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Palliative sedation in dying patients: "we turn to it when everything else hasn't worked"
Tags: 2005, Active Humans Hypnotics and Sedatives/administration & dosage Myoclonus/therapy Pain, and emotional issues they raise., and health care workers can all benefit from talking about the complex medical, as well as to the medical and nursing staff, Backlog, clinicians must understand and document which actions are consistent with an intention to relieve symptoms rather than to hasten death. The patient or family should agree with plans for palliative sedation. The attending physician needs to explain to them, Conscious Sedation Euthanasia, developed myoclonus. After other approaches proved ineffective, ethical, Extramural Research Support, Family, Intractable/therapyPalliative Care Physician-Patient Relations Research Support, JAMA, Journal Article, Lo B, N.I.H., Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, P.H.S.Terminal Care Unconsciousness%X Despite skilled palliative care, palliative sedation was an option of last resort. The doctrine of double effect, PedPal Lit, permits physicians to provide high doses of opioids and sedatives to relieve suffering, provided that the intention is not to cause the patient's death and that certain other conditions are met. Such high doses are permissible even if the risk of hastening death is foreseen. Because intention plays a key role in this doctrine, receiving high doses of opioids administered to relieve pain, Rubenfeld G, some dying patients experience distressing symptoms that cannot be adequately relieved. A patient with metastatic breast cancer, the details of care and the justification for palliative sedation. Because cases involving palliative sedation are emotionally stressful, the patient, the traditional justification for palliative sedation, U.S. Gov't
Beyond advance directives: importance of communication skills at the end of life
Tags: 2005, Advance Directives Colonic Neoplasms/secondary/therapy, Backlog, Communication, Decision Making Humans Interprofessional Relations Liver Neoplasms/secondary/therapy Male Middle Aged Palliative Care Pancreatic Neoplasms/pathology/therapy, Extramural Research Support, JAMA, Journal Article, N.I.H., Non-P.H.S. Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, P.H.S.Terminal Care, PedPal Lit, Physician-Patient Relations Research Support, Tulsky JA, U.S. Gov't
Five-day courses of irinotecan as palliative therapy for patients with neuroblastoma
Tags: 15 patients had stable disease, 2 (n=3), 2 (n=9), 2005, 22 (n=1 patient), 3 (n=1), 4 (n=2(TRUNCATED), 4 (n=6), 7 (n=1 patient), 7 were not evaluable for response because of concurrent radiotherapy, Adolescent Adult Antineoplastic Agents, although they did not have progressive disease (PD) after receiving 1 (n=10), and 1 patient had a major response. Twenty-one patients had PD after 1 (n=3, and myelosuppressive effects were readily managed. Hospitalizations were limited to three patients with bacteremia. Twenty-three patients had a change in therapy, Backlog, Cancer, Cheung NK, diarrheal, Intravenous Male Nervous System Neoplasms/drug therapy Neuroblastoma/drug therapyPalliative Care Quality of Life Research Support, Journal Article, Kramer K, Kushner BH, Modak S, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, or 24 (n=1) courses. The most common reasons for changing treatment were to intensify retrieval therapy or to pursue immunotherapy. Of those 23 patients, P.H.S. Retrospective Studies Treatment Outcome, PedPal Lit, Phytogenic/administration & dosage/adverse effects Camptothecin/administration & dosage/adverse effects/analogs & derivatives Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Infusions, U.S. Gov't
