Browse Items (302 total)
- Tags: Aged
The impact of parental status on the risk of completed suicide.
Tags: 2003, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Archives Of General Psychiatry, Backlog, Bereavement, Cause Of Death, Child, Denmark/epidemiology, Family Characteristics, Female, Grief, Humans, Infant, Journal Article, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Mortensen PB, Parents/psychology, Preschool, Qin P, Registries, Risk Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, Suicide/prevention & control/psychology/statistics & numerical data
Patterns of functional decline at the end of life
Tags: 2003, Activities of Daily Living, Aged, Backlog, Cohort Studies, Death, Epidemiologic Methods, Female, Foley DJ, Frail Elderly, Guralnik JM, Humans, Interviews As Topic, JAMA, Journal Article, Lipson S, Lunney JR, Lynn J, Male, Multiple Organ Failure/physiopathology, Neoplasms/physiopathology, Sudden, Terminally Ill
Gender differences in burden and depression among informal caregivers of demented elders in the community
Tags: 2002, Adult, Aged, Alzheimer Disease/psychology, Backlog, Baumgarten M, Canada, Caregivers/psychology, Cost Of Illness, Cross-sectional Studies, Depressive Disorder/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology, Female, Gallicchio L, Gender Identity, Humans, International Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry, Journal Article, Langenberg P, Male, Middle Aged, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, Siddiqi N
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
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder three years after the siege of Sarajevo
Tags: 2003, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Bosnia-Herzegovina/epidemiology, Butollo W, Female, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Clinical Psychology, Life Change Events, Male, Middle Aged, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology, Powell S, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Rosner R, Sampling Studies, Stress Disorders, Survivors/psychology, War
Prevalence and progression of mitochondrial diseases: a study of 50 patients
Tags: 2003, Adolescent, Adult, Age of Onset, Aged, Arenas J, Arpa J, Arpa-Fernandez A, Backlog, Campos Y, Chronic Progressive External/ep [Epidemiology], Chronic Progressive External/ge [Genetics], Chronic Progressive External/pa [Pathology], Cruz-Martinez A, Del Hoyo P, Disease Progression, DNA, Electromyography, Epilepsies, Female, Garcia-Rio F, Gutierrez-Molina M, Humans, IM, Journal Article, Lactic Acid/bl [Blood], Male, Martin MA, MELAS Syndrome/ep [Epidemiology], MELAS Syndrome/ge [Genetics], MELAS Syndrome/pa [Pathology], Middle Aged, Mitochondrial Diseases/ep [Epidemiology], Mitochondrial Diseases/ge [Genetics], Mitochondrial Diseases/pa [Pathology], Mitochondrial/ge [Genetics], Muscle, Muscle & Nerve, Myoclonic/ep [Epidemiology], Myoclonic/ge [Genetics], Myoclonic/pa [Pathology], Neural Conduction/ph [Physiology], Ophthalmoplegia, Perez-Conde C, Phenotype, Rubio JC, Skeletal/pa [Pathology], Spain/ep [Epidemiology], Survival Analysis
Simple changes can improve conduct of end-of-life care in the intensive care unit.
Tags: 2004, Aged, Analgesics/tu [Therapeutic Use], Attitude Of Health Personnel, Backlog, Canadian Journal Of Anaesthesia, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Cause Of Death, Diazepam/tu [Therapeutic Use], DNAR, DNAR Outcomes, Female, Hall RI, Humans, Hypnotics and Sedatives/tu [Therapeutic Use], Intensive Care Units, Intervention Studies, Journal Article, Life Support Care, Male, Middle Aged, Murray D, Nurses/px [Psychology], Palliative Care, Pastoral Care, Patient Admission, Physicians/px [Psychology], Resuscitation Orders, Retrospective Studies, Rocker GM, Withholding Treatment
Conflict in the care of patients with prolonged stay in the ICU: types, sources, and predictors
Tags: 2003, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Boston, Brennan T, Burns JP, Case-Control Studies, Communication Barriers, Decision Making, Dissent And Disputes, Family Relations, Female, Galper BZ, Humans, ICU Decision Making, Intensive Care Medicine, Intensive Care Units/statistics & numerical data, Intensive Care/statistics & numerical data, Interprofessional Relations, Journal Article, Length Of Stay, Male, Mello MM, Middle Aged, Professional-family Relations, Prospective Studies, Puopolo AL, Reproducibility of Results, Studdert DM, Time Factors, Truog RD
Decisions to forgo life-sustaining therapy in ICU patients independently predict hospital death
Tags: 2003, 80 And Over, Adrie C, Aged, Analysis of Variance, APACHE, Azoulay E, Backlog, Cohen Y, Comorbidity, Critical Care/statistics & numerical data, Death and Euthanasia, Decision Making, deLassence A, Empirical Approach, Female, Garrouste-Orgeas M, Hospital Mortality, Hospitals, Humans, ICU Decision Making, Intensive Care Medicine, Intensive Care Units/statistics & numerical data, Journal Article, Life Support Care/statistics & numerical data, Male, Middle Aged, Montesino L, Moreau D, Outcomerea Study Group, Paris/epidemiology, Pochard F, Predictive Value of Tests, Proportional Hazards Models, Prospective Studies, Resuscitation Orders, Risk Factors, Severity Of Illness Index, Survival Analysis, Teaching, Timsit JF, Withholding Treatment/statistics & Numerical Data
The impact of a palliative medicine consultation service in medical oncology.
