Browse Items (109 total)
- Tags: 80 And Over
Half of older Americans seen in emergency department in last month of life; most admitted to hospital, and many die there
Tags: 2012, 80 And Over, Aged, Backlog, Boscardin J, Cenzer IS, Covinsky K, Emergency Service, Female, Fisher J, Health Affairs, Hospital, Hospital Mortality, Hospitalization, Humans, Insurance Claim Review, Journal Article, Male, McCarthy E, Smith AK, Terminal Care, Terminally Ill, United States, Weber E
A pilot study of palliative medicine fellows' hospice home visits.
Tags: 2012, 80 And Over, Aged, Aktas A, Backlog, Davis Mellar P, DNAR, Female, home care services, Hospice Care, Hullihen B, Humans, Journal Article, Khan MIA, Lagman R, LeGrand SB, Male, Medication Reconciliation, Middle Aged, Palliative Care/ma [manpower], Palliative Care/mt [methods], Patient Education as Topic, Physicians, Pilot Projects, Prospective Studies, Russell KM, Shoemaker LK, The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, Walsh D
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
The effectiveness of a self-reporting bedside pain assessment tool for oncology inpatients
Tags: 2012, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Chung JH, Female, Han Hye-Suk, Humans, Journal Article, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Kim EB, Kim ST, Kim Wun-Jae, Lee KH, Lim Sung-Nam, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Pain Measurement, Park BR, Patient Satisfaction, Prospective Studies, Reproducibility of Results, Republic of Korea, Self Report, Shin YD, Yim KH
Survival duration among patients with a noncancer diagnosis admitted to a palliative care unit: a retrospective study
Tags: 2012, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Bennett M, Blacker S, Cheng SM, Chou Yang-Chieh, Downar J, Female, Humans, Journal Article, Journal of Palliative Medicine, La Delfa Ignazio, Length Of Stay, Male, Medical Audit, Middle Aged, Ontario, Ouellet D, Palliative Care, Petch C, Prognosis, Regression Analysis, Retrospective Studies, Survival Analysis, Terminally Ill
Usefulness of consecutive biomarkers measurement in the management of community-acquired pneumonia.
Tags: 2012, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Andreo F, Ausina V, Backlog, Bas A, Biomarkers/blood, Community-Acquired Infections/complications/diagnosis/etiology/pathology, Critical Care, Diagnostic Tests, Dominguez J, European Journal Of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Female, Humans, Journal Article, Lacoma A, Male, Middle Aged, Perez M, Pneumonia/diagnosis/etiology/pathology, Prat C, Prognosis, Ramirez A, Rodriguez N, Routine/methods, Ruiz-Manzano J, Severity Of Illness Index, Survival Analysis
Adverse events in hospice and palliative care: a pilot study to determine feasibility of collection and baseline rates
Tags: 2011, 80 And Over, Abernethy AP, Accidental Falls, Adult, Agar MR, Aged, Australia, Backlog, Confusion, Currow DC, Feasibility Studies, Female, Greene A, Hospice Care/standards, Humans, Hyperglycemia, Hypoglycemia, Hypotension, Journal Article, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Male, Middle Aged, Palliative Care/standards, Pilot Projects, Retrospective Studies, Rowett D, To TH, Urinary Retention, Young Adult
The Spanish version of the dementia quality of life questionnaire: a validation study
Tags: 2011, 80 And Over, Aged, Aging & Mental Health, Backlog, Brod M, Dementia/diagnosis/physiopathology/psychology, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Gomez-Benito J, Humans, Journal Article, Language, Lucas-Carrasco R, Male, Middle Aged, Psychometrics/instrumentation, Quality Of Life/psychology, Questionnaires/standards, Rejas J, Reproducibility of Results, Sensitivity and Specificity, Severity Of Illness Index, Spain, Translations
Evaluation of a Continuous Quality Improvement Initiative for End-Of-Life Care for Older Noncancer Patients
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
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
The McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire: a measure of quality of life appropriate for people with advanced disease. A preliminary study of validity and acceptability
Tags: 1995, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Bui F, Cohen SR, Comparative Study, Female, Human, Journal Article, Karnofsky Performance Status, Male, Middle Age, Mount BM, Neoplasms/psychology/therapy, Non-U.S. Gov't, Palliative Care, Palliative Medicine, Predictive Value of Tests, Quality Of Life, Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results, Strobel MG, Support
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
