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- Tags: Middle Aged
Factors important to patients' quality of life at the end of life
Tags: 2012, Adult, Aged, Archives Of Internal Medicine, Attitude To Death, Backlog, Caregivers, Drug Therapy, Female, Follow-up Studies, Humans, Journal Article, Male, Meditation, Middle Aged, Models, Neoplasms, Nilsson ME, Pastoral Care, Physician-patient Relations, Prigerson HG, Prospective Studies, Quality Of Life, statistical, Terminal Care, Terminally Ill, United States, Zhang B
Palliative medicine consultation for preparedness planning in patients receiving left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy.
Tags: 2011, AbouEzzeddine OF, Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives, Aged, Backlog, Boilson BA, Carter Kari A, Decision Making, DNAR, DNAR Outcomes, Family, Female, Freeman MR, Heart Failure/th [Therapy], Heart-Assist Devices, Humans, Interdisciplinary Communication, Journal Article, Left/th [Therapy], Male, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Middle Aged, Mueller PS, Ottenberg AL, Palliative Care/mt [methods], Park Soon J, Patient Care Team, Quality Of Life, Referral And Consultation, Retrospective Studies, Right/th [Therapy], Severity Of Illness Index, Swetz K M, Ventricular Dysfunction, Withholding Treatment
Indicators of family resilience after the death of a child
Tags: 2011, Adaptation, Adult, Anecdotes as Topic, Attitude To Death, Backlog, Belgium, Child, Female, Greeff AP, Grief, Herbiest T, Humans, Infant, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Newborn, Object Attachment, Omega, Parent-child Relations, Parents, Preschool, Psychological, Resilience, Self Concept, Self-Help Groups, sibling bereavement, Social Adjustment, Social Support, Survivors, Vansteenwegen A
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
Association between opioid prescribing patterns and opioid overdose-related deaths
Tags: 2011, Acute Disease, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Analgesics, Backlog, Bair MJ, Blow FC, Bohnert AS, Case-Control Studies, Chronic Disease, Cohort Studies, Drug Prescriptions/statistics & numerical data, Female, Ganoczy D, Humans, Ilgen MA, JAMA, Journal Article, Male, McCarthy JF, Middle Aged, Opioid/administration & dosage/poisoning, Overdose/epidemiology, Pain/drug Therapy, Physician's Practice Patterns/statistics & numerical data, Risk, United States/epidemiology, Valenstein M, Veterans/statistics & numerical data, Young Adult
Palliative care on the net: an online survey of health care professionals
Tags: 2001, Adult, Aged, Attitude Of Health Personnel, Attitude to Computers, Attitudes, Backlog, Bruera E, Computer Communication Networks, Databases, Factual/utilization, Female, Health Knowledge, Health Personnel/psychology/statistics & numerical data, Human, Information Services/utilization, Internet/utilization, Journal Article, Journal Of Palliative Care, Male, Middle Aged, Nurses/psychology/statistics & numerical data, Online Systems/utilization, Pereira J, Periodicals, Pharmacists/psychology/statistics & numerical data, Physicians/psychology/statistics & numerical data, Practice, Quan H, Questionnaires, Terminal Care/statistics & Numerical Data
Putting drug use in context. Life-lines of African American women who smoke crack.
Tags: 1998, Adolescent Transitions, Adult, African Americans/psychology, Backlog, Boyd CJ, Child, Child Abuse, Crack Cocaine, Depressive Disorder/psychology, Female, Hill E, Holmes C, Humans, Incest/psychology, Journal Article, Journal Of Substance Abuse Treatment, Middle Aged, Psychological/psychology, Purnell R, Rape/psychology, Sexual/psychology, Socioeconomic Factors, Stress, Substance-Related Disorders/psychology, United States
Measured enthusiasm: does the method of reporting trial results alter perceptions of therapeutic effectiveness?