Tags: 2002, 80 And Over, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Davis M, DNAR, Eligibility Determination, Female, Health Status, Homsi J, Hospice Care, Humans, Journal Article, Khawam E, LeGrand SB, Male, Medical Oncology, Middle Aged, Nelson KA, Neoplasms/th [therapy], Nouneh C, Pain/dt [drug Therapy], Pain/et [Etiology], Palliative Care/og [Organization & Administration], Palliative Care/ut [Utilization], Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Referral And Consultation, Resuscitation Orders, Social Support, Supportive Care In Cancer : Official Journal Of The Multinational Association Of Supportive Care In Cancer, Walsh D
Oral morphine and respiratory function amongst hospice inpatients with advanced cancer
Tags: 2003, Administration, Aged, Analgesics, Backlog, Drug Monitoring, Female, Health Services Research, Hospice Care, Humans, Inpatients, Journal Article, Kaiko R, Male, Middle Aged, Morphine/administration & dosage/adverse effects, Neoplasms/classification/complications/physiopathology, Opioid/administration & dosage/adverse effects, Oral, Pain/drug therapy/etiology, Respiratory Function Tests, Respiratory Insufficiency/chemically induced/diagnosis, Rivera NI, Supportive Care In Cancer : Official Journal Of The Multinational Association Of Supportive Care In Cancer, Walsh TD
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
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
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
Perceived importance of activities of daily living and arthritis helplessness in rheumatoid arthritis
Tags: 2004, A Prospective Investigation, Activities of Daily Living, Adult, Aged, Arthritis, Attitude, Backlog, Chaney John M, Depression, Disability Evaluation, Female, Health Behavior, Hommel KA, Humans, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Mullins Larry L, Pain, Prospective Studies, Questionnaires, Rheumatoid, Social Support and Chronic Pain, Wagner JL, White MM
Changing geographies of care: employing the concept of therapeutic landscapes as a framework in examining home space
Tags: 2002, Aged, Backlog, Caregivers/psychology, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Delivery of Health Care/trends, Female, Geography, Home Nursing/economics/psychology, Hospitalization, Humans, Journal Article, Non-U.S. Gov't, Patient-centered Care, Psychology, Research Support, Self Concept, Social, Social Change, Social Environment, Social Responsibility, Social science & medicine, Williams A, Women/psychology
Distinguishing starvation from cachexia
Intravenous fentanyl for cancer pain: a "fast titration" protocol for the emergency room
Tags: 2003, Adult, Aged, Analgesics, Backlog, Emergency Medical Services, Fentanyl/administration & Humans, Injections, Intravenous, Journal Article, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Martins M, Middle Aged, Neoplasms/complications, Opioid/administration & dosage, Pain/drug therapy/etiology, Palliative Care/methods, Soares LG, Time Factors, Titrimetry, Uchoa R
Anxiety and depression in parents 4-9 years after the loss of a child owing to a malignancy: a population-based follow-up.
