Search Results - "HUSAIN, Amna"

Trajectory of Performance Status and Symptom Scores for Patients With Cancer During the Last Six Months of Life by SEOW, Hsien, BARBERA, Lisa, SUTRADHAR, Rinku, HOWELL, Doris, DUDGEON, Deborah, ATZEMA, Clare, YING LIU, HUSAIN, Amna, SUSSMAN, Jonathan, EARLE, Craig

“…Ontario's cancer system is unique because it has implemented two standardized assessment tools population-wide to improve care: the Edmonton Symptom Assessment…”
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The Quality of Dying and Death in Cancer and Its Relationship to Palliative Care and Place of Death by Hales, Sarah, MD, Chiu, Aubrey, BA, Husain, Amna, MD, MPH, Braun, Michal, PhD, Rydall, Anne, MSc, Gagliese, Lucia, PhD, Zimmermann, Camilla, MD, PhD, Rodin, Gary, MD

“…Abstract Context Health care is increasingly focused on end-of-life care outcomes, but relatively little attention has been paid to how the dying experience is…”
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The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Place of Death Among Patients Receiving Home Palliative Care in Toronto, Canada: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Wales, Joshua, Kalia, Sumeet, Moineddin, Rahim, Husain, Amna

“…Background: Socioeconomic disparities in home death have been noted in the literature. Home-based palliative care increases access to home death and has been…”
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HeartFull: Feasibility of an Integrated Program of Care for Patients with Advanced Stage of Heart Failure by Steinberg, Leah, Isenberg, Sarina R., Mak, Susanna, Meaney, Christopher, Lokuge, Bhadra, Arvanitis, Jennifer, Goldman, Russell, Wegier, Pete, Husain, Amna F.

“…Introduction: Patients at an advanced stage of heart failure (AHF), specifically chronic severe symptomatic heart failure defined as New York Heart Association…”
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Do Patient-Reported Symptoms Predict Emergency Department Visits in Cancer Patients? A Population-Based Analysis by Barbera, Lisa, MD, Atzema, Clare, MD, Sutradhar, Rinku, PhD, Seow, Hsien, PhD, Howell, Doris, PhD, Husain, Amna, MD, Sussman, Jonathan, MD, Earle, Craig, MD, Liu, Ying, MSc, Dudgeon, Deborah, MD

“…Study objective Since 2007 in Ontario, Canada, the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System has been routinely used for cancer outpatients. The purpose of this study…”
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The interaction of socioeconomic status with place of death: a qualitative analysis of physician experiences by Wales, Joshua, Kurahashi, Allison M, Husain, Amna

“…Home is a preferred place of death for many people; however, access to a home death may not be equitable. The impact of socioeconomic status on one's ability…”
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Opioid Prescription After Pain Assessment: A Population-Based Cohort of Elderly Patients With Cancer by BARBERA, Lisa, SEOW, Hsien, HUSAIN, Amna, HOWELL, Doris, ATZEMA, Clare, SUTRADHAR, Rinku, EARLE, Craig, SUSSMAN, Jonathan, YING LIU, DUDGEON, Deborah

“…The purpose of this study was to measure opioid prescription (OP) rates in elderly cancer outpatients around the time of assessment for pain and to evaluate…”
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The association between varying levels of palliative care involvement on costs during terminal hospitalizations in Canada from 2012 to 2015 by Isenberg, Sarina R, Meaney, Christopher, May, Peter, Tanuseputro, Peter, Quinn, Kieran, Qureshi, Danial, Saunders, Stephanie, Webber, Colleen, Seow, Hsien, Downar, James, Smith, Thomas J, Husain, Amna, Lawlor, Peter G, Fowler, Rob, Lachance, Julie, McGrail, Kimberlyn, Hsu, Amy T

“…Inpatient palliative care is associated with lower inpatient costs; however, this has yet to be studied using a more nuanced, multi-tiered measure of inpatient…”
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Family physicians' involvement in palliative cancer care by Moon, Christine C., Mah, Kenneth, Pope, Ashley, Swami, Nadia, Hannon, Breffni, Lau, Jenny, Mak, Ernie, al‐Awamer, Ahmed, Banerjee, Subrata, Dawson, Laura A., Husain, Amna, Rodin, Gary, Le, Lisa W., Zimmermann, Camilla