Breast cancer patients' attitudes about rationing postlumpectomy radiation therapy: applicability of trade-off methods to policy-making
Tags: 1997, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Attitude, Backlog, Breast Neoplasms/psychology/radiotherapy/surgery, Canada, Combined Modality Therapy, Female, Health Care Rationing, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Clinical Oncology, Llewellyn-Thomas HA, Mackenzie RG, Mastectomy, Middle Aged, Naylor CD, Non-U.S. Gov't, Palda VA, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Patient Satisfaction, Policy Making, Pritchard KI, Research Support, Risk Factors, Segmental, Time Factors, Waiting Lists
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
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
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
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
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
Facilitating day-to-day decision making in palliative care
Tags: 2000, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Bottorff JL, Cancer Nursing, Davies B, Decision Making, Female, Garossino C, Humans, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Non-U.S. Gov't, Nurse-patient Relations, Nursing Process, Oncologic Nursing, Palliative Care/psychology, Porterfield P, Questionnaires, Research Support, Shaw M, Steele R
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
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
Clinical problems with the performance of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in The Netherlands
Tags: 2000, 80 And Over, Active, Adult, Aged, Assisted/statistics & numerical data, Backlog, Data Collection, Death and Euthanasia, Empirical Approach, Empirical Research, Euthanasia, Euthanasia/statistics & numerical data, Female, Groenewoud JH, Humans, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Netherlands, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Random Allocation, Suicide, The New England Journal Of Medicine, van der Heide A, van der Maas PJ, van der Wal G, Willems DL
Vulnerability and resilience to combat exposure: can stress have lifelong effects?
Tags: 1994, 80 And Over, Adaptation, Adult, Aged, Aldwin CM, Backlog, Combat Disorders/diagnosis/psychology, Defense Mechanisms, Europe, Follow-up Studies, Humans, Journal Article, Korea, Levenson MR, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mathematical Computing, Middle Aged, Non-P.H.S., P.H.S., Personality Development, Personality Inventory/statistics & numerical data, Psychological, Psychological/complications, Psychology And Aging, Research Support, Software, Spiro A, Stress, U.S. Gov't, Veterans/psychology
Subcutaneous clodronate: a study evaluating efficacy in hypercalcemia of malignancy and local toxicity
Tags: 1997, 80 And Over, Aged, Annals Of Oncology : Official Journal Of The European Society For Medical Oncology / Esmo, Backlog, Bruera E, Clodronate, Clodronic Acid/administration & dosage/adverse effects, Female, Hanson J, Humans, Hypercalcemia/drug therapy, Injections, Journal Article, Lawlor P, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms/complications, Pereira J, Subcutaneous, Walker P, Watanabe S
A randomized, controlled trial of intravenous clodronate in patients with metastatic bone disease and pain
Tags: 1997, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Analgesics, Analysis of Variance, Backlog, Bone Neoplasms/complications/secondary, Brasher P, Bruera E, Chi-Square Distribution, Clodronate, Clodronic Acid/administration & dosage, Comparative Study, Cross-Over Studies, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Ernst DS, Female, Hagen N, Humans, Injections, Intractable/drug therapy/etiology, Intravenous, Journal Article, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, MacDonald RN, Male, Middle Aged, Non-Narcotic/administration & dosage, Pain, Pain Measurement/drug effects, Paterson AH, Treatment Outcome
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
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
The Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale: an instrument for the evaluation of symptom prevalence, characteristics and distress
Tags: 1994, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Analysis of Variance, Backlog, Coyle N, et al, European Journal Of Cancer, Female, Friedlander-Klar H, Humans, Journal Article, Karnofsky Performance Status, Kemeny N, Kiyasu E, Kornblith AB, Lepore JM, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms/complications, Norton L, Pain Measurement, Portenoy RK, Prevalence, Psychological, Quality Of Life, Reproducibility of Results, Severity Of Illness Index, Sobel K, Stress, Thaler HT
