Browse Items (303 total)
- Tags: Aged
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
The reflections you get': an exploration of body image and cachexia.
Tags: 2007, 80 And Over, Adaptation, Aged, Attitude To Health, Backlog, Body Image, Cachexia/et [Etiology], Cachexia/px [Psychology], England, Female, Health Services Needs And Demand, Hinsley R, Holistic Health, Hughes R, Humans, International Journal of Palliative Nursing, Interpersonal Relations, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, N, Narration, Neoplasms/co [complications], Nursing Methodology Research, Palliative Care/mt [methods], Palliative Care/px [psychology], Prognosis, Psychological, Qualitative Research, Quality Of Life/px [psychology], Questionnaires, Social Behavior, Social Isolation, Social Support, Spirituality, Terminally Ill/px [Psychology]
Symptom pathways from referral to death: measuring palliative care outcomes.
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
Smoked cannabis for chronic neuropathic pain: a randomized controlled trial
Tags: 2010, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Bennett GJ, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Chronic Disease, Collet JP, Cross-Over Studies, Double-Blind Method, Ducruet T, Female, Gamsa A, Humans, Huynh T, Journal Article, Linear Models, Male, Marijuana Smoking, Middle Aged, Neuralgia/drug therapy, Pain Measurement, Placebos, Quality Of Life, Robinson A, Shapiro S, Sleep/drug effects, Tetrahydrocannabinol/administration & dosage/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Treatment Outcome, Wang T, Ware M
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
Posttraumatic growth in former Vietnam prisoners of war
Tags: 2008, Age Factors, Aged, Alonso A, Ameli R, Backlog, Buchholz KR, Charney DS, Feder A, Goetz RR, Hain R, Humans, Journal Article, Male, Moore J, Post-traumatic, Prisoners, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychiatry, Psychological Tests, Regression Analysis, Smith BW, Social Adjustment, Social Support, Southwick SM, Stress Disorders, Vietnam Conflict, Vythilingam M, Waldeck T, Wang Y
An overview of contemporary social work practice in palliative care.
Tags: 2010, 80 And Over, Access To Information, Adolescence, Aged, Backlog, Bosma H, Cadell S, Canada, Collaboration, Commitment, Communities, Decision Making, Education, Evaluation, Female, Goals and Objectives, Health Care Delivery, Hospices, Johnston M, Journal Article, Knowledge, Male, Multidisciplinary Care Team, Palliative Care, Patient Advocacy, Patient Care Plans, PPC Book Chapter 2011 (Kim Widger), Progress In Palliative Care, psychosocial, Reflection, Research, Role, Social Values, Social Work, Support, Wainright W
First documented rhythm and clinical outcome from in-hospital cardiac arrest among children and adults
Tags: 2006, 80 And Over, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Berg RA, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Carey SM, Child, Female, Heart Arrest/mortality/physiopathology/therapy, Hospital Mortality, Hospitalization, Humans, Infant, JAMA, Journal Article, Kaye W, Lane-Truitt T, Larkin GL, Male, Mancini ME, Middle Aged, Nadkarni VM, National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Investigators, Nichol G, Ornato JP, Peberdy MA, Potts J, Preschool, Prospective Studies, Survival Analysis, Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation/physiopathology, Ventricular/physiopathology
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
Experience in the use of the palliative care outcome scale.