Proxy assessment of quality of life in pediatric clinical trials: application of the Health Utilities Index 3
Tags: 2005, Adolescent ChildClinical Trials Female Health Status Humans Leukemia/drug therapy/physiopathology/psychology MalePediatricsProxy Quality of Life/psychology Research Support, Backlog, Burghen E, Cox CL, domains specific and sensitive to both disease and treatment, Extramural Research Support, Hinds P, Journal Article, Lensing S, N.I.H., Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, P.H.S.Sickness Impact Profile%X BACKGROUND: With increased cure rates, pediatric oncology protocols increasingly seek to document the impact of treatment on patients' disease, PedPal Lit, Pui CH, Quality of Life Research, Rai SN, Symptoms, the proxy respondents evaluated the ease of use of the instrument and the data quality. RESULTS: As patients' health status declined, U.S. Gov't
Psychometrics of Child Health Questionnaire parent short form (CHQ-28) used to measure quality of life in HIV-infected children on complex anti-retroviral therapy
Tags: 2005, Adolescent Antiretroviral Therapy, Backlog, Byrne MW, Highly Active/psychology ChildChild Welfare Child, Honig J, Journal Article, P.H.S.Sickness Impact Profile, PedPal Lit, Preschool Disease Transmission, Quality of Life Research, U.S. Gov't, Vertical Female HIV Infections/drug therapy/physiopathology/psychology Humans Male Psychometrics/instrumentationQuality of Life Questionnaires Research Support
Metadata-driven Delphi rating on the Internet
Ketamine use for reduction of opioid tolerance in a 5-year-old girl with end-stage abdominal neuroblastoma
Tags: 2005, Abdominal Neoplasms/complications Abdominal Pain/etiology/prevention & control Analgesics, Anghelescu DL, Backlog, Dissociative/administration & dosage Child, Extramural Research Support, Journal Article, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, N.I.H., Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, Oakes L, Opioid/administration & dosage Anesthetics, P.H.S. Terminal Care/methods Treatment Outcome, PedPal Lit, Preschool Drug Administration Schedule Drug Combinations Drug Tolerance Female Humans Ketamine/administration & dosage Neuroblastoma/complications Palliative Care/methods Research Support, U.S. Gov't
Gastric sensory and motor dysfunction in adolescents with functional dyspepsia
Tags: 2005, Adolescent, Backlog, Breath Tests, Burton D, Camilleri M, Chitkara DK, Dyspepsia/physiopathology, El-Youssef M, Emission-Computed, Female, Freese D, Gastric Emptying, Humans, Journal Article, Male, Non-U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Receptors, Research Support, Sensory/physiopathology, Single-Photon, Stephens D, Stomach/physiopathology, The Journal Of Pediatrics, Tomography, U.S. Gov't, Walker L, Zinsmeister AR
Collaborative clinical research on end-of-life care in pediatric oncology
Tags: 2005, Adolescent Adolescent Psychology Attitude of Health Personnel Attitude to Death Attitude to Health Child Child Psychology Clinical Nursing Research/, Attitudes, Backlog, Extramural Research Support, Hinds PS, Journal Article, Lafond DA, Multi-site Ethics, N.I.H., Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, Nursing Models, Nuss SL, organization & administration Communication Cooperative Behavior Decision Making Forecasting Health Knowledge, P.H.S. Terminal Care/organization & administration, PedPal Lit, Practice Health Priorities Humans Models, Psychological Neoplasms/nursing/psychology Oncologic Nursing/organization & administration Parents/psychology Pediatric Nursing/organization & administration Practice Guidelines Research Design Research Support, Seminars In Oncology Nursing, U.S. Gov't
Individual responder analyses for pain: does one pain scale fit all?
