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journal_name
J Pain Symptom Managejournal_title
Journal of pain and symptom managementauthors
Zhukovsky DSdoi
10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.05.001subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-06-01 00:00:00pages
1105-11issue
6eissn
0885-3924issn
1873-6513pii
S0885-3924(16)30052-5journal_volume
51pub_type
评论,杂志文章abstract::Cancer is one of the major causes of death in Cuba, and in current practice, patients are not usually informed of their diagnosis. Palliative care is an emerging discipline in this country. Cuban cancer patients with advanced disease completed the Palliative Outcome Scale (POS), and the researcher elicited patients' k...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.02.015
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Research in affective disorders has shown that there is a clear link between mood and light exposure, and that exposure to bright wide-spectrum light (phototherapy) may be an effective antidepressant treatment in some clinical situations. Cancer patients, especially those in the terminal phase of illness, have a high ...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0885-3924(94)90116-3
更新日期:1994-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:Fatigue is the most common symptom among Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI). METHODS:The MFI was translated into Brazilian Portuguese using established forward-backward translation procedures...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.12.275
更新日期:2012-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Within aging European populations, the need to progress end-of-life and palliative care policy is becoming increasingly important. PRISMA, a European Commission-funded project, aimed to identify and coordinate research priorities, measurement, and practice in end-of-life care for Europe. PRISMA conducted a three-year ...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.06.006
更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:Cancer patients have impaired humoral and cellular immunity, and are more susceptible to infections; their immunological response is expected to be less effective than that of healthy people. OBJECTIVES:To assess the immune response to influenza vaccine in terminally ill cancer patients in a home palliative ca...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.05.016
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:Using mortality rates to measure hospital quality presumes that hospital deaths are medical failures. To be a fair measure of hospital quality, hospital mortality measures must take patient-level factors, such as goals of care, into account. OBJECTIVES:To answer questions about how hospital mortality rates are...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.07.005
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chronic refractory angina is an increasingly prevalent, complex chronic pain condition, which results in frequent hospitalization for chest pain. We have previously shown that a novel outpatient cognitive-behavioral chronic disease management program (CB-CDMP) improves angina status and quality of life in such patient...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.10.009
更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have elected to include a bereaved family member survey in public reporting of hospice quality data as mandated in the Affordable Care Act. However, it is not known what time point after death offers the most reliable responses. OBJECTIVES:To examine the stability o...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.01.006
更新日期:2015-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Breakthrough pain in patients with cancer is common, often unpredictable, and can rapidly become severe. Treatment using the oral administration of opioids is not optimal due to the slow onset of pain relief. Nasal administration of analgesics potentially offers more rapid pain relief. This study investigates the tole...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0885-3924(02)00522-5
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The burden of constipation from the patient's perspective has been well described. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost of managing constipation in patients taking opioids in a specialist palliative care inpatient unit. A retrospective review of the medical records of 58 patients (70 admissions) who died dur...
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
abstract::Nursing care of the patient receiving spinal opioids for pain control is reviewed in a comprehensive manner. Selection of patients, nursing management and patient outcomes are discussed. Three pain control techniques are described: epidural opioid injection for cancer pain, epidural opioid infusion for acute postopera...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0885-3924(90)90004-4
更新日期:1990-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:Evidence-based resource allocation is receiving increasing attention as we strive for equity, transparency, and cost-effectiveness across health care. In the context of finite resources, which of our patients with terminal illness should be prioritized for urgent palliative care? OBJECTIVES:To develop the scor...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.08.009
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:Chronic pain increases with age, and in the elderly, comorbidities and polypharmacotherapy make the choice of treatment for pharmacological pain control a complex matter. OBJECTIVES:We conducted a multicenter, prospective, observational study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the buprenorphine transdermal...
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.2010.06.015
更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The microcirculation appears to be impaired in cold chronic complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). This double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial investigated the effect of the nitric oxide (NO) donor isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) on the peripheral blood flow in patients with chronic CRPS. Twenty-four patients ...
