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Decision fatigue in hospital medicine: A retrospective exploratory evaluation

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background “Decision fatigue” (DF) is the deterioration in decision‐making ability stemming from repeated decision making. Objective Explore DF over the clinical workblock and across hospitalist and work characteristics. Methods Patients seen by hospitalists at two hospitals in January and February 2022 were retrospectively evaluated for ...
Rachel M. Kruer, LaKeisha Boyd, Lauren Czosnowski, Sarah Jones, Kelsey Perry, Thomas J. Streepey, Areeba Kara   +6 more
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Scheduling early primary care follow‐up after pneumonia: A retrospective target trial emulation in five hospitals

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Current guidelines make no recommendations on discharge interventions or scheduling outpatient follow‐up after hospitlization for commnity‐acquired pneumonia (CAP). Objectives To assess the impact of scheduling early primary care follow‐up prior to discharge home among survivors of hypoxemic CAP hospitalizations.
Andrew J. Davis, Stephanie P. Taylor, Catherine L. Hough, Mari Armstrong‐Hough, Li Yan, Catherine K. Ettman, Katy Sadowski, Khyzer B. Aziz, Patrick G. Lyons, Katrina E. Hauschildt, Marc Kowalkowski, Eliana M. Perrin, Theodore J. Iwashyna   +12 more
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Home Health Aides [PDF]

, 2010
Home health aides typically work for certified home health or hospice agencies that receive government funding and therefore must comply with extensive regulations.
Maye, Chenoa
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Long‐Term Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Cricothyrotomy at a Tertiary Care Level One Trauma Center

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
This retrospective study of 48 patients undergoing emergent cricothyrotomy (2014–2025) evaluated short‐ and long‐term outcomes and complications. Common complications included dysphagia, pneumonia, and dysphonia, with delayed conversion to tracheostomy associated with increased pneumonia risk; long‐term issues included persistent dysphagia, subglottic ...
Shivani Raizada, Yekaterina Shapiro, Reshma Modi, Bailey Balouch, Kathy Zhang, John Chovanes, Donald Solomon   +6 more
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Hospice preference of the family decision-makers for cancer patients in China: an exploratory study

BMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background The reasons for hospice underuse in China need exploration from the perspective of patients with cancer and their families. Furthermore, existing literature about hospice decision-making among Chinese families with cancer patients is limited ...
Nian Yao, Hao Chen, Xiaobin Lai
doaj   +1 more source

Documented End‐of‐Life Preferences of People With Parkinson's Disease or Parkinsonism Across Europe

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonism are characterized by motor and non‐motor symptoms. As the disease advances, planning for end‐of‐life (EoL) care becomes increasingly important. However, consensus‐based European guidelines for advance care planning and documentation of EoL care preferences for parkinsonism are lacking ...
Bauke W. Dijkstra, Catharina Muente, Michela Garon, Kristina Rosqvist, Monica Scharfenort, Katharina M. Lex, Philip Poku, Eirini Nixina, Pille Taba, Ülle Krikmann, Katrin Sikk, Katie Flanagan, Anette E. Schrag, Spyros Konitsiotis, Miltiadis Makrydimas, Stefan Lorenzl, Per Odin, David J. Pedrosa, Kris C.P. Vissers, Marieke M. Groot, Bastiaan R. Bloem, Marjan J. Meinders, Angelo Antonini, the PD_Pal consortium, Argyri Tsakanika, Dhaval Trivedi, Dimitri Gatsios, Dimitrios Fotiadis, K. Ray Chaudhuri, Nikolaos Moschos, Piret Paal   +30 more
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Head and neck cancer mortality in the United States: Regional differences in hospice use and place of death

BJC Reports
Background With more than 15,000 annual deaths from head and neck cancer (HNC), an important aspect of end-of-life care for these patients is place of death.
Melissa C. White, Julia E. Canick, Tariq M. Omer, Justin M. Barnes, William T. Reed, Rebecca L. Rohde, Dina K. Abouelella, Eric Adjei Boakye, Katherine Ramos, Russel R. Kahmke, Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters   +10 more
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Risk Factor Assessment of Hospice Patients Readmitted within 7 Days of Acute Care Hospital Discharge

Geriatrics, 2018
Factors surrounding readmission rates for hospice patients within seven days are still relatively unknown. The present study specifically investigates the seven-day readmission rate of patients newly discharged to hospice, and the predictive factors ...
Anthony Wilson, Diana Martins-Welch, Myia Williams, Leanne Tortez, Andrzej Kozikowski, Bridget Earle, Lori Attivissimo, Lisa Rosen, Renee Pekmezaris   +8 more
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COVID-19 in hospitalized adult patients with sickle cell disease: A 2020 US cohort using Cerner Real-World Data™ (CRWD)

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2023
We used Cerner Real-World Data™, representing hospital admission records from 2020, to examine patients with co-occurring sickle cell disease and COVID-19 by discharge disposition grouped as death/hospice versus transfers to other facilities, returned ...
Stephanie Howe Guarino, Kimberly D. Williams, Richard J. Caplan, Mitch Fawcett, Sophie Lanzkron   +4 more
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Decisional Conflict in Palliative Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients may be subject to decisional conflict (DC). However, research on DC in the palliative phase remains limited. The primary objective of this study was to assess and describe DC among patients with HNC in the palliative phase and explore the association between clinically significant DC and quality of
Boyd N. van den Besselaar MD, Aimée F. Herkendaal, Aniel Sewnaik, Robert J. Baatenburg de Jong, Marinella P. J. Offerman   +4 more
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