Tags: 2005, Backlog, Bartoshuk L, Clinical Trials/methods/trends, Comparative Study, Dionne RA, Humans, Journal Article, Mogil J, P.H.S., Pain Measurement/drug effects/methods/standards, Pain/drug therapy/physiopathology, Reproducibility of Results, Research Support, Trends In Pharmacological Sciences, U.S. Gov't, Witter J
Resilience to loss in bereaved spouses, bereaved parents, and bereaved gay men
Tags: 2005, Affect, Backlog, Bereavement, Bonanno GA, Extramural, Folkman S, Homosexuality, Humans, Interview, Journal Article, Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology, Male, Male/psychology, Middle Aged, Moskowitz JT, N.I.H., P.H.S., Papa A, Parents/psychology, Psychological, Research Support, Social Behavior, Spouses/psychology, U.S. Gov't
The serotonin syndrome
Tags: 2005, algorithms, Antidepressive Agents/adverse effects, Backlog, Boyer EW, Diagnostic Errors, Drug Interactions, Humans, Journal Article, Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors/adverse effects, Overdose/complications, P.H.S., Research Support, Serotonin Syndrome/chemically induced/diagnosis/drug therapy/physiopathology, Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors/adverse effects, Shannon M, The New England Journal Of Medicine, U.S. Gov't
Family functioning in school-age children with cystic fibrosis: an observational assessment of family interactions in the mealtime environment
Tags: 2005, affect management, age-matched peers. Families were rated on overall family functioning and on six dimensions of the MICS: task accomplishment, and behavioral control. Moreover, and role allocation. RESULTS: Ratings for families of a child with CF were significantly lower than they were for comparison families on overall family functioning and on four of the six MICS dimensions: communication, as well as child-centered, Backlog, behavior control, Child Cystic Fibrosis/psychology Family/psychologyFeeding Behavior Female HumansInterpersonal Relations Male Observation Research Support, Communication, interpersonal involvement, interventions to help families manage challenges presented during the family meal., Janicke DM, Journal Article, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Mitchell MJ, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, P.H.S.Social Environment Time Factors%X OBJECTIVE: To examine, PedPal Lit, Stark LJ, the family system is negatively affected during mealtime. Dietary interventions need to address family-centered, U.S. Gov't, using direct observation methodology
Psychological research in childhood cancer: the Children's Oncology Group perspective
Tags: 2005, access to adequate numbers of participants, and access to longitudinal cohorts. Barriers include cost, and ultimately prevent these effects by better diagnostic classification and targeted treatment. This focus should ultimately lead to translation of intervention research findings to standard of care in the larger childhood cancer community., Armstrong FD, Backlog, Child Humans Medical Oncology/methods Neoplasms/therapyPatient Care Team Psychology/methodsResearch Research Support, competition for limited resources, Journal Article, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, lessen the impact of late effects of treatment, multicenter clinical-trial cooperative groups offer opportunities for psychological research that may be impossible at local institutions. Benefits include collaboration with other disciplines, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, P.H.S.%X OBJECTIVE: To review benefits and barriers to psychological research on childhood cancer in multidisciplinary, PedPal Lit, Reaman GH, shared research infrastructure, standardization and quality control, U.S. Gov't
Clinician-parent communication during informed consent for pediatric leukemia trials
Tags: 2005, Adolescent Adult Anxiety/prevention & control/psychology Child Child, Backlog, Burant C, Drotar D, Extramural Research Support, Journal Article, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Kodish E, Miller VA, N.I.H., P.H.S.%X OBJECTIVE: To address the need to describe informed consent in pediatric settings and to identify barriers to parent understanding, parent anxiety and control as a result of the ICC, PedPal Lit, Preschool Clinical TrialsCommunication Decision Making Female Humans InfantInformed Consent Leukemia/therapy Male Parents/psychologyProfessional-Family Relations Research Support, U.S. Gov't
Understanding adolescents: a guide for researchers