Tags: 2004, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Anxiety Disorders/etiology, Backlog, Bereavement, Case-Control Studies, Child, Death, Depression/etiology, Female, Henter JI, Humans, Journal Article, Kreicbergs U, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Morbidity, Neoplasms, Non-U.S. Gov't, Onelov E, Parent-child Relations, Preschool, Psychological, Psychological Medicine, Research Support, Risk Factors, Steineck G, Stress, Valdimarsdottir U
At the crossroads: making the transition to hospice
Tags: 2004, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Bradley E, Caregivers/psychology, Cherlin E, Connecticut, Curry L, Decision Making, Family Relations, Female, Hospice Care/psychology, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Johnson-Hurzeler R, Journal Article, Male, McCorkle R, Middle Aged, Narration, Neoplasms/nursing, Non-P.H.S., Non-U.S. Gov't, Palliative & Supportive Care, Palliative Care/psychology, Parent-child Relations, Questionnaires, Research Support, Schulman-Green D, U.S. Gov't
The prevalence of PTSD following the violent death of a child and predictors of change 5 years later
Tags: 2003, Adaptation, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Beaton RD, Bereavement, Cause Of Death, Child, Chung IJ, Death, Female, Humans, Johnson LC, Journal Article, Journal Of Traumatic Stress, Male, Middle Aged, Murphy SA, Non-U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Parent-child Relations, Post-Traumatic/epidemiology/etiology/psychology, Prevalence, Psychological, Research Support, Risk Factors, Self Concept, Sex Factors, Social Support, Stress Disorders, U.S. Gov't, Violence
Personality characteristics as differential variables of the pain experience
Functional ability, social support, and depression in rheumatoid arthritis
Tags: 2004, Activities of Daily Living, Adult, Aged, Arthritis, Backlog, Depressive Disorder, Doeglas DM, Humans, Journal Article, Krol B, Longitudinal Studies, Middle Aged, Netherlands, Quality Of Life, Quality of Life Research, Regression Analysis, Rheumatoid, Sanderman R, Sickness Impact Profile, Social Support, Social Support and Chronic Pain, Suurmeijer Th PBM, van den Heuvel WJA, van Leeuwen MA, van Rijswijk MH
Factors contributing to post-traumatic growth: a proposed structural equation model
Tags: 2003, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Adaptation, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Bereavement, Bisexuality, Cadell S, Female, Hemsworth D, HIV Seropositivity, Homosexuality, Humans, Journal Article, Life Change Events, Male, Middle Aged, Orthopsychiatry/methods, Post-Traumatic/psychology, Psychological, Regehr C, Social Support, Stress Disorders, The American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry
A randomized comparison of patients' understanding of number needed to treat and other common risk reduction formats
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
Trauma and growth in Canadian carers
Tags: 2003, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/psychology, Adult, Aged, AIDS care, Attitude, Backlog, Bereavement, Cadell S, Canada, Caregivers/psychology, Depression/psychology, Family, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Non-U.S. Gov't, Psychological, Questionnaires, Research Support, Sociology, Stress
Clinical pharmacokinetics of morphine
Tags: 2002, Administration, Adult, Aged, Aging/metabolism, Backlog, Biotransformation, Child, Delayed-Action Preparations, Dosage Forms, Drug Interactions, Half-Life, Humans, Infant, Injections, Intestinal Absorption, Intravenous, Journal Article, Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, Kern SE, Lugo RA, Metabolic Clearance Rate, Morphine/administration & dosage/metabolism/pharmacokinetics, Neoplasms/metabolism, Newborn, Oral, Tissue Distribution
Does a palliative care clinic have a role in improving end-of-life care? Results of a pilot program
Tags: 2002, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Casarett DJ, Coffey JF, Female, Hirschman KB, Hospice Care/methods/trends, Hospital/organization & administration, Hospitals, Humans, Journal Article, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Male, Middle Aged, Outpatient Clinics, Palliative Care/methods/organization & administration/trends, Pierre L, Pilot Projects, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Proportional Hazards Models, Survival Analysis, United States, Veterans/organization & administration
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
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
Increased numbers of opioid expressing inflammatory cells do not affect intra-articular morphine analgesia
Tags: 2004, Adult, Aged, Analgesics, Arthroscopy, Backlog, Biomarkers of Pain, British Journal Of Anaesthesia, Combination, Dose-Response Relationship, Double-Blind Method, Drug, Drug Therapy, Female, Humans, Injections, Intra-Articular, Journal Article, Knee Joint/metabolism/surgery, Koppert W, Likar R, Male, Middle Aged, Morphine/administration & dosage, Mousa SA, Opioid/administration & dosage, Opioid/metabolism, Pain Measurement/methods, Philippitsch G, Pirinitramide/administration & dosage, Receptors, Schafer M, Stein C, Steinkellner H, Synovitis/metabolism/pathology
Intensive care unit admission has minimal impact on long-term mortality