Tags: 1992, Adult, Annals Of Internal Medicine, Attitude Of Health Personnel, Backlog, Chen E, Clinical Trials, Data Interpretation, Gemfibrozil/therapeutic use, Hospitals, Humans, Hyperlipidemia/complications/drug therapy/mortality, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Myocardial Infarction/etiology/mortality/prevention & control, Naylor CD, Non-U.S. Gov't, Ontario, Outcome Assessment (health Care), Questionnaires, Research Support, Risk, statistical, Strauss B, Teaching, Treatment Outcome
Grandma's hands: parental perceptions of the importance of grandparents as secondary caregivers in families of children with disabilities
Tags: 2001, Adult, Aged, Attitude To Health, Backlog, Caregivers/psychology, Child, Disabled Children/psychology, Family Relations, Florida, Green SE, Home Nursing/manpower/psychology, Humans, Intergenerational Relations, International Journal Of Aging & Human Development, Journal Article, Middle Aged, Parent caregivers, Parent-child Relations, Parents/psychology, Preschool, Questionnaires, Social Support, Socioeconomic Factors
Sleep-disordered breathing and respiratory failure in acid maltase deficiency
Tags: 2001, Adolescent, Adult, Backlog, Child, Diaphragm/physiopathology, et al, Glycogen Storage Disease Type II/complications, Humans, Journal Article, Mellies U, Middle Aged, Neurology, Polysomnography, Predictive Value of Tests, Preschool, Q3 Scoping Review Results, Ragette R, REM, Respiratory Insufficiency/diagnosis/etiology/physiopathology, Schwake C, Sensitivity and Specificity, Sleep, Sleep Apnea Syndromes/diagnosis/etiology/physiopathology, Vital Capacity
Switching from morphine to methadone to improve analgesia and tolerability in cancer patients: a prospective study
Tags: 2001, Administration, Analgesics, Backlog, Boffi R, Casuccio A, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Fulfaro F, Gebbia V, Groff L, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Clinical Oncology, Male, Mercadante S, Methadone/administration & dosage/pharmacology, Middle Aged, Morphine/adverse effects/pharmacology, Neoplasms/complications, Non-U.S. Gov't, Opioid/administration & dosage/adverse effects/pharmacology, Oral, Pain/drug Therapy, Prospective Studies, Research Support, Ripamonti C, Villari P
Switching from morphine to oral methadone in treating cancer pain: what is the equianalgesic dose ratio?
Tags: 1998, Administration, Aged, Analgesia, Analgesics, Backlog, Brunelli C, Cross-sectional Studies, De Conno F, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Female, Groff L, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Clinical Oncology, Male, Methadone/administration & Dosage, Middle Aged, Morphine/administration & dosage, Neoplasms/complications, Non-U.S. Gov't, Opioid/administration & dosage, Oral, Pain/drug Therapy, Polastri D, Prospective Studies, Research Support, Ripamonti C, Stavrakis A, Therapeutic Equivalency, Time Factors
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
Trading treatment toxicity for survival in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Tags: 1997, Aged, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/adverse effects, Backlog, Brundage MD, Carcinoma, Combined Modality Therapy/psychology, Davidson JR, Female, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Clinical Oncology, Lung Neoplasms/mortality/pathology/psychology/therapy, Mackillop WJ, Male, Middle Aged, Non-Small-Cell Lung/mortality/pathology/psychology/therapy, Non-U.S. Gov't, Patient Satisfaction, Prostatic Neoplasms/mortality/pathology/psychology/therapy, Radiotherapy Dosage, Radiotherapy/adverse effects, Research Support