Tags: & Hall, 2001)., 2001). Consent processes are standardized, 2005, Adolescent Adolescent Behavior/physiology/psychologyAdolescent Development/physiologyAdolescent Psychology Adult Child Child Advocacy Cognition/physiology Decision Making Health Knowledge, adolescents often are conceptualized as children. Adolescents represent a vulnerable study population. To effectively and ethically involve adolescents in research, and federal regulations have been established to protect both adults and children. As a research population, and psychosocial developmental factors, and they must bear in mind that the voluntary and informed consent principles may be easily and inadvertently violated (Nelson & Rushton, as well as an understanding of the research processes needed to protect adolescents. Adolescents need to be active participants in the decision-making process (e.g., assent/consent, Attitudes, Backlog, cognitive, etc.). Researchers must be aware of and accountable for the power they hold in influencing adolescents' decisions to participate in research, Extramural Research Support, however, Journal Article, Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, knowledge of the risks and benefits, N.I.H., P.H.S. Vulnerable Populations/psychology%X The research establishment often has a "one size fits all" mentality with regard to the research process (Broome, PedPal Lit, PracticeHuman Experimentation Humans Informed Consent/psychology Mental Competency/psychology Minors/education/psychology Nurse's Role Parental Consent Power (Psychology) Research Subjects/psychology Research Support, researchers must understand and integrate knowledge of the variability in physical, Richards, Turner-Henson A, U.S. Gov't
Demographic factors and their association with outcomes in pediatric submersion injury
Tags: 2006, Academic Emergency Medicine, Adolescent Adult African Americans/statistics & numerical data Age Distribution Chi-Square Distribution Child Child, Backlog, Extramural Research Support, Journal Article, Lee LK, Mao C, N.I.H., Newborn Logistic Models Male Massachusetts/epidemiology Multivariate Analysis Near Drowning/epidemiology Odds Ratio Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Prevalence Research Support, P.H.S. Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Sex Distribution Survival Analysis, PedPal Lit, Preschool Drowning/epidemiology Female Hispanic Americans/statistics & numerical data Humans Infant Infant, Thompson KM, U.S. Gov't
Personal Web home pages of adolescents with cancer: self-presentation, information dissemination, and interpersonal connection
Tags: 2006, Adaptation, Adolescent Psychology Adult Attitude to Health Autobiography Body Image, Backlog, Beale IL, Communication Female Helping Behavior Humans Information Dissemination Internet/, Interpersonal Relations Life Change Events Male Narration Neoplasms/, Journal Article, Journal Of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, Non-P.H.S.Self Concept Social Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, PedPal Lit, Psychological Adolescent Adolescent Behavior/psychology, psychology Nursing Methodology Research Peer Group Research Support, Suzuki LK, U.S. Gov't, utilization
Normalization in families raising a child who is medically fragile/technology dependent and developmentally delayed
Tags: 2005, Adaptation, Backlog, Bradley JF, but it has not been examined in families whose children have both complex physical and developmental disabilities. Developmental delays compounded the effects of the children's physical chronic conditions, Extramural Research Support, Journal Article, N.I.H., Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, P.H.S. Schools, parents recognized normal and positive aspects of their lives while acknowledging the profound challenges that their families faced. Parents concluded that it was possible to have a good life that was not necessarily normal by usual standards ., PedPal Lit, Preschool Chronic Disease Comparative Study Cost of IllnessDevelopmental DisabilitiesDisabled Children Family/psychology Humans Qualitative Research Research Support, Psychological Caregivers/psychology ChildChild Rearing Child, Qualitative Health Research, Rehm RS, severely affecting how families organized and managed their daily lives, U.S. Gov't, with the result that families did not fit currently established attributes of normalization. Instead
Summary proceedings from the neonatal pain-control group
Tags: 2006, Analgesia, Anand KJ, Anesthesia, Aranda JV, Artificial/adverse effects, Backlog, Berde CB, Buckman S, Capparelli EV, Carlo W, Clinical Trials/ethics/legislation & jurisprudence, Extramural, General, Government Regulation, Humans, Hummel P, Infant, Johnston CC, Journal Article, Lantos J, Lynn AM, Maxwell LG, N.I.H., Newborn, Non-P.H.S., Oberlander T, Outcome Assessment (Health Care)/methods, Pain, Pain Measurement, Pain/drug therapy/etiology, Pediatrics, Postoperative/drug therapy, Raju TN, Research Support, Respiration, Soriano SG, Taddio A, Tutag-Lehr V, U.S. Gov't, United States, Walco GA
In-hospital mortality for children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome after stage I surgical palliation: teaching versus nonteaching hospitals
Tags: 2006, Adolescent Child Child, Backlog, Berry JG, Cowley CG, Extramural Research Support, Hoff CJ, Journal Article, N.I.H., NewbornPalliative Care Pulmonary Artery/surgery Research Support, P.H.S. Survival Rate United States/epidemiology, Pediatrics, PedPal Lit, Preschool Cohort Studies Comparative Study Heart Ventricles/surgeryHospital MortalityHospitals, Srivastava R, Teaching Humans Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome/mortality/surgery Infant Infant, U.S. Gov't
