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Comfort Care for Patients Dying in the Hospital

Management of Symptoms Other Than Pain at the End of Life. When the withholding or withdrawal of mechanical ventilation is being considered for a patient with progressive dyspnea and this measure ... read more

Diuretic Strategies in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Loop diuretics are an essential component of therapy for patients ... illness rather than a mediator of adverse outcomes. In addition to uncertainty about dosing, there is uncertainty about the ... read more

Statement on Home Care for Patients with Respiratory Disorders

support independence and self-management, encourage positive health behaviors, and promote optimal growth and development of children with lung disease. For patients with terminal illnesses, home care ... read more

Bayer to Highlight Expanded Research from Growing Oncology Portfolio at ESMO Congress 2021

Breadth of prostate cancer portfolio on display, including presentations for NUBEQA ® (darolutamide) in non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC), and Xofigo ® (radium Ra 223 ... read more

Design and Baseline Results of a Cluster Randomized Trial on Cost-effectiveness of Integrated COPD Management in Primary Care

Optimal COPD management continues to be an important area of research, as the worldwide prevalence is growing and costs will rise in coming decades. Furthermore, in contrast to asthma patients ... read more

Systematic Review of Privacy-Preserving Distributed Machine Learning From Federated Databases in Health Care

The purpose of the euroCAT project was to predict patient outcomes (eg, post-radiotherapy dyspnea for patients with lung cancer) by learning from data ... Supported by European Research Council ... read more

Mood and Anxiety Disorders

A blended approach may be used to best suit the patient. The goal is always to help individuals understand their illness and teach them strategies and tools to ... with the aim of restoring optimal ... read more

Current Projects

DeBAkey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Biosensics LLC The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exacted great illness, death ... medical treatment and increased survival among cancer ... read more

Clearing the Air: Brief Strategies for Smoking Cessation

The use of combination NRT (a low-dose patch plus the "as needed" use of gum) is more efficacious than use of a single NRT product, but this strategy ... for optimal efficacy. Patients must ... read more