Browse Items (49 total)
- Tags: Survival Analysis
Where do children with complex chronic conditions die? Patterns in Washington State, 1980-1998
Tags: 2002, Adolescent, Backlog, Cause Of Death, Child, Christakis DA, Chronic Disease/mortality, Female, Feudtner C, Humans, ICU Decision Making, Infant, Journal Article, Location Of Death, Male, Newborn, P.H.S., Pediatrics, Preschool, Research Support, Retrospective Studies, Silveira MJ, Survival Analysis, U.S. Gov't, Washington/epidemiology
Validation of the palliative performance scale in the acute tertiary care hospital setting
Tags: 2007, Activities of Daily Living, Backlog, Bernard S, Critical Illness/classification, Disease Progression, Female, Hanson L, Humans, Journal Article, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Karnofsky Performance Status, Male, Middle Aged, North Carolina, Olajide O, Palliative Care/methods, Prognosis, Proportional Hazards Models, Prospective Studies, Qaqish BF, Schwartz R, Survival Analysis, Terminally Ill/classification, Usher BM
Using a treatment-tradeoff method to elicit preferences for the treatment of locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
Tags: 1998, Adjuvant, Aged, Antineoplastic Agents/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Attitude To Health, Backlog, Brundage MD, Carcinoma, Chemotherapy, Choice Behavior, Comparative Study, Davidson JR, Decision Support Techniques, Feasibility Studies, Feldman-Stewart D, Female, Groome P, Humans, Journal Article, Lung Neoplasms/psychology/radiotherapy, Mackillop WJ, Male, Medical Decision Making, Non-Small-Cell Lung/psychology/radiotherapy, Non-U.S. Gov't, Prostatic Neoplasms/psychology/radiotherapy, Questionnaires/standards, Radiotherapy/adverse effects/methods, Reproducibility of Results, Research Support, Survival Analysis, Treatment Outcome
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
Trends in the use of opioids at the end of life and the expected effects on hastening death
Tags: 2009, Active/statistics & numerical data/trends, Administration, Analgesics, Attitude Of Health Personnel, Backlog, Borgsteede SD, Decision Making, Euthanasia, Humans, Journal Article, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Netherlands/epidemiology, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Opioid/administration & dosage, Oral, Pain/mortality/prevention & control, Physician's Practice Patterns/statistics & numerical data/trends, Physicians/statistics & numerical data, Questionnaires, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Rurup ML, Survival Analysis, Survival Rate, Terminal Care/statistics & Numerical Data, van der Heide A, van der Maas PJ
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
The natural history of degenerative ataxia: a retrospective study in 466 patients
Tags: 1998, Abele M, Adolescent, Adult, Age of Onset, Aged, Backlog, Boesch S, Brain, Brice A, Burk K, Cerebellar Ataxia/genetics/mortality/physiopathology, Child, Dichgans J, Disease Progression, Female, Friedreich Ataxia/genetics/mortality/physiopathology, Gait, Humans, Inzelberg R, Journal Article, Klockgether T, Kramer B, Laccone F, Lopes-Cendes I, Ludtke R, Male, Middle Aged, Multiple System Atrophy/genetics/mortality/physiopathology, Preschool, Prognosis, Q3 Scoping Review Results, Retrospective Studies, Riess O, Risk Factors, Schols L, Sex Characteristics, Spinocerebellar Degenerations/genetics/mortality/physiopathology, Survival Analysis, Time Factors, Trinucleotide Repeats, Wheelchairs, Zilber N
The natural course of infantile Pompe's disease: 20 original cases compared with 133 cases from the literature
Tags: 2003, AIM, alpha-Glucosidases/ge [Genetics], alpha-Glucosidases/me [Metabolism], Backlog, Bakker HD, Blood Chemical Analysis, Brain/pa [Pathology], Cardiomegaly/di [Diagnosis], Cardiomegaly/et [Etiology], Child Development, de Klerk JB, Disease Progression, Glycogen Storage Disease Type II/co [Complications], Glycogen Storage Disease Type II/mo [Mortality], Glycogen Storage Disease Type II/pp [Physiopathology], Hop W, Humans, IM, Infant, Journal Article, Loonen MC, Mutation, Netherlands/ep [Epidemiology], Newborn/gd [Growth & Development], Pediatrics, Poll-The BT, Premature, Reuser AJ, Smeitink JA, Smit GP, Survival Analysis, van den Hout HM, Van der Ploeg AT, van Diggelen OP