Qualities of caregiver-child interaction during daily activities of children born very low birth weight with and without white matter disorder
Tags: 2005, Activities of Daily Living/psychology Brain Diseases/congenital/psychology Caregivers/psychology Child Behavior/psychology Child, American Journal Of Occupational Therapy, and child engagement. RESULTS: There were no significant differences between groups for the average caregiver and child ratings. However, and child gender. Ten expert clinicians used videotapes to rate behaviors of caregivers and their 30-month-old children engaging in dressing and snack activities. Correlations between ratings of three qualities were examined: caregiver directiveness, Backlog, Beeghly M, caregiver engagement, correlations between caregiver directiveness and caregiver engagement ranged across the three groups from greatest to least biological risk (i.e., correlations between the caregiver qualities of directiveness and engagement and child engagement were r= .62 and -.69, Coster W, Ethnicity, Journal Article, Kadlec MB, maternal education, Newborn Infant, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, P.H.S. Videotape Recording, PedPal Lit, Premature/psychology Infant, Preschool Comparative Study Data Collection/methods Educational Status Female Humans Infant, r= .63, representing three levels of child biological risk, respectively. In contrast, respectively). In the full- term group, Tickle-Degnen L, U.S. Gov't, Very Low Birth Weight/psychologyInterpersonal Relations Male Pregnancy Research Support, were matched on birth history, white matter disorde(TRUNCATED)
Osteopenia in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a pilot study of amelioration with Pamidronate
Tags: 2002, Acute, Adolescent, Anti-Inflammatory Agents/administration & dosage/therapeutic use, Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage/therapeutic use, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use, Asparaginase/therapeutic use, Atkinson S, Backlog, Barr RD, Bone Diseases, Child, Clodronate, Dexamethasone/therapeutic use, Diphosphonates/administration & dosage/therapeutic use, Doxorubicin/therapeutic use, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Guo CY, Humans, Journal Article, L1/complications/drug therapy, Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Male, Medical & Pediatric Oncology, Metabolic/drug therapy/etiology, P.H.S., Pilot Projects, Preschool, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Webber C, Wiernikowski J, Wright M
Use of the parenting stress index in mothers of preterm infants
Tags: 2004, Adult Female Humans Infant, Advances in Neonatal Care, Backlog, Depaul D, future research should examine missing items more closely., however, Journal Article, Newborn Infant, Non-P.H.S. Stress, PedPal Lit, Premature, Psychological/diagnosis, psychology Male Mother-Child Relations Mothers/, psychology Parenting/, psychology Questionnaires/, Renaud MT, standards Reproducibility of Results Research Support, Thomas KA, U.S. Gov't
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
Changes in mothers' basic beliefs following a child's bone marrow transplantation: the role of prior trauma and negative life events
Tags: 2004, Adaptation, Adult, Attitude To Health, Austin J, Backlog, Bone Marrow Transplantation/psychology, Boulad F, Child, DuHamel KN, Female, Health Status, Hospitalization, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Traumatic Stress, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Manne S, Martini R, Mee L, Mental Health, Mother-child Relations, Ostroff J, P.H.S., Parsons SK, Psychological, Redd WH, Research Support, Rini C, Sexson S, Stress, U.S. Gov't, Williams S, Wounds and Injuries/psychology
Quality of life as conveyed by pediatric patients with cancer
Tags: 2004, Adolescent, Adolescent Psychology Cancer Care Facilities Child, Backlog, Baker E, Child Psychology Female Humans Interviews Male Neoplasms/physiopathology/, Coleman B, Fletcher A, Gattuso JS, Hinds PS, Jackson T, Jacobs-Levine A, Journal Article, June D, Lensing S, methods Quality of Life/, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, P.H.S. Self Assessment (Psychology), PedPal Lit, psychology Questionnaires Research Support, psychology/therapy Pediatrics Pilot Projects Psychometrics/instrumentation/, Pui CH, Quality of Life Research, Rai SN, Sickness Impact Profile Tennessee, the domain most frequently missing was the meaning of being ill domain. Here we present a new definition of the quality of life of pediatric oncology patients that is based on six domains, this definition may ensure the completeness and sensitivity of these important instruments., U.S. Gov't
Risperidone in children with autism and serious behavioral problems