Tags: 2002, Adult, Aged, Analysis of Variance, Anis AH, Backlog, British Columbia/epidemiology, Chan K, Comparative Study, Craib KJ, Critical Care Medicine, Dodek P, Female, Hogg RS, Hospital Mortality, Humans, Intensive Care Units/utilization, Journal Article, Keenan SP, Male, Middle Aged, Non-U.S. Gov't, Outcome Assessment (health Care), Regression Analysis, Research Support, Retrospective Studies, Risk, Risk Adjustment, Spinelli JJ, Survival Analysis, Survival Rate
Decreased proopiomelanocortin mRNA in lymphocytes of chronic alcoholics after intravenous human corticotropin releasing factor injection
Tags: 2003, Adult, Aged, Alcoholism, Clinical And Experimental Research, Alcoholism/blood/metabolism, Backlog, Biomarkers of Pain, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone/pharmacology, Female, Finckh U, Humans, Journal Article, Kox WJ, Lymphocytes/drug effects/metabolism, Male, Messenger/biosynthesis/genetics, Middle Aged, Muhlbauer E, Nonparametric, Pro-Opiomelanocortin/biosynthesis/genetics, Rettig J, RNA, Rommelspacher H, Rosenberger P, Sinha P, Spies CD, Statistics, Weissmuller T, Wernecke KD
Mechanical ventilation in Ontario, 1992-2000: incidence, survival, and hospital bed utilization of noncardiac surgery adult patients
Tags: 2004, Adult, Aged, Artificial/statistics & numerical data/utilization, Backlog, Bronskill SE, Critical Care, Critical Care Medicine, Databases, Factual, Female, Hospital Mortality, Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data, Humans, Incidence, Intensive Care Units, Journal Article, Laupacis A, Length Of Stay, Male, Middle Aged, Needham DM, Non-U.S. Gov't, Ontario/epidemiology, P.H.S., Pronovost PJ, Research Support, Respiration, Retrospective Studies, Sibbald WJ, Survival Analysis, U.S. Gov't
Half the family members of intensive care unit patients do not want to share in the decision-making process: a study in 78 French intensive care units
Tags: 2004, Adrie C, Adult, Aged, Annane D, anxiety, Attitude Of Health Personnel, Attitude To Health, Azoulay E, Backlog, Bleichner G, Bornstain C, Bouffard Y, Chevret S, Cohen Y, Consumer Satisfaction, Critical Care Medicine, Decision Making, Depression, Family/psychology, FAMIREA Study Group, Feissel M, Female, France, Goldgran-Toledano D, Guitton C, Hayon J, Humans, ICU Decision Making, Iglesias E, Intensive Care Units, Joly LM, Jourdain M, Journal Article, Laplace C, Lebert C, LeGall JR, Logistic Models, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Pingat J, Pochard F, Poisson C, Prospective Studies, Renault A, Sanchez O, Schlemmer B, Selcer D, Timsit JF
Initial experiences with medicinal extracts of cannabis for chronic pain: results from 34 'N of 1' studies
Tags: 2004, Administration, Adult, Aged, Anaesthesia, Analgesics, Backlog, Cannabidiol/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Chronic Disease, Cross-Over Studies, Depressive Disorder/drug therapy, Double-Blind Method, Drug Combinations, Female, Humans, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Miller R, Multiple Sclerosis/drug therapy, Newport S, Non-Narcotic/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Notcutt W, Pain Measurement/methods, Pain/drug Therapy, Patient Selection, Phillips C, Price M, Sansom C, Simmons S, Sleep/drug effects, Sublingual, Tetrahydrocannabinol/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Treatment Outcome
Use of hospitals, physician visits, and hospice care during last six months of life among cohorts loyal to highly respected hospitals in the United States
Tags: 2004, 80 And Over, Aged, Backlog, Bmj (clinical Research Ed.), Bronner KK, Cohort Studies, Fisher ES, General/utilization, Health Services Needs and Demand/statistics & numerical data, Hospice Care/utilization, Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data, Hospitals, Humans, Journal Article, Non-U.S. Gov't, Outcome Assessment (health Care), P.H.S., Patient Acceptance Of Health Care/statistics & Numerical Data, Research Support, Retrospective Studies, Sharp SM, Skinner JS, Stukel TA, Teaching/utilization, Terminal Care/utilization, Terminally Ill/statistics & numerical data, U.S. Gov't, United States, Wennberg JE
Junior versus senior physicians for informing families of intensive care unit patients
Tags: 2004, Adrie C, Adult, Aged, Alberti C, American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine, Annane D, Azoulay E, Backlog, Communication, Comprehension, Critical Illness, Family Health, Female, Garrouste-Orgeas M, Goldgran-Toledano D, Hospital, Humans, ICU Decision Making, Intensive Care, Intensive Care Units, Internship And Residency, Jourdain M, Journal Article, Lefrant JY, Male, Medical Staff, Middle Aged, Moreau D, Papazian L, Personal Satisfaction, Pochard F, Professional-family Relations, Prospective Studies, Quinio P
The efficacy and side effects of continuous infusion intravenous morphine (CIVM) for pain and symptoms due to advanced cancer
Tags: 2002, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Analgesics, Backlog, Female, Glare P, Groh E, Humans, Infusions, Intractable/drug therapy/etiology, Intravenous, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Morphine/administration & Neoplasms/complications, Nelson KA, Opioid/administration & dosage/adverse effects, Pain, Palliative Care/methods, Retrospective Studies, The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, United States, Walsh D