Abstract:
:For cancer patients, fatigue is a disturbing symptom caused by many factors. Since fatigue is the most common side effect of localized radiation to the breast, this treatment provides a unique opportunity to follow patients prospectively as they develop one type of fatigue. We evaluated the effect of radiation treatment in 15 women with Stage I or II node-negative breast cancer who were otherwise healthy. Fatigue, contrary to our hypothesis, did not increase linearly with cumulative radiation dose over time. It dropped from the first to second week and rose in the third week. The cumulative effects reached a plateau in the fourth week (after an average of 17 fractions), which was maintained during the remaining weeks of treatment. Within 3 wk after treatment, fatigue had diminished. No patient had sustained depressive symptoms. Cardiopulmonary exercise capacity in 5 patients at 6 and 12 wk did not change from just before radiation. Other markers, including reverse triiodothyronine and pulse change with orthostatic stress, did not correlate with subjective fatigue nor cumulative radiation in 15 patients. The curve of the fatigue syndrome during treatment conforms to the adaptation of the organism to a continuing stress and begins to describe a mild fatigue syndrome associated with radiation.
journal_name
J Pain Symptom Managejournal_title
Journal of pain and symptom managementauthors
Greenberg DB,Sawicka J,Eisenthal S,Ross Ddoi
10.1016/0885-3924(92)90106-rsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1992-01-01 00:00:00pages
38-45issue
1eissn
0885-3924issn
1873-6513pii
0885-3924(92)90106-Rjournal_volume
7pub_type
杂志文章abstract:CONTEXT:Supplementary support services in palliative care for older people are increasingly common, but with neither recommended tools to measure outcomes nor reviews synthesizing anticipated outcomes. Common clinically focused tools may be less appropriate. OBJECTIVES:To identify stakeholder perceptions of key outcom...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.03.010
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2003.04.003
更新日期:2003-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The doses of opioid analgesics required to control pain in patients with cancer may result in somnolence and reduced interaction with family members. Psychostimulants such as dextroamphetamine (DA, Dexedrine) or methylphenidate (MP, Ritalin) have been used in adults to counteract the sedation of opioid analgesia. We r...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0885-3924(94)90165-1
更新日期:1994-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:Adequate symptom management is essential to ensure quality cancer care, but symptom management is not always evidence based. Adapting and automating national guidelines for use at the point of care may enhance use by clinicians. OBJECTIVES:This article reports on a process of adapting research evidence for use...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.01.016
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Accumulation of active (toxic) metabolites of opioids might explain cases of opioid toxicity when high doses are used for long periods of time. Other mechanisms of late toxicity of opioids may be found at the receptor level. Whatever the cause, a change of opioids using equianalgesic doses can be expected to improve s...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0885-3924(95)90924-c
更新日期:1995-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:Accurate documentation of preferences for cardiopulmonary resuscitation at hospital admission is critical to ensure that patients receive resuscitation or not in accordance with their wishes. OBJECTIVES:We sought to identify and characterize inconsistencies in patient-reported and clinician-ordered resuscitati...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.11.010
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Effective strategies to increase the visibility of pain and the accountability of health-care professionals for the treatment of pain are needed to improve the quality of pain management. Critical pathways are tools used to plan and document care for patients within a system of case management. Case management models ...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0885-3924(95)00169-7
更新日期:1996-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0885-3924(02)00541-9
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0885-3924(93)90192-x
更新日期:1993-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.06.010
更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/s0885-3924(06)80004-7
更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0885-3924(94)90101-5
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.11.007
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.02.013
更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.12.280
更新日期:2012-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There is currently no universally accepted outcome measure in cancer pain management. The personalized pain goal (PPG) has been shown to be a relevant outcome measure. We examined its use in routine outpatient practice and compared it with the clinically important difference (CID, ≥2 points or 30%), a pain o...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.03.004
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Increasing numbers of patients with refractory pain are receiving intrathecal drug delivery systems (IDDS). We describe a case to illustrate the clinical manifestations and management implications of inadvertent overdose with drugs used in IDDS, including opioids, clonidine, baclofen, and local anesthetics. An IDDS pa...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2003.11.011
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The purpose of this study was to describe hospice social workers' perceptions of cases where hospice patients or their family members expressed a desire to hasten the patient's death. Surveys were mailed to hospice social workers (n=212) in two Southeastern states. Response rate was 36%. Of the 73 respondents, 56.2% h...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2003.10.010
更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report an open, uncontrolled study designed to assess the effects of subcutaneous (SC) morphine on dyspnea of terminal cancer. Twenty patients with dyspnea caused by restrictive respiratory failure received an SC dose of morphine of 5 mg (5 patients who were not receiving narcotics), or equivalent to 2.5 times thei...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0885-3924(90)90027-h
更新日期:1990-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:There is limited research on how community-based long-term care (CBLTC) providers' personal characteristics and attitudes affect their decisions to initiate advance care planning (ACP) conversations with consumers. OBJECTIVES:To examine judgments by CBLTC providers as to whether a consumer was in need of ACP a...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.03.023
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Disturbances caused by skin problems may compromise the quality of life of cancer patients. The main complications affecting the skin comprise the dermatologic toxicity of anticancer therapy, bedsores, malignant ulcers, sores due to nonmetastatic cancer, pruritus, and infections. Most of the information available abou...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0885-3924(91)90015-v
更新日期:1991-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.09.007
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.03.008
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::To evaluate the role of oral ketamine as an adjuvant to oral morphine in cancer patients experiencing neuropathic pain, 9 cancer patients (5 men, 4 women) taking maximally tolerated doses of either morphine, amitriptyline, sodium valproate, or a combination of these drugs for intractable neuropathic pain, and reportin...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0885-3924(01)00373-6
更新日期:2002-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Many painful disorders, including joint dysfunctions such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD), are associated with hyperthermia of the overlying skin. The same is true of certain intractable chronic pain conditions, such as chronic orofacial pain, which may be associated with TMD. W...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0885-3924(97)00178-4
更新日期:1997-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aims of this study were to quantify the prevalence of pain among hospitalized Italian patients and to describe the potential determinants of pain in this population. All patients older than 18 years and hospitalized for at least 24 hours in one of the 30 public hospitals of the Liguria region (n = 4709) were eligi...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0885-3924(01)00405-5
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:Fatigue is highly prevalent in populations with advanced illness and is often associated with depressed mood. The role of psychostimulant therapy in the treatment of these conditions remains ill defined. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the response of fatigue and depression in patients with advanced illness to titrated...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.03.026
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Oral amitriptyline has been used as an analgesic in a wide range of pain settings. Despite long-term availability of a parenteral form, the few reports about this formulation have been limited to pharmacokinetic studies in normal volunteers, trials in depressed patients, and analyses of electroencephalogram (EEG) acti...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0885-3924(95)00062-4
更新日期:1995-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although multidimensional instruments are usually used to measure quality of life in advanced cancer patients, recent research suggests that single-item assessments can provide a reliable measure. Using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) instrument as a gold standard, we assessed the performa...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.08.006
更新日期:2010-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Concerns about the safety of therapy with methadone, which may arise because of its pharmacokinetic characteristics and inappropriate dosing, may deter clinicians from using this drug, especially in elderly patients. Experience is accumulating that the drug may be used safely and successfully if low doses are given in...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0885-3924(99)00048-2
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00