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.2008.10.006
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Continuing the transition to competency-based education, Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) fellowship programs began using context-free reporting milestones (RMs) for internal medicine subspecialties in 2014 but quickly recognized that they did not reflect the nuanced practice of the field. This article describes ...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.01.008
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:The impact of hospice care services on the utilization of life-sustaining treatments during end-of-life care in terminally ill patients has not been extensively studied. OBJECTIVES:To determine the impact of hospice care services on the utilization of life-sustaining treatments during the last three months of ...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.07.028
更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:Despite current advances in antiemetic treatments, between 19% and 58% of oncology patients experience chemotherapy-induced nausea (CIN). OBJECTIVES:Aims of this post hoc exploratory analysis were to determine occurrence, severity, and distress of CIN and evaluate for differences in demographic and clinical ch...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.05.019
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::A mathematical rate is composed of a numerator, denominator, and time period of observation. Deciding who is in the denominator is a key, yet difficult task given the blurred boundaries of chronic illness, in examining the quality of care for dying patients. We propose two potential solutions. First, one could prospec...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0885-3924(98)00132-8
更新日期:1999-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::A retrospective analysis was performed to describe the course of terminal care provided to dying hospitalized children in terms of symptom assessment and management, and communication and decision-making, at the end of life. Seventy-seven of 236 infants and children who died after hospital admission in Edmonton, Canad...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0885-3924(00)00212-8
更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Negative attitudes toward hospice care might prevent patients with cancer from discussing and choosing hospice as they approach end of life. When making a decision, people often naturally focus on either expected benefits or the avoidance of harm. Behavioral research has demonstrated that framing information...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.02.010
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:Achieving adequate response rates from family members of critically ill patients can be challenging, especially when assessing psychological symptoms. OBJECTIVES:To identify factors associated with completion of surveys about psychological symptoms among family members of critically ill patients. METHODS:Usin...
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.2017.02.019
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:Chronic pain (CP) is a major concern in cancer survivors. Often under-reported by patients, it is both underassessed and undertreated by care providers. OBJECTIVES:To assess CP prevalence and related treatment in cancer survivors five years after diagnosis and to identify factors associated with prescribing op...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.10.027
更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:The efficacy and tolerability of once-daily hydromorphone extended release (ER) (OROS(®) hydromorphone ER, Exalgo(®), Mallinckrodt Brand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Hazelwood, MO) in patients with chronic cancer and noncancer pain have been reported in previous studies. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this analysis was...
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::Patients with advanced cancer often do not receive high-quality pain and symptom management or support with coordination of care, communication, and decision making. Implementing quality indicators that are reflective of the scope of care, feasible to implement, and supported by evidence might help to identify areas a...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.04.024
更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:CONTEXT:Patients from minority ethnic groups experience lower rates of referrals to end-of-life (EoL) care services, higher levels of dissatisfaction with services, and perceive some services as culturally inappropriate. OBJECTIVES:To systematically review original studies of minority ethnic groups and EoL care in the...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.04.012
更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Palliative care developed unevenly in Edmonton in the 1980s and early 1990s. Health care budget cuts created an opportunity for innovative redesign of palliative care service delivery. This report describes the components that were developed to build an integrated comprehensive palliative care program, the use of comm...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.02.012
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Despite advances in predialysis care and dialysis technology, patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease continue to experience multiple comorbidities, a high symptom burden, a shortened life expectancy, and substantial physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering. Patients with acute ki...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.10.371
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Decisional regret is an indicator of satisfaction with the treatment decision and can help to identify those patients who need more support and evaluate the efficacy of decision support interventions. The objectives of this study are, 1) to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Decision Regret Scale an...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.11.017
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Symptom occurrence has been shown to predict treatment course and survival in cancer patients. The M. D. Anderson Symptom Inventory-Brain Tumor Module (MDASI-BT) was recently validated as a tool for primary brain tumor patient self-report of symptoms. This study evaluated the reliability and validity of the MDASI-BT i...
journal_title:Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.02.011
更新日期:2009-03-01 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