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Medical Oncologists' Attitudes and Practice in Cancer Pain Management: A National Survey by BREUER, Brenda, FLEISHMAN, Stewart B, CRUCIANI, Ricardo A, PORTENOY, Russell K

“…To evaluate the attitudes, knowledge, and practices of US medical oncologists that are related to management of cancer pain. An anonymous survey was mailed to…”
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Hospice Enrollment After Referral to Community-Based, Specialist Palliative Care: Impact of Telephonic Outreach by Riggs, Alexa, BA, Breuer, Brenda, PhD, Dhingra, Lara, PhD, Chen, Jack, MBS, Portenoy, Russell K., MD, Knotkova, Helena, PhD

“…Abstract Context In the United States, palliative care programs improve access to hospice through enhanced communication and efficiencies in hospice…”
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A High-Touch Model of Community-Based Specialist Palliative Care: Latent Class Analysis Identifies Distinct Patient Subgroups by Dhingra, Lara, PhD, Dieckmann, Nathan F., PhD, Knotkova, Helena, PhD, Chen, Jack, MBS, Riggs, Alexa, BA, Breuer, Brenda, PhD, Hiney, Barbara, RN, Lee, Bernard, MD, McCarthy, Maureen, RN, Portenoy, Russell, MD

“…Abstract Context Community-based palliative care may support seriously ill homebound patients. Programs vary widely, and few studies have described the…”
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Hospice Enrollment After Referral to Community-Based, Specialist-Level Palliative Care: Incidence, Timing, and Predictors by Riggs, Alexa, BA, Breuer, Brenda, PhD, MPH, Dhingra, Lara, PhD, Chen, Jack, MBS, Hiney, Barbara, RN, McCarthy, Maureen, RN, Portenoy, Russell K., MD, Knotkova, Helena, PhD

“…Abstract Context Referral to community-based palliative care may increase the likelihood of hospice enrollment. Objectives This retrospective cohort study…”
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Hospice Admission Following Community-Based, Specialist-Level Palliative Care: Incidence, Timing and Predictors (S716) by Riggs, Alexa, MPHc, Breuer, Brenda, PhD MPH, Dhingra, Lara, PhD, Chen, Jack, MBS, Knotkova, Helena, PhD

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A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, two-period, crossover, pilot trial of lamotrigine in patients with central pain due to multiple sclerosis by Breuer, Brenda, PhD, MPH, Pappagallo, Marco, MD, Knotkova, Helena, PhD, Guleyupoglu, Nilufer, MD, Wallenstein, Sylvan, PhD, Portenoy, Russell K., MD

“…Abstract Background: Approximately 30% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) have central pain (CP). The anticonvulsant lamotrigine has been shown to be…”
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Pain management by primary care physicians, pain physicians, chiropractors, and acupuncturists: a national survey by Breuer, Brenda, Cruciani, Ricardo, Portenoy, Russell K

“…Chronic pain is a serious public health problem and is treated by diverse health care providers. In order to enhance policies and programs to improve pain…”
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Attitudes and Beliefs Toward Advance Care Planning Among Underserved Chinese-American Immigrants by Dhingra, Lara, Cheung, William, Breuer, Brenda, Huang, Philip, Lam, Kin, Chen, Jack, Zhou, Xiaotian, Chang, Victor, Chui, Timothy, Hicks, Stephanie, Portenoy, Russell

“…Many in the rapidly growing Chinese-American population are non-English-speaking and medically underserved, and few engage in advance care planning (ACP)…”
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Sequential outbreak of influenza A and B in a nursing home: efficacy of vaccine and amantadine by Libow, L S, Neufeld, R R, Olson, E, Breuer, B, Starer, P

“…To describe the sequential occurrence of influenza A and B in a nursing home, and to determine the efficacy of influenza vaccine and/or amantadine treatment…”
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How Well Do Medical Oncologists Manage Chronic Cancer Pain? A National Survey by Breuer, Brenda, Chang, Victor T., Von Roenn, Jamie H., Gunten, Charles, Neugut, Alfred I., Kaplan, Ronald, Wallenstein, Sylvan, Portenoy, Russell K.

“…Background. Cancer pain is usually managed by oncologists, occasionally with input from specialists in hospice and palliative medicine (PLM) or pain medicine…”
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Reply to H. Charalambous et al by Breuer, Brenda, Cruciani, Ricardo A., Portenoy, Russell K.

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Pain-related distress among patients referred to a community-based palliative care program by Riggs, Alexa, Breuer, Brenda, Patel, Vaishali, Harounian, Joshua, Chen, Jack, Dhingra, Lara, Portenoy, Russell K, Knotkova, Helena

“…Numerous studies have characterized the pain reported by patients with advanced illness in terms of descriptors such as severity, but few have measured…”
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A pilot trial of intravenous pamidronate for chronic low back pain by Pappagallo, Marco, Breuer, Brenda, Lin, Hung-Mo, Moberly, James B., Tai, Julia, Noto, Christopher, Sanchez, Angela, Manfredi, Paolo L.

“…Pamidronate is an aminobisphosphonate with analgesic properties. In this study, intravenous pamidronate decreased pain intensity for 6months in patients with…”
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Response to Recent Review of Literature on Transmission of Neonatal Herpes Through Ritual Circumcision With Oral Suction by Berman, Daniel, Breuer, Brenda, Federgruen, Awi

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Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Advance Care Planning among Underserved Chinese-American Immigrants by Dhingra, Lara, Cheung, William, Breuer, Brenda, Huang, Philip, Lam, Kin, Chen, Jack, Zhou, Xiaotian, Chang, Victor, Chui, Timothy, Hicks, Stephanie, Portenoy, Russell

“…Many in the rapidly-growing Chinese-American population are non-English-speaking and medically-underserved, and few engage in advance care planning (ACP)…”
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U.S. board-certified pain physician practices: uniformity and census data of their locations by Breuer, Brenda, Pappagallo, Marco, Tai, Julia Y, Portenoy, Russell K

“…We determined the profiles of the board-certified pain physician workforce and the profiles of those residing near medical pain practices. Data from a mail…”
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An Open-label Pilot Trial of Ibandronate for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome by Breuer, Brenda, Pappagallo, Marco, Ongseng, Fukiat, Chen, Chieh-I, Goldfarb, Richard

“…OBJECTIVEComplex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) type I, also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy, usually develops after trauma or immobilization, is…”
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Pain Assessment in Elderly Patients with Severe Dementia by Manfredi, Paolo L, Breuer, Brenda, Meier, Diane E, Libow, Leslie

“…The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of facial expressions as pain indicators in patients with severe dementia. Based on…”
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What Is the Relationship of Low Back Pain to Signs of Abnormal Skeletal Metabolism Detected by Bone Scans? by Breuer, Brenda, Pappagallo, Marco, Ongseng, Fukiat, Akhtar, Hena, Goldfarb, Richard

“…ABSTRACT Background.  In approximately 80–85% of patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain (NSLBP), a precise pathoanatomical diagnosis cannot be…”
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Opioid treatment for agitation in patients with advanced dementia by Manfredi, Paolo L, Breuer, Brenda, Wallenstein, Sylvan, Stegmann, Marian, Bottomley, Gail, Libow, Leslie

“…Background Some patients with advanced dementia cannot convey the experience of pain verbally and may react to pain with aggressive and agitated behaviors. We…”
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