The costs of nonbeneficial treatment in the intensive care setting
Tags: 2005, Adult, Backlog, Blustein J, Briggs K, Cohn F, Cranford R, Death and Euthanasia, Decision Making, Dissent And Disputes, Dugan D, Empirical Approach, Ethics Consultation/utilization, Female, Gilmer T, Health Affairs, Health Care and Public Health, Hospital Costs/statistics & numerical data, Humans, ICU Decision Making, Intensive Care Units/economics/ethics, Intensive Care/economics/ethics/utilization, Journal Article, Kamatsu G, Length Of Stay, Life Support Care/economics/ethics/utilization, Male, Medical Futility, Middle Aged, Patient Discharge, Schneiderman LJ, Survival Analysis, Teetzel H, United States, Young E
Survival without disability to age 5 years after neonatal caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity
Tags: 2012, Anderson PJ, Apnea/drug therapy, Asztalos EV, Backlog, Barrington KJ, Blindness/epidemiology/etiology/prevention & control, Caffeine/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Central Nervous System Stimulants/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Cerebral Palsy/epidemiology, Child, Child Development, Cognition Disorders/epidemiology/etiology/prevention & control, Davis PG, Deafness/epidemiology/etiology/prevention & control, Developmental Disabilities/epidemiology/etiology/prevention & control, Dewey D, Doyle LW, Female, Follow-up Studies, Grunau RE, Humans, Incidence, Infant, JAMA, Journal Article, Male, Moddemann D, N2N, Newborn, Odds Ratio, Ohlsson A, Premature, Preschool, Roberts RS, Schmidt B, Solimano A, Survival Analysis, Tin W, Treatment Outcome, Trial Investigators Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity (CAP), Very Low Birth Weight
Survival in trisomy 13 and trisomy 18 cases ascertained from population based registers.
Tags: 2002, Backlog, Brewer CM, Carothers AD, Chromosomes, FitzPatrick DR, Holloway SH, Human, Humans, Infant, Journal Article, Journal Of Medical Genetics, Longitudinal Studies, Newborn, Pair 13/genetics, Pair 18/genetics, Registries/statistics & numerical data, Scotland, Stone DH, Survival Analysis, Trisomy
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
Survey of specialized tertiary care facilities for adults with congenital heart disease
Tags: 2004, Adolescent, Adolescent Transitions, Adult, Backlog, Cardiac Care Facilities/organization & administration/utilization, Congenital/diagnosis/mortality/surgery, Europe/epidemiology, Female, Gatzoulis MA, Health Care Surveys, Heart Defects, Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data, Humans, International Journal Of Cardiology, Journal Article, Liberthson R, Male, Middle Aged, Murphy D, Niwa K, North America/epidemiology, Patient Admission/statistics & numerical data, Patient Care Team, Perloff JK, Program Evaluation, Quality Of Health Care, Questionnaires, Reoperation/utilization, Resource Allocation, Survival Analysis, Treatment Outcome, Warnes CA, Webb GD
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
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
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
One-year survival and neurological outcome after pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Tags: 2002, Adolescent, Backlog, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Child, Disability Evaluation, Fanconi S, Female, Fischer E, Horisberger T, Humans, Infant, Intensive Care Medicine, Journal Article, Logistic Models, Male, Mortality, Outcomes, Predictive Value of Tests, Preschool, Resuscitation Orders, Retrospective Studies, Survival Analysis
Neonatal management of trisomy 18: Clinical details of 24 patients receiving intensive treatment.