Tags: 2005, 80 And Over, A'hern R, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Broadley K, Cancer Care Facilities, DNAR, Female, Great Britain, Gwilliam B, Hardy J, Humans, Journal Article, Male, Medical Oncology, Middle Aged, Palliative Care/px [psychology], Patient Satisfaction, Pilot Projects, Quality Of Life, Questionnaires, Stevens A-M, Supportive Care In Cancer : Official Journal Of The Multinational Association Of Supportive Care In Cancer, Treatment Outcome
Safety and efficacy of rosuvastatin therapy for the prevention of hyperlipidemia in adult cardiac transplant recipients
Tags: 2005, 80 And Over, Aged, Backlog, Cohort Studies, Comparative Study, Control, dosage, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Fluorobenzenes/administration &, Follow-up Studies, Frolich J, Graft Rejection, Graft Survival, Heart Transplantation/adverse effects/methods, Humans, Humphries K, Hyperlipidemia/drug therapy/prevention &, Ignaszewski A, Imai C, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Postoperative Complications/prevention &, Prospective Studies, Pyrimidines/administration &, Risk Assessment, Samman A, Straatman L, Sulfonamides/administration &, Survival Rate, The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation : The Official Publication Of The International Society For Heart Transplantation, Treatment Outcome
Coping with chronic pain
Tags: 2005, Adaptation, Adult, Aged, Attitude To Health, Backlog, Chronic Disease, Depression, Dysvik Elin, Eikeland Ole-Johan, Emotions, Female, Humans, International Journal Of Nursing Studies, Journal Article, Lindstrøm TC, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Multivariate Analysis, Natvig GK, Norway, Nurse's Role, Nursing Methodology Research, Pain, Predictive Value of Tests, Problem Solving, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychological, Questionnaires, Regression Analysis, Self Concept, Social Support, Stress
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
Symptoms of anxiety and depression in family members of intensive care unit patients before discharge or death. A prospective multicenter study
Tags: 2005, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Anxiety/epidemiology/psychology, Azoulay E, Backlog, Bollaert PE, Cheval C, Coloigner M, Darmon M, Death, Depression/epidemiology/psychology, Family/psychology, Fassier T, French FAMIREA study group, Humans, ICU Decision Making, Intensive Care Units, Journal Article, Journal of Critical Care, Merouani A, Middle Aged, Moulront S, Patient Discharge, Pigne E, Pingat J, Pochard F, Prevalence, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Schlemmer B, Severity Of Illness Index, Zahar JR
Nociceptin levels in the cerebrospinal fluid of chronic pain patients with or without intrathecal administration of morphine
Tags: 2006, Aged, Analgesics, Backlog, Balestri M, Biological Markers/cerebrospinal fluid, Caminiti A, Candeletti S, Chronic Disease, Female, Humans, Injections, Journal Article, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Landuzzi D, Male, Middle Aged, Montanari F, Morphine/administration & dosage, Opioid Peptides/cerebrospinal fluid, Opioid/administration & dosage, Pain Measurement/drug effects/methods, Pain/cerebrospinal fluid/diagnosis/drug therapy, Raffaeli W, Righetti D, Romualdi P, Samolsky DBG, Spinal
Resource utilization for ovarian cancer patients at the end of life: how much is too much?
Tags: 2005, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Buttin BM, Comparative Study, Female, Gibb RK, Gynecologic Oncology, Health Services/economics/utilization, Herzog TJ, Hospice Care/economics, Hospitalization/economics, Humans, Journal Article, Lewin SN, Medical Futility, Middle Aged, Mutch DG, Ovarian Neoplasms/economics/therapy, Palliative Care/economics, Powell MA, Rader JS, Retrospective Studies, Terminal Care/economics/methods
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
Couples at risk following the death of their child: predictors of grief versus depression
Tags: 2005, Adult, Aged, Attitude To Death, Backlog, Bereavement, Couples, Death, Depression, Depression/psychology, Dijkstra I, Family Characteristics, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, Middle Aged, Parents, Risk Factors, Schut H, Stroebe M, Stroebe W, Time Factors, van den Bout J, van der Heijden P, Wijngaards-de ML
Perceived stress in HIV-infected individuals: Physiological and psychological correlates.