Clinical experience with oral methadone administration in the treatment of pain in 196 advanced cancer patients
Tags: 1996, Administration, Aged, Analgesics, Backlog, Brunelli C, De Conno F, Female, Groff L, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Clinical Oncology, Male, Methadone/therapeutic use, Middle Aged, Neoplasms/complications, Opioid/therapeutic use, Oral, Pain/etiology/prevention & control, Retrospective Studies, Ripamonti C, Ventafridda V, Zecca E
A multicentre international study of sedation for uncontrolled symptoms in terminally ill patients
Tags: 2000, Aged, Analgesics, Anti-Anxiety Agents/therapeutic use, Backlog, Bengtson K, Bercovici M, Combination, Consciousness/drug Effects, Delirium/drug therapy, deMoissac D, Drug Therapy, Dyspnea/drug therapy, Fainsinger RL, Female, Hosking M, Humans, Hypnotics and Sedatives/therapeutic use, Journal Article, Landman W, Male, Midazolam/therapeutic use, Middle Aged, Nausea/drug therapy, Non-U.S. Gov't, Nunez-Olarte JM, Opioid/therapeutic use, Pain/drug Therapy, Palliative Medicine, Research Support, Terminal Care/methods, Treatment Outcome, Waller A
The treatment of lateral epicondylitis by iontophoresis of sodium salicylate and sodium diclofenac
Tags: 1998, Adult, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Backlog, Clinical Rehabilitation, Comparative Study, Demirtas RN, Diclofenac/administration & Female, Humans, Iontophoresis, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Non-Steroidal/administration & dosage, Oner C, Pain Measurement, Random Allocation, Sodium Salicylate/administration & Tennis Elbow/drug therapy
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
A theory of healing in the aftermath of youth suicide. Implications for holistic nursing practice
Tags: 2001, Adaptation, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Child, Davies B, Family/psychology, Female, Holistic Health, Holistic Nursing, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Holistic Nursing, Kalischuk RG, Life Change Events, Love, Male, Mental Healing, Middle Aged, Non-U.S. Gov't, Psychological, Questionnaires, Research Support, Suicide
Sources of stress for family caregivers of institutionalized dementia patients
Tags: 1991, Alzheimer Disease/psychology, Backlog, Caregivers/psychology, Female, Health Facility Environment, Home Nursing/psychology, Humans, Institutionalization, Interpersonal Relations, Journal Article, Journal Of Applied Gerontology, Kinney JM, Middle Aged, Non-U.S. Gov't, Nursing Homes, Ogrocki PK, Ohio, Professional-family Relations, Psychological/etiology, Research Support, Stephens MA, Stress
The use of mental health services in Ontario: epidemiologic findings
Tags: 1996, Adolescent, Adult, Backlog, Boyle MH, Campbell D, Canadian Journal Of Psychiatry, Female, Goering P, Humans, Journal Article, Lin E, Logistic Models, Male, Mental Disorders/diagnosis/epidemiology, Mental Health Services/utilization, Middle Aged, Offord DR, Ontario/epidemiology, Rural Population, Socioeconomic Factors, Urban Population
Communicating the benefits of chronic preventive therapy: does the format of efficacy data determine patients' acceptance of treatment?