Tags: 2002, Adolescent, Aman MG, Antipsychotic Agents/administration & dosage/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Arnold LE, Autistic Disorder/drug therapy/psychology, Backlog, Carroll D, Child, Child Behavior/drug effects, Comparative Study, Cronin P, Davies M, Double-Blind Method, Female, Ghuman J, Gonzalez NM, Grados M, Hollway J, Hong D, Humans, Journal Article, Koenig K, Kohn A, Lancor A, Lindsay R, Male, Martin A, McCracken JT, McDougle CJ, McGough J, McMahon D, Nash P, Non-U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Posey D, Preschool, Research Support, Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology (RUPP) Autism Network, Risperidone/administration & dosage/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Ritz L, Robinson J, Scahill L, Shah B, Swiezy N, The New England Journal Of Medicine, Tierney E, Treatment Outcome, U.S. Gov't, Vitiello B, Volkmar F
Analgesics for the treatment of pain in children
Tags: 2002, Acetaminophen/therapeutic use, Analgesia, Analgesics, Analgesics/administration & dosage/therapeutic use, Anesthesia, Anesthetics, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Aspirin/therapeutic use, Backlog, Berde CB, Child, Chronic Disease, General, Humans, Infant, Journal Article, Local, Neoplasms/complications, Newborn, Non-Steroidal/therapeutic use, Non-U.S. Gov't, Opioid/pharmacokinetics/pharmacology/therapeutic use, P.H.S., Pain/drug therapy/etiology, Patient-Controlled, Research Support, Sethna NF, The New England Journal Of Medicine, U.S. Gov't
Physical therapy and cognitive-behavioral treatment for complex regional pain syndromes
Tags: 2002, Adolescent, Backlog, Berde CB, Child, Cognitive Therapy, Complex Regional Pain Syndromes/psychology/rehabilitation, Female, Humans, Journal Article, Lee BH, Male, Masek BJ, McCarthy CF, Meier P, Nonparametric, P.H.S., Physical Therapy Modalities, Prospective Studies, Research Support, Scharff L, Scott-Sutherland J, Sethna NF, Shea AM, Statistics, Sullivan P, The Journal Of Pediatrics, U.S. Gov't, Zurakowski D
Induced sputum inflammatory measures correlate with lung function in children with cystic fibrosis
Tags: 2002, Accurso FJ, Adolescent, Backlog, Cell Count, Child, Cystic Fibrosis/diagnosis/metabolism, Female, Forced Expiratory Volume, Humans, Interleukin-8 - analysis, Journal Article, Kapsner RK, Leukocyte Elastase/metabolism, Lung/physiopathology, Male, Non-U.S. Gov't, Osberg I, P.H.S., Research Support, Sagel SD, Sontag MK, Spirometry, Sputum/chemistry/cytology, The Journal Of Pediatrics, U.S. Gov't, Wagener JS
Accelerated telomere shortening in response to life stress
Tags: 2004, Adler NE, Adult, Age Factors, Backlog, Blackburn EH, Cawthon RM, Cell Aging, Dhabhar FS, Epel ES, Female, Humans, Journal Article, Leukocytes, Lin J, Middle Aged, Mononuclear/physiology, Morrow JD, Mothers, Non-U.S. Gov't, Oxidative Stress, P.H.S., Premenopause, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, Psychological, Research Support, Stress, Telemeres, Telomere/metabolism/ultrastructure, U.S. Gov't
Parents' perceptions of nurses' caregiving behaviors in the pediatric intensive care unit
Tags: 2004, Adult Attitude to Health Caregivers/psychology Child Child, and also helps to inform interventions to improve family-centered care in the PICU., and protecting. Parents' reports suggest that the best nursing behaviors are those that facilitate and complement critical aspects of the parent al role, Backlog, caring, Harbaugh BL, Hospital/psychology Parents/psychology Pediatric Nursing/standardsProfessional-Family Relations Quality of Health Care Research Support, Issues Compr Pediatr Nurs, Journal Article, Kirschbaum M, namely showing affection, Newborn Intensive Care Units, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, P.H.S.Social Perception, Pediatric/standards Male Midwestern United States Nursing Staff, PedPal Lit, Preschool Female Humans Infant Infant, thus reinforcing family integrity during a time of turmoil and uncertainty. Incorporating this knowledge into practice contributes to nurses' understanding of PICU hospitalization as a family event, Tomlinson PS, U.S. Gov't, watching
Mutations in capillary morphogenesis gene-2 result in the allelic disorders juvenile hyaline fibromatosis and infantile systemic hyalinosis
Tags: 2003, American Journal Of Human Genetics, Amino Acid Sequence, Backlog, Base Sequence, Bonafe L, Child, Chromosome Mapping, Davis GE, Difeo A, Dowling O, Exons, Female, Fibroma/genetics, Focal/genetics, Genes, Genetic Markers, Glomerulosclerosis, Glucksman MJ, Grum-Tokars V, Humans, Infant, Journal Article, Kayserili H, Male, Martignetti JA, Martin GS, Membrane Proteins/genetics, Missense, Models, Molecular, Mutation, Narla G, Norton K, P.H.S., Paller AS, Pedigree, Protein Conformation, Protein Structure, Ramirez MC, Recessive, Research Support, Secondary, Syndrome, Teebi AS, Tukel T, U.S. Gov't, Yuksel-Apak M
Palliative care in children with cancer: which child and when?
