Prospective Studies, Quality Assurance, Quality Of Life, Woo J
Psychiatric and physical morbidity effects of dementia caregiving: prevalence, correlates, and causes
Tags: 1995, 80 And Over, Activities of Daily Living/classification/psychology, Adult, Aged, Anxiety Disorders/epidemiology/psychology, Backlog, Bookwala J, Caregivers/statistics & numerical data, Cost Of Illness, Cross-sectional Studies, Dementia/epidemiology/psychology, Depressive Disorder/epidemiology/psychology, Female, Fleissner K, Humans, Incidence, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, O'Brien AT, P.H.S., Psychophysiologic Disorders/epidemiology/psychology, Research Support, Risk Factors, Schulz R, The Gerontologist, U.S. Gov't, United States/epidemiology
Psychological distress in cancer patients assessed with an expert rating scale
Tags: 2008, 80 And Over, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Book K, Brandl T, British Journal Of Cancer, Female, Health Status, Herschbach P, Humans, Journal Article, Keller M, Lindena G, Male, Marten-Mittag B, Middle Aged, Neoplasms/psychology, Neuwohner K, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychological, Psychometrics, Sex Factors, Stress
Psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the posttraumatic growth inventory among cancer patients
Tags: 2006, 80 And Over, Adaptation, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Emotions, Factor Analysis, Female, Human Development, Humans, Jaarsma TA, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms/psychology, Netherlands, Parent caregivers, Pool G, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis/psychology, Psycho-Oncology, Psychological, Psychological Tests, Ranchor AV, Reproducibility of Results, Sanderman R, statistical, Stress Disorders
Quality assurance by specification and achievement of goals in palliative cancer treatment
Tags: 1996, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Cancer Treatment Reviews, Female, Gaus W, Health Care, Humans, Journal Article, Link KH, Male, Mayer-Steinacker R, Middle Aged, Negri G, Neoplasms/mortality, Neoplasms/therapy, Palliative Care, Porzsolt F, Quality Assurance, Rottinger EM, Schulte M, Suhr P, Survival Rate, Wirth A
Recruiting for research in hospice: feasibility of a research screening protocol
Tags: 2004, 80 And Over, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Attitude To Health, Backlog, Casarett D, Community Health Services/utilization, Cross-sectional Studies, Eligibility Determination, Feasibility Studies, Female, Health Services Research/methods, Hospice Care/utilization, Humans, Journal Article, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Kassner CT, Kutner JS, Male, Middle Aged, Multi-site Ethics, Palliative Care, Patient Selection, Research Subjects/psychology
Reducing family members' anxiety and uncertainty in illness around transfer from intensive care: an intervention study
Tags: 2004, 80 And Over, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Analysis of Variance, Anxiety/prevention & control, Australia, Backlog, Courtney M, Family/psychology, Female, Humans, ICU Decision Making, Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, Intensive Care Units, Intervention, Interventions, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Mitchell ML, Pamphlets, Patient Transfer, Social Support