March 2014 J Affect Disord. 2013 Dec 30. [Epub ahead of print] Pre-loss symptoms related to risk of complicated grief in caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients Nanni MG, Biancosino B, Grassi L This study investigated the relationship between pre-loss criteria for complicated grief and post- bereavement diagnosis of complicated grief. This was carried […]
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February 2014 Support Care Cancer. 2013 Dec 21. [Epub ahead of print] Reducing potentially inappropriate medications in palliative cancer patients: evidence to support deprescribing approaches Lindsay J, Dooley M, Martin J, Fay M, Kearney A, Barras M This systematic review using Ovid MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, IPA, and CINAHL evaluates potentially inappropriate medications in […]
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February 2014 J Pain Symptom Manage. 2013 Dec 9. [Epub ahead of print] Primary Thromboprophylaxis in Hospices: The Association Between Risk of Venous Thromboembolism and Development of Symptoms Johnson MJ, McMillan B, Fairhurst C, Gabe R, Ward J, Wiseman J, Pollington B, Noble SI This retrospective case-note study investigated the relationship between risk […]
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January 2014 J Surg Oncol. 2014 Jan 7. [Epub ahead of print] Complications and survival associated with operative procedures in patients with unresectable pancreatic head adenocarcinoma Spanheimer PM, Cyr AR, Liao J, Johlin FC, Hoshi H, Howe JR, Mezhir JJ In a retrospective chart review study from 1997 to 2013 in a US […]
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January 2014 Support Care Cancer. 2013 Oct 1. [Epub ahead of print] Predictors of anxiety and depression in people with colorectal cancer Gray NM, Hall SJ, Browne S, Johnston M, Lee AJ, Macleod U, Mitchell ED, Samuel L, Campbell NC Using questionnaires and clinical records this study investigated anxiety and depression in people […]
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December 2013 Palliat Support Care. 2013. [Epub ahead of print] The relationship between the timing of a palliative care consult and utilization outcomes for ventilator-assisted intensive care unit patients Pereira S, Kozikowski A, Pekmezaris R, Sunday S, Mir T, Saad M, Corrado L, Wolf-Klein G In a retrospective chart review of 90 patients […]
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December 2013 Clin Cancer Res. 2013. [Epub ahead of print] Comparative efficacy of bisphosphonates in metastatic breast and prostate cancer and multiple myeloma: a mixed-treatment meta-analysis Palmieri C, Fullarton JR, Brown J Using a mixed treatment comparison, the efficacy of zoledronic acid was compared to other bisphosphonates (clodronate, pamidronate and ibandronate) in patients […]
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December 2013 J Pain Symptom Manage. 2013. [Epub ahead of print] Factors Associated With Survival After Opioid Rotation in Cancer Patients Presenting to an Outpatient Supportive Care Center Reddy A, Yennurajalingam S, Cruz MD, Palla SL, Wang X, Kwon JH, Frisbee-Hume S, Bruera E This preliminary ad hoc analysis of a previously published […]
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November 2013 Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jul 22;7:CD003868. [Epub ahead of print] Oral morphine for cancer pain Wiffen PJ, Wee B, Moore RA This further update of a Cochrane review, first published in 2003 and updated in 2007, aimed to determine the efficacy and toxicity of oral morphine in relieving cancer pain. […]
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Shortcuts November 2013 J Palliat Med. 2013 Jul;16(7):741-4 The Role of Benzodiazepines in Breathlessness: A Single Site, Open Label Pilot of Sustained Release Morphine Together with Clonazepam Allcroft P, Margitanovic V, Greene A, Agar MR, Clark K, Abernethy AP, Currow DC This single site, open label pilot study assessed the safety and feasibility […]