Tags: 2006, American Journal Of Medical Genetics.Part A, Baba A, Backlog, Birth Weight, Cause Of Death, Children W/SNI, Chromosome Disorders/genetics/mortality/therapy, Chromosomes, Female, Fetal Diseases/diagnosis/genetics, Fukushima Y, Gestational Age, Human, Humans, Infant, Journal Article, Kawame H, Kosho T, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Nakamura T, Newborn, Pair 18/genetics, Pregnancy, Prenatal Diagnosis, Prognosis, Survival Analysis, Survival Rate, Tamura M, Trisomy/diagnosis/genetics
Natural history of nonketotic hyperglycinemia in 65 patients
Tags: 2004, Adolescent, Age of Onset, AIM, Anticonvulsants/tu [Therapeutic Use], Apnea/et [Etiology], Apnea/th [Therapy], Applegarth D, Artificial, Backlog, Child, Corpus Callosum/ab [Abnormalities], Disease Progression, Female, Glycine/bl [Blood], Glycine/cf [Cerebrospinal Fluid], Hamosh A, Health Surveys, Hoover-Fong JE, Humans, Hydrocephalus/ep [Epidemiology], Hydrocephalus/et [Etiology], Hyperglycinemia, IM, Infant, Journal Article, Juvenile/dt [Drug Therapy], Juvenile/ep [Epidemiology], Juvenile/et [Etiology], Male, Myoclonic Epilepsy, Neurology, Newborn, Nonketotic/co [Complications], Nonketotic/ep [Epidemiology], Nonketotic/me [Metabolism], Nonketotic/mo [Mortality], Nystagmus, Pathologic/ep [Epidemiology], Pathologic/et [Etiology], Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications/ep [Epidemiology], Preschool, Psychomotor Disorders/ep [Epidemiology], Psychomotor Disorders/et [Etiology], Questionnaires, Registries, Respiration, Retrospective Studies, Seizures/dt [Drug Therapy], Seizures/ep [Epidemiology], Seizures/et [Etiology], Sex Factors, Shah S, Survival Analysis, Toone J, Van Hove JL
Mortality, length of stay, bloodstream and respiratory viral infections in a pediatric intensive care unit
Tags: 2017, Asthma, Bacterial Coinfection, Chan PK, Cheung KL, Child, Child Health Services, Child Preschool, Critical Care, Female, Fung WM, Hon KL, Hong Kong/epidemiology, Hospitalization, Humans, Infant, Intensive Care Units Pediatric, Journal of Critical Care, Koh PL, Length Of Stay, Leukemia, Leung TF, Li CK, Li CY, Li S, Liu PK, Logistic Models, Luk MP, Lymphoma, Male, November 2017 List, Odds Ratio, Pediatric Intensive Care, Respiratory Tract Infections/complications/ Epidemiology/microbiology/mortality, Respiratory Virus, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Sepsis/complications/ Epidemiology/microbiology/mortality, Survival Analysis, Tsang KY, Yeung HL
Morbidity and mortality after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in children with neurological disability
Tags: 2006, Adolescent, Adult, Australia/epidemiology, Backlog, Catto-Smith AG, Child, Comorbidity, Endoscopy, Female, Gastrointestinal/mortality, Gastrostomy/mortality, Humans, Incidence, Infant, Jimenez S, Journal Article, Journal Of Gastroenterology And Hepatology, Male, Malnutrition/mortality/prevention & control, Nervous System Diseases/mortality/surgery, Nutritional Failure, Preschool, Risk Assessment/methods, Risk Factors, Survival Analysis, Survival Rate, Treatment Outcome
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
Mapping the journey of cancer patients through the health care system. Part 2: Methodological approaches and basic findings
Tags: 2004, Aged, Backlog, Blood P, Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal, Cancer Care Facilities, Clinch J, Data Collection/methods, Databases, Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration, El Sayed S, Factual/utilization, Female, Health Services Research/methods, Humans, Journal Article, Khoo K, Length Of Stay/statistics & Numerical Data, Male, Manitoba/epidemiology, Medical Oncology, Medical Record Linkage/methods, Middle Aged, Nemecek A, Neoplasms/diagnosis/mortality/therapy, Non-U.S. Gov't, Patient Admission/statistics & numerical data, Proportional Hazards Models, Quality Of Health Care, Registries, Research Support, Scott-Findlay S, Sloan JA, Survival Analysis, Trylinski C, Whittaker H
Long-term outcome and clinical spectrum of 73 pediatric patients with mitochondrial diseases
Tags: 2007, AIM, Backlog, Cause Of Death, Chevalier I, Child, Cohort Studies, Debray FG, Decarie JC, DNA, DNA Fragmentation, Female, Follow-up Studies, HEREDITARY, Humans, IM, Infant, Journal Article, Lambert M, Leber/di [Diagnosis], Leber/ge [Genetics], Leber/mo [Mortality], Longitudinal Studies, Male, MELAS Syndrome/di [Diagnosis], MELAS Syndrome/mo [Mortality], MELAS Syndrome/th [Therapy], Mitchell GA, Mitochondrial Diseases/di [Diagnosis], Mitochondrial Diseases/ge [Genetics], Mitochondrial Diseases/mo [Mortality], Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies/di [Diagnosis], Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies/mo [Mortality], Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies/th [therapy], Mitochondrial Myopathies/di [Diagnosis], Mitochondrial Myopathies/ge [Genetics], Mitochondrial Myopathies/mo [Mortality], Mitochondrial/ge [Genetics], Newborn, Optic Atrophy, Pediatrics, Preschool, Probability, Proportional Hazards Models, Q3 Scoping Review Results, Retrospective Studies, Robinson BH, Robitaille Y, Severity Of Illness Index, Shoubridge EA, Survival Analysis, Time Factors
