Search Results - "Silveira, Maria J."

Advance Directives and Outcomes of Surrogate Decision Making before Death by Silveira, Maria J, Kim, Scott Y.H, Langa, Kenneth M

“…Data from a national study showed that more than one quarter of older adults who died between 2000 and 2006 required decision making at the end of life but…”
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Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Order Rates in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Pneumonia by Shore, Supriya, O'