“…Background Family physicians' (FPs) long‐term relationships with their oncology patients position them ideally to provide primary palliative care, yet their…”
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Review of patterns of practice and patients' preferences in the treatment of bone metastases with palliative radiotherapy by Bradley, Nicole M E, Husted, Janice, Sey, Michael Sai Lai, Husain, Amna F, Sinclair, Emily, Harris, Kristin, Chow, Edward

“…Since the 1980s, randomized clinical trials showed that single fraction radiotherapy (RT) provided equal pain relief as multiple fractions of RT in the…”
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Modeling the Longitudinal Transitions of Performance Status in Cancer Outpatients: Time to Discuss Palliative Care by Sutradhar, Rinku, PhD, Seow, Hsien, PhD, Earle, Craig, MD, Dudgeon, Deborah, MD, Atzema, Clare, MD, Husain, Amna, MD, Howell, Doris, PhD, Liu, Ying, MSc, Sussman, Jonathan, MD, Barbera, Lisa, MD

“…Abstract Context Understanding the longitudinal transitions of performance status among persons with cancer can assist providers in determining the appropriate…”
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Use of tamoxifen in the treatment of malignant melanoma: Systematic review and metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials by LENS, Marko B, REIMAN, Tony, HUSAIN, Amna F

“…The current metaanalysis demonstrated that tamoxifen does not add to the overall response rate, complete response rate, or survival when administered with…”
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Women Experience Higher Levels of Fatigue Than Men at the End of Life: A Longitudinal Home Palliative Care Study by Husain, Amna F., MD, MPH, Stewart, Kay, MD, Arseneault, Rita, RN, Moineddin, Rahim, PhD, Cellarius, Victor, MD, Librach, S. Lawrence, MD, Dudgeon, Deborah, MD

“…Abstract Few studies have evaluated sex differences in the prevalence, severity, and correlates of fatigue at the end of life. The Brief Fatigue Inventory,…”
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Resource use and costs of end-of-Life/palliative care: Ontario adult cancer patients dying during 2002 and 2003 by Walker, Hugh, Anderson, Mark, Farahati, Farah, Howell, Doris, Librach, S Lawrence, Husain, Amna, Sussman, Jonathan, Viola, Raymond, Sutradhar, Rinku, Barbera, Lisa

“…The objective of this study is to estimate the direct medical cost of end-of-life and palliative (EOL/PAL) care for cancer patients during the last six months…”
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Use of tamoxifen in the treatment of malignant melanoma by Lens, Marko B., Reiman, Tony, Husain, Amna F.

“…BACKGROUND Tamoxifen has been used in the treatment of patients with metastatic malignant melanoma either as a single agent or, more commonly, in combination…”
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Exploring Canadian Physicians' Experiences Providing Medical Assistance in Dying: A Qualitative Study by Khoshnood, Narges, Hopwood, Marie-Clare, Lokuge, Bhadra, Kurahashi, Allison, Tobin, Anastasia, Isenberg, Sarina, Husain, Amna

“…Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) allows a practitioner to administer or prescribe medication for the purpose of ending a patient's life. In 2016, Canada was…”
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Disruption or innovation? A qualitative descriptive study on the use of electronic patient-physician communication in patients with advanced cancer by Voruganti, Teja, Husain, Amna, Grunfeld, Eva, Webster, Fiona

“…Purpose In the advanced cancer context, care coordination is often inadequate, leading to suboptimal continuity of care. We evaluated an electronic web-based…”
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An interdisciplinary and collaborative initiative in palliative care research by Barnes, Elizabeth

“…The scale and complexity of palliative care increasingly demands that researchers move beyond their own discipline and explore interdisciplinary collaboration…”
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Symptom burden and performance status in a population‐based cohort of ambulatory cancer patients by Barbera, Lisa, Seow, Hsien, Howell, Doris, Sutradhar, Rinku, Earle, Craig, Liu, Ying, Stitt, Audra, Husain, Amna, Sussman, Jonathan, Dudgeon, Deborah

“…BACKGROUND. For ambulatory cancer patients, Ontario has standardized symptom and performance status assessment population‐wide, using the Edmonton Symptom…”
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Feasibility and Acceptability for Home-Based Palliative Care for Patients with Heart Failure by Isenberg, Sarina R., Husain, Amna, Mak, Susanna, Steinberg, Leah

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