Living with cerebral palsy and tube feeding: A population-based follow-up study
Tags: 1999, Activities of Daily Living, Adaptation, Adolescent, Adult, Attitude To Health, Backlog, Camfield C, Camfield P, Caregivers/psychology, Cerebral Palsy/mortality/psychology/therapy, Child, Community Health Planning, Enteral Nutrition/adverse effects/psychology, Follow-up Studies, Gastrostomy/adverse effects/psychology, Humans, Infant, Jejunostomy/adverse effects/psychology, Journal Article, Nova Scotia/epidemiology, Nutritional Failure, Parents/psychology, Precipitating Factors, Preschool, Psychological, Quality Of Life, Questionnaires, Smith SW, Survival Analysis, The Journal Of Pediatrics
Liver transplantation for Wilson's disease: long-term results and quality-of-life assessment
Tags: 2003, Adolescent, Adult, Backlog, Child, Dhawan A, Female, Graft Survival, Heaton ND, Hepatolenticular Degeneration/pp [Physiopathology], Hepatolenticular Degeneration/su [Surgery], Humans, IM, Immunosuppression/ae [Adverse Effects], Journal Article, Liver Transplantation, Liver Transplantation/ae [Adverse Effects], Liver Transplantation/mo [Mortality], Liver/pp [Physiopathology], Longitudinal Studies, Maguire DD, Male, Mieli-Vergani G, Muiesan P, O'Grady JG, Quality Of Life, Rela M, Survival Analysis, Sutcliffe RP, Transplantation
Life expectancy of children with cerebral palsy
Tags: 1998, Activities of Daily Living, Anderson TW, Backlog, California/epidemiology, Cerebral Palsy/mortality, Child, Cohort Studies, Confidence Intervals, Eating, Feeding Methods, Female, Human, Infant, Journal Article, Life Expectancy, Likelihood Functions, Male, Motor Skills, Pediatric Neurology, Preschool, Proportional Hazards Models, Risk Factors, Shavelle RM, Strauss DJ, Survival Analysis
Life expectancy of children in vegetative and minimally conscious states
Tags: 2000, Adolescent, Ashwal S, Backlog, Brain Injuries/mortality, Child, Day SM, Enteral Nutrition/mortality, Female, Gastrostomy/mortality, Human, Journal Article, Life Expectancy, Logistic Models, Male, Multivariate Analysis, Non-U.S. Gov't, Odds Ratio, Pediatric Neurology, Persistent Vegetative State/mortality, Preschool, Risk Factors, Shavelle RM, Strauss DJ, Support, Survival Analysis
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
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
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
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
Effects of high dose opioids and sedatives on survival in terminally ill cancer patients
Tags: 2001, Aged, Backlog, Chihara S, Critical Illness/therapy, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Female, Forecasting, Humans, Hypnotics and Sedatives/administration & dosage/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Inoue S, Inpatients, Journal Article, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Male, Middle Aged, Morita T, Narcotics/administration & dosage/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Neoplasms/drug therapy, Palliative Care, Survival Analysis, Tsunoda J
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
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
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
Clinician predictions of intensive care unit mortality
Tags: 2004, APACHE, Artificial, Backlog, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, Chi-Square Distribution, Clinical Competence/standards, Cook D, Critical Care Medicine, Critical Illness/mortality/therapy, Dodek P, Female, Finfer S, Guyatt G, Heyland D, Hospital Mortality, Hospital/standards, Humans, Intensive Care Units/statistics & numerical data, Journal Article, Kirby A, Level of Care Study Investigators, Levy M, Likelihood Functions, Male, Marshall J, McDonald E, Medical Staff, Middle Aged, Multiple Organ Failure/classification/mortality, Nursing Assessment/standards, Nursing Staff, Predictive Value of Tests, Prognosis, Proportional Hazards Models, Prospective Studies, Respiration, Risk Factors, Rocker G, Severity Of Illness Index, Sjokvist P, Survival Analysis, Weaver B
Clinical spectrum, morbidity, and mortality in 113 pediatric patients with mitochondrial disease
Tags: 2004, Adolescent, Age of Onset, Backlog, Belmont JW, Cardiomyopathies/etiology/mortality, Child, Craigen WJ, DNA, Electron Transport, Electron Transport Chain Complex Proteins/deficiency, Female, Fernbach SD, Humans, Hunter JV, Infant, Journal Article, Male, Mitochondrial, Mitochondrial Diseases/complications/genetics/mortality, Mutation, Neish SR, Neuromuscular Diseases/etiology/mortality, Newborn, Non-U.S. Gov't, Pediatrics, Preschool, Research Support, Retrospective Studies, Scaglia F, Smith EO, Survival Analysis, Towbin JA, Vladutiu GD, Vogel H, Ware SM, Wong LJ