Palliative Care - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Locally recurrent rectal cancer in Norway.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to describe management and outcome in patients with locally recurrent rectal cancer based on data from the Norwegian Colorectal Cancer Registry. METHODS: This was a prospective national cohort study of 577 ... Read more...

Quality indicators for palliative care: a systematic review.

29 Jun 2009 Research has demonstrated a greater understanding of the needs of terminally ill patients and their families, but it also has been found that the palliative care is not optimal. Because of a lack of quality indicators in palliative care, the quality ... Read more...

Demographic and social characteristics and spending at the end of life.

29 Jun 2009 In the United States and abroad, the aging of the population and changes in its demographic and social composition raise important considerations for the future of health care and the systems that pay for care. Studies in the United States on ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Palliative Care - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Locally recurrent rectal cancer in Norway. 29 Sep 2009
• The place of death in Parkinson's disease. 21 Jul 2009
• Quality indicators for palliative care: a systematic review. 29 Jun 2009
• Demographic and social characteristics and spending at the end of life. 29 Jun 2009
• Presentation, treatment, and analysis of prognostic factors of terminally ill patients with gastrointestinal tumors. 10 Jun 2009
• Late referrals to palliative care units in Japan: nationwide follow-up survey and effects of palliative care team involvement after the Cancer Control Act. 7 Jun 2009
• Hospices and CPR guidelines. Sudden and unexpected death in a palliative care unit. 7 Jun 2009
• Outcome of primary tumor in patients with synchronous stage IV colorectal cancer receiving combination chemotherapy without surgery as initial treatment. 30 May 2009
• Emerging drugs for esophageal cancer. 30 May 2009
• Predictors of successful palliation of compression fractures with vertebral augmentation: single-center experience of 525 cases. 30 May 2009
• Pulmonary valve replacement in repaired tetralogy of Fallot: determinants of early postoperative adverse outcomes. 7 May 2009
• Varying insulin use in older hospitalized patients with diabetes. 29 Apr 2009
• A survey of self-directed dying attended by proxies in the Dutch population. 13 Apr 2009
• Atropine, hyoscine butylbromide, or scopolamine are equally effective for the treatment of death rattle in terminal care. 7 Apr 2009
• Determinants of the place of death in the Brussels metropolitan region. 3 Apr 2009
• Providing culturally sensitive palliative care in the desert-the experience, the need, the challenges, and the solution. 31 Mar 2009
• [Palliative sedation uncommon in specialized palliative care in Sweden] 30 Mar 2009
• Effectiveness of topical administration of opioids in palliative care: a systematic review. 22 Mar 2009
• Aggressive multi-visceral pancreatic resections for locally advanced neuroendocrine tumours. Is it worth it? 16 May 2009
• Going home to die from surgical intensive care units. 10 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Palliative Care'

Definition: Care alleviating symptoms without curing the underlying disease. (Stedman, 25th ed)

Descriptor UI: D010166

Alternative terms: Palliative Care; Care, Palliative; Therapy, Palliative; Palliative Therapy; Palliative Treatment; Palliative Treatments; Treatment, Palliative; Treatments, Palliative; Palliative Surgery; Surgery, Palliative; Palliative Medicine; Medicine, Palliative;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; psychology;

Tree Number: E02.760.666; N02.421.585.666;

History Note: 96; was PALLIATIVE TREATMENT 1964-95 (Prov 1964-65)

Technical Notes: = relief without cure; coord IM with disease /ther or /surg or /drug ther or other specific qualif (IM); consider also PAIN /ther