Tags: 1995, Adult, Aged, Antilipemic Agents/therapeutic use, Backlog, Data Interpretation, Decision Making, Female, Humans, Hux JE, Hyperlipidemia/complications/drug therapy/psychology, Informed Consent, Journal Article, Male, Medical Decision Making, Middle Aged, Naylor CD, Non-U.S. Gov't, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Patient Education, Primary Prevention, Questionnaires, Research Support, statistical, Treatment Outcome
Test-retest reliabilities of two treatment-preference instruments in measuring utilities
Tags: 1993, Adult, Aged, Backlog, de Haes HJ, Decision Making, Female, Humans, Journal Article, Kiebert GM, Kievit J, Leer JW, Life Expectancy, Male, Medical Decision Making, Middle Aged, Neoplasms/radiotherapy/surgery, Non-U.S. Gov't, Patients/psychology, Quality Of Life, Research Support, Stiggelbout AM
Stress, social support, and sense of coherence
Tags: 1999, Adaptation, Adult, Age Factors, Attitude To Health, Backlog, Canada, Child, Female, Health Status, Health Surveys, Humans, Internal-External Control, Journal Article, Life Change Events, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Motivation, Predictive Value of Tests, Psychological, Psychological/prevention & control/psychology, Questionnaires, Ratner PA, Social Support, Socioeconomic Factors, Stress, Western Journal of Nursing Research, Wolff AC
Bisphosphonates: from grandparents to grandchildren
Tags: 1999, Administration, Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Alon US, Backlog, Bone Diseases/drug therapy, Child, Clinical Pediatrics, Clodronate, Diphosphonates/administration & dosage/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Female, Humans, Hypercalcemia/drug therapy, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Non-U.S. Gov't, Oral, Osteogenesis Imperfecta/drug therapy, Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal/drug therapy, Preschool, Research Support, Srivastava T
Decreased levels of beta-endorphin in circulating mononuclear leukocytes from patients with acute myocardial infarction
Tags: 1998, Backlog, beta-Endorphin/blood/immunology, Biomarkers of Pain, Biomarkers Reference List, Buratti T, C-Reactive Protein/analysis, Cardiology, Dunzendorfer S, Female, Humans, Joannidis M, Journal Article, Leukocytes, Male, Manfreda SE, Middle Aged, Mononuclear/metabolism, Myocardial Infarction/blood, Panerai AE, Pechlaner C, Sacerdote P, Schratzberger P, Wiedermann CJ
Sleep and neuromuscular disease: bilevel positive airway pressure by nasal mask as a treatment for sleep disordered breathing in patients with neuromuscular disease
Tags: 1998, Adolescent, Adult, Backlog, Child, Female, Follow-up Studies, Guilleminault C, Humans, Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation, Journal Article, Journal Of Neurology, Neurosurgery, And Psychiatry, Lung Volume Measurements, Male, Masks, Middle Aged, Muscular Dystrophies/physiopathology/therapy, Neuromuscular Diseases/physiopathology/therapy, Philip P, Polysomnography, Positive-Pressure Respiration, Pulmonary Ventilation/physiology, Q3 Scoping Review Results, Robinson A, Sleep Apnea Syndromes/physiopathology/therapy, Treatment Outcome
Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy: variable clinical expression within a single kindred
Tags: 1993, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Brain/radiography, Byrne E, Child, Crimmins D, DNA/analysis, Female, Humans, Jean-Francis B, Journal Article, Journal Of Neurology, Neurosurgery, And Psychiatry, Male, Middle Aged, Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies/genetics/pathology/radiography, Morris JG, Muscles/pathology/ultrastructure, Pamphlett R, Pedigree, Preschool, Q3 Scoping Review Results, Stevens S, Sue CM, Tomography, Walker GL, X-Ray Computed, Yiannikas C
Continuity of care: influence of general practitioners' knowledge about their patients on use of resources in consultations.