Tags: 2004, Backlog, Biomedical Research/trends, Caregivers, Child, Harris MB, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of The National Cancer Institute. Monographs, Medical Oncology/education/standards, Neoplasms/complications/therapy, Non-U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Palliative Care, Pediatrics/education/standards, Preschool, Psychological, Quality Of Life, Research Support, Stress, U.S. Gov't
The pain experience of children with leukemia during the first year after diagnosis
Tags: 0-4). For the children 8 to 17 years old, 2004, Acute, Adaptation, Adlard K, ages 4 to 17 years, Alvarez O, and back (14.(TRUNCATED), and from their English- and Spanish-speaking parents. Age-appropriate instruments were used to examine the variables of pain intensity, and functional status. RESULTS: All the children reported pain over the course of the year. Pain intensity scores incorporated the full range of possible responses. For the children 4 to 7 years old, and outcomes during the first year after the diagnosis of acute leukemia. METHODS: A longitudinal descriptive approach was used to collect data at seven data points from 95 English- and Spanish-speaking children, and quality, and the associated procedures. For children with leukemia, as well as strategies for managing pain, Backlog, Beecroft P, Bossert E, head/neck (16.6%), Journal Article, L1/complications Longitudinal Studies Male Models, location, Lymphocytic, management strategies, Nursing Research, P.H.S. Treatment Outcome%X BACKGROUND: Children with cancer experience pain related to the disease process, pattern over time, PedPal Lit, perceived effectiveness of management strategies, Preschool European Continental Ancestry Group/psychology Female Hispanic Americans/psychology Humans Leukemia, Psychological Adolescent African Americans/psychology Age Factors Analysis of Variance Asian Americans/psychologyAttitude to Health California ChildChild Psychology Child, Psychological Nursing Assessment Nursing Methodology Research Pain/etiology/prevention & control/psychology Pain Measurement Questionnaires Research Support, receiving care in one of three southern California hospitals, respectively, Savedra MC, the highest and lowest mean scores, the pain experienced after diagnosis has received scant attention. OBJECTIVE: To examine the pain experience, the treatment, U.S. Gov't, Van Cleve L, were 2 and 1.6 (scale, were 50.1 and 39.5 (scale
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
Validation of a decision rule identifying febrile young girls at high risk for urinary tract infection
Tags: 2003, Area Under Curve, Backlog, Bacteriuria/diagnosis/microbiology, Case-Control Studies, Child, Colony Count, Decision Support Techniques, Emergency Service, European Continental Ancestry Group, False Positive Reactions, Female, Fever/etiology, Gorelick MH, Hoberman A, Hospital/statistics & numerical data, Hospitals, Humans, Infant, Journal Article, Kearney D, Microbial, P.H.S., Pediatric Emergency Care, Pediatric/statistics & Numerical Data, Pennsylvania/epidemiology, Preschool, Research Support, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, ROC Curve, Sensitivity and Specificity, Shaw KN, U.S. Gov't, Urinary Tract Infections/diagnosis/epidemiology, Wald E