Brain and gut neuropeptides in peripheral blood mononuclear cells
Tags: 1993, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Aging/metabolism, Animals, Backlog, beta-Endorphin/blood/pharmacology, Brain, Chemotaxis/drug effects, Cholecystokinin/blood/pharmacology, Digestive System, Headache/blood, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Physiology, Paris, Lymphocytes/metabolism, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropeptides/blood, Panerai AE, Rats, Sacerdote P, Schizophrenia/blood, Sprague-Dawley, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide/blood/pharmacology
A double-blind, crossover trial of intravenous clodronate in metastatic bone pain
Tags: 1992, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Bone Neoplasms/physiopathology/secondary, Brasher P, Bruera E, Clodronate, Clodronic Acid/administration & dosage/therapeutic use, Double-Blind Method, Ernst DS, Female, Humans, Infusions, Intravenous, Jensen J, Journal Article, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, MacDonald RN, Male, Middle Aged, Pain Measurement, Pain/diagnosis/drug therapy/etiology, Paterson AH
Age-related changes of beta-endorphin and cholecystokinin in human and rat mononuclear cells
Tags: 1991, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Aging/blood/immunology, Animals, Backlog, Barcellini W, beta-Endorphin/blood, Breda M, Cholecystokinin/blood, Humans, In Vitro, Interleukin-2/biosynthesis, Journal Article, Leukocytes, Lymphocyte Activation, Male, Meroni PL, Middle Aged, Mononuclear/immunology/metabolism, Panerai AE, Peptides, Rats, Sacerdote P
The course of the terminal phase in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Tags: 2001, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Airway Obstruction/etiology/pathology/psychology, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/complications/pathology/psychology, anxiety, Backlog, Borasio GD, Caregivers, Cough/etiology, Death, Disease Progression, Dyspnea/etiology, Fear, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Neurology, Male, Middle Aged, Neudert C, Oliver D, Palliative Care, Quality Of Life, Retrospective Studies, Terminal Care, Wasner M
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
Comfort care for terminally ill patients. The appropriate use of nutrition and hydration
Tags: 1994, 80 And Over, Aged, Backlog, Death and Euthanasia, Empirical Approach, Female, Fluid Therapy, Groth-Juncker A, Hall WJ, Humans, Hunger, JAMA, Journal Article, Male, McCann RM, Middle Aged, New York, Nursing Homes/standards, Nutrition, NY), Palliative Care/psychology, Parenteral Nutrition, Prospective Studies, Psychological, Quality Of Life, Risk Assessment, St. John's Home (Rochester, Stress, Terminal Care/methods/psychology/standards, Thirst, Withholding Treatment, Xerostomia/therapy
Assessing the clinical importance of symptomatic improvements. An illustration in rheumatology
Tags: 1993, 80 And Over, Activities of Daily Living, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Archives Of Internal Medicine, Arthritis, Arthritis/physiopathology, Attitude To Health, Backlog, Female, Health Status, Health Status Indicators, Humans, Journal Article, Lorig K, Male, Middle Aged, Osteoarthritis/physiopathology, Quality Of Life, Redelmeier DA, Rheumatoid/physiopathology, Self-Assessment, Severity Of Illness Index
Complexities in prognostication in advanced cancer: "to help them live their lives the way they want to"
Tags: 2003, 80 And Over, Adenocarcinoma/drug therapy/secondary, Aged, algorithms, Antineoplastic Agents, Backlog, Christakis NA, Female, Hormonal/therapeutic use, Human, JAMA, Journal Article, Lamont EB, Non-U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Patient Participation, Physician-patient Relations, Prognosis, Skin Neoplasms/drug therapy/secondary, Stomach Neoplasms/drug therapy/pathology, Support, Survival Analysis, Tamoxifen/therapeutic use, Truth Disclosure, U.S. Gov't
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
The Role of Social Support in Coping with Daily Pain among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tags: 2004, 80 And Over, Adaptation, Adult, Aged, Arthritis, Backlog, Chronic Pain, Coping, DeLongis A, Female, Holtzman S, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Health Psychology, Male, Middle Aged, Newth S, Non-U.S. Gov't, Pain/etiology/psychology/therapy, Psychological, Questionnaires, Research Support, Rheumatoid/complications, Social Support, Social Support and Chronic Pain