Tags: 1991, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Borchgrevink CF, British Medical Journal, Child, Continuity Of Patient Care, Cross-sectional Studies, Drug Prescriptions, Family/psychology, Female, Health Resources/utilization, Hjortdahl P, Humans, Infant, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Norway, Physician-patient Relations, Physicians, Preschool, Referral And Consultation, Time Factors
Reduced life expectancy in 40 cases of early onset cerebellar ataxia with retained tendon reflexes: a population-based study
Tags: 1993, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Cerebellar Ataxia/genetics/mortality/physiopathology, Child, Chio A, Chromosome Aberrations/genetics, Chromosome Disorders, Female, Follow-up Studies, Genes, Humans, Italy/epidemiology, Journal Article, Life Expectancy, Male, Middle Aged, Mortara P, Neurologic Examination, Orsi L, Outcomes, Preschool, Recessive/genetics, Reflex, Schiffer D, Spinocerebellar Degenerations/genetics/mortality/physiopathology, Stretch/genetics/physiology, Survival Analysis, Survival Rate
Life expectancy among people with cerebral palsy in Western Australia
Tags: 2001, Adolescent, Adult, Backlog, Badawi N, Blair E, Cause Of Death, Cerebral Palsy/mortality/pathology, Child, Delivery of Health Care, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, Disabled Persons, Epidemiologic Studies, Female, Humans, Intelligence, Journal Article, Life Expectancy, Male, Middle Aged, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, Stanley FJ, Survival Analysis, Watson L, Western Australia/epidemiology
Increased concentration of beta-endorphin in sera of patients with psoriasis and other inflammatory dermatoses
Tags: 1994, Acute Disease, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Atopic/blood, Backlog, beta-Endorphin/blood, Brodecka H, Comparative Study, Dermatitis, Female, Glinska-Ferenz M, Glinski W, Humans, Journal Article, Kowalski D, Male, Middle Aged, Psoriasis/blood, Radioimmunoassay, Scleroderma, Systemic/blood, The British Journal Of Dermatology
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
Measurement of the validity of utility elicitations performed by computerized interview
Tags: 1997, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Akathisia, Antipsychotic Agents/adverse effects, Backlog, Bergen MR, Choice Behavior, Drug-Induced/etiology, Dyskinesia, Faustman WO, Garber AM, Goldstein MK, Humans, Interviews/standards, Journal Article, Lenert LA, Medical Care, Middle Aged, Morss S, Multimedia/standards, Non-U.S. Gov't, Nonparametric, P.H.S., Parkinson Disease, Patient Satisfaction, Reproducibility of Results, Research Support, Schizophrenia/drug therapy, Schizophrenic Psychology, Secondary/chemically induced, Statistics, U.S. Gov't
End-of-life care in the pediatric intensive care unit: attitudes and practices of pediatric critical care physicians and nurses
Tags: 2001, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Attitude Of Health Personnel, Attitude To Death, Attitudes, Backlog, Burns JP, Child, Child Advocacy, Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care/organization & administration/psychology, Cross-sectional Studies, Death and Euthanasia, Decision Making, Empirical Approach, Ethics, Griffith JL, Health Knowledge, Hospital/education/psychology, Hospitals, Humans, ICU Decision Making, Intensive Care Units, Journal Article, Medical, Medical Staff, Middle Aged, Mitchell C, Multivariate Analysis, Nursing, Nursing Staff, Pediatric, Pediatrics/methods, Physician's Practice Patterns/organization & administration, Practice, Questionnaires, Terminal Care/organization & administration/psychology, Truog RD, United States
Reasons for dissatisfaction: A survey of relatives of intensive care patients who died
Tags: 1998, Adult, Age Distribution, Aged, Backlog, Badia F, Bettelini CM, Cause Of Death, Communication, Consumer Satisfaction/statistics & numerical data, Critical Care Medicine, Cross-sectional Studies, Death, Degrate A, Family/psychology, Female, Hospital, Humans, Intensive Care Units/standards, Journal Article, Malacrida R, Male, Martinez M, Medical Staff, Middle Aged, Non-U.S. Gov't, Piazza J, Professional-family Relations, Questionnaires, Rapin CH, Research Support, Switzerland, Terminal Care/psychology/standards, Vizzardi N, Wullschleger R
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
Experiences of mothers in five countries whose child died of cancer
Tags: 1998, Adolescent, Adult, Attitude To Death, Backlog, Bereavement, Canada, Cancer Nursing, Child, Cross-cultural Comparison, Davies B, Deveau E, deVeber B, Female, Greece, Hong Kong, Howell D, Humans, Infant, Journal Article, Male, Martinson I, Middle Aged, Mother-child Relations, Neoplasms/nursing/psychology/therapy, Norway, Oncologic Nursing, Palliative Care, Papadatou D, Pask E, Preschool, Stevens M, United States