Tags: 2006, Adaptation, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, AIDS care, Anxiety Disorders - psychology, Backlog, Depressive Disorder/psychology, Dudgeon WD, Female, Hand GA, HIV Infections/psychology, Humans, Journal Article, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Perception, Phillips KD, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychological, Psychological/psychology, South Carolina, Stress
The benefits of a hospital-based inpatient palliative care consultation service: preliminary outcome data
Tags: 2005, 80 And Over, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Artificial/economics, Backlog, Blank AE, Case-Control Studies, Consumer Satisfaction, Contract Services, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Female, Hospital Charges, Hospitals, Humans, Journal Article, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Male, Middle Aged, New York City, O'Mahony S, Outcome Assessment (health Care), Palliative Care/organization & Administration, Referral And Consultation, Respiration, Selwyn PA, Zallman L
Impact of palliative care case management on resource use by patients dying of cancer at a Veterans Affairs medical center
Tags: 2005, Aged, Back AL, Backlog, Case Management/organization & administration, Comorbidity, Comparative Study, Female, Hospitals, Humans, Journal Article, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Length Of Stay, Li YF, Logistic Models, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms/mortality/therapy, Palliative Care/statistics & numerical data/utilization, Retrospective Studies, Sales AE, Terminal Care, Veterans
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
Final transitions: family caregiving at the end of life
Tags: 2005, 80 And Over, Aged, Backlog, Caregivers/psychology, Female, Finn W, Humans, Interviews, Journal Article, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Kramer BJ, Male, Middle Aged, Milch RA, Non-U.S. Gov't, Psychological/etiology, Research Support, Skretny JA, Stress, Terminal Care, United States, Waldrop DP
Parenteral nutrition in advanced cancer: indications and clinical practice guidelines
Tags: 2005, Aged, Backlog, Baracos V, Cachexia/et [Etiology], Cachexia/th [Therapy], Fainsinger RL, Female, Gastric Outlet Obstruction/co [Complications], Humans, IM, Intestinal Fistula/co [Complications], Journal Article, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Male, Middle Aged, Mirhosseini N, Neoplasms/co [complications], Neoplasms/th [therapy], Palliative Care, Parenteral Nutrition, Patient Selection, Practice Guidelines
Advanced illness index: Predictive modeling to stratify elders using self-report data
Clinical manifestation and natural course of late-onset Pompe's disease in 54 Dutch patients
Tags: 2005, 80 And Over, Adolescent, Adult, Age Distribution, Age of Onset, Aged, Artificial/utilization, Backlog, Brain, Child, Fatigue/etiology, Glycogen Storage Disease Type II/complications/diagnosis/rehabilitation, Hagemans ML, Hop WJ, Humans, Journal Article, Loonen MC, Middle Aged, Movement Disorders/etiology, Pain/etiology, Preschool, Prognosis, Q3 Scoping Review Results, Respiration, Respiration Disorders/etiology/therapy, Reuser AJ, Self-Help Devices/utilization, Van der Ploeg AT, Van Doorn PA, Winkel LP
The spectrum of adult congenital heart disease in Europe: morbidity and mortality in a 5 year follow-up period. The Euro Heart Survey on adult congenital heart disease
Tags: 2005, Adolescent, Adolescent Transitions, Adult, Aged, Ambulatory Care/statistics & numerical data, Backlog, Boersma E, Cardiovascular Agents/therapeutic use, Cardiovascular/mortality, Congenital/mortality, Daliento L, Data Collection, Engelfriet P, Europe/epidemiology, European Heart Journal, Female, Follow-up Studies, Gatzoulis MA, Heart Defects, Hirsch R, Humans, Journal Article, Kaemmerer H, Laforest V, Male, Meijboom F, Middle Aged, Moons P, Mulder B, Oechslin E, Patient Acceptance Of Health Care/statistics & Numerical Data, Popelova J, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Survival Analysis, Thaulow E, Thilen U, Tijssen J
Analgesic effects of topical methadone: a report of four cases
Tags: 2005, 80 And Over, Administration, Aged, Analgesics, Arndt DR, Backlog, Bandages, Female, Gallagher RE, Humans, Hunt KL, Journal Article, Male, Methadone/administration & Dosage, Middle Aged, Opioid/administration & dosage, Pain/drug therapy/etiology, Palliative Care/methods, Penetrating/complications, The Clinical Journal Of Pain, Topical, Treatment Outcome, Wounds
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
Inter-religious perspectives on hope and limits in cancer treatment
Tags: 2005, 80 and over Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy/pathology/psychology Decision Making Family Health Female Hospice Care HumansMother-Child RelationsPalliative Care Physician-Patient Relations PrognosisReligion Truth Disclosure, Aged, Astrow AB, Backlog, Journal Article, Journal Of Clinical Oncology, Mattson I, PedPal Lit, Ponet RJ, White M
Disease severity in children and adults with Pompe disease related to age and disease duration
Tags: 2005, 80 And Over, Activities of Daily Living, Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Age of Onset, Aged, Artificial/statistics & numerical data, Backlog, Child, Cross-sectional Studies, Disease Progression, Female, Glycogen Storage Disease Type II/diagnosis/epidemiology/physiopathology, Hagemans ML, Hop WC, Humans, Infant, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Muscle, Neurology, Newborn, Preschool, Q3 Scoping Review Results, Questionnaires, Respiration, Respiratory Insufficiency/epidemiology/etiology/therapy, Reuser AJ, Severity Of Illness Index, Skeletal/physiopathology, Van der Ploeg AT, Van Doorn PA, Wheelchairs/statistics & numerical data, Winkel LP
Late-onset neurologic disease in glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
Tags: 2005, Age of Onset, Aged, Atrophy/enzymology/genetics/physiopathology, Backlog, Bodamer OA, Brain Diseases, Carnitine/therapeutic use, Cerebral Cortex/enzymology/pathology/physiopathology, Cognition Disorders/enzymology/genetics/physiopathology, Disease Progression, DNA Mutational Analysis, Food, Formulated, Glutaryl-CoA Dehydrogenase/deficiency, Gruber S, Harting I, Hoffmann GF, Humans, Inborn/enzymology/genetics/physiopathology, Journal Article, Kolker S, Kulkens S, Lateral Ventricles/pathology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Metabolic, Movement Disorders/enzymology/genetics/physiopathology, Mutation/genetics, Myelinated/pathology, Nerve Fibers, Neurology, Q3 Scoping Review Results, Sauer S, Treatment Outcome, Zschocke J
Course of disability and respiratory function in untreated late-onset Pompe disease
Tags: 2006, 80 And Over, Adolescent, Adult, Age of Onset, Aged, Backlog, Child, Disabled Persons, Disease Progression, Female, Follow-up Studies, Glycogen Storage Disease Type II/physiopathology, Hagemans ML, Hop WJ, Humans, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Neurology, Preschool, Q3 Scoping Review Results, Questionnaires, Respiratory Function Tests, Reuser AJ, Time Factors, Van der Ploeg AT, Van Doorn PA
Distance from home when death occurs: a population-based study of Washington State, 1989-2002
Tags: 2006, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Child, Death, Emergency Service, Feudtner C, Health Services Accessibility, Hoskins RE, Hospital, Hospital Mortality, Hospitals, Humans, Infant, Journal Article, Location Of Death, Middle Aged, Newborn, Nursing Homes, Palliative Care, Pediatrics, Preschool, Residence Characteristics, Shabbout M, Silveira MJ, Terminal Care, Washington
The Holocaust as a context for telling life stories
Resource utilization and outcome in gravely ill intensive care unit patients with predicted in-hospital mortality rates of 95% or higher by APACHE III scores: the relationship with physician and family expectations
Tags: 2005, 80 And Over, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, APACHE, Backlog, Bechtle PS, Berge KH, Cohort Studies, Critical Illness/mortality/therapy, Family/psychology, Female, Health Resources/utilization, Hospital Mortality, Humans, Intensive Care, Jewell SM, Journal Article, Lanier WL, Maiers DR, Male, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Medical Records, Middle Aged, Minnesota, Outcome Assessment (health Care), Physicians/psychology, Professional-family Relations, Schreiner DP, Schroeder DR, Stevens SR
The comprehensive care team: a controlled trial of outpatient palliative medicine consultation
Tags: 2004, Advance Care Planning/statistics & Numerical Data, Aged, Archives Of Internal Medicine, Backlog, California, Chronic Obstructive/complications/psychology/therapy, Dibble SL, Female, Heart Failure/complications/psychology/therapy, Hospital/organization & administration/utilization, Humans, Journal Article, Male, McPhee SJ, Neoplasms/complications/psychology/therapy, Office Visits/statistics & numerical data, Outcome And Process Assessment (health Care), Outpatient Clinics, Palliative Care/organization & Administration, Pantilat SZ, Patient Care Team, Primary Health Care/organization & administration/utilization, Pulmonary Disease, Quality Of Life, Questionnaires, Rabow MW
Talking with terminally ill patients and their caregivers about death, dying, and bereavement: is it stressful? Is it helpful?
Tags: 2004, 80 And Over, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Archives Of Internal Medicine, Attitude To Death, Backlog, Bereavement, Caregivers/psychology, Communication, Death, Death and Euthanasia, Emanuel EJ, Emanuel LL, Empirical Approach, Fairclough DL, Female, Humans, Interviews, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Non-U.S. Gov't, Prospective Studies, Psychological/etiology/psychology, Research Support, Speech, Stress, Terminal Care, Terminally Ill/psychology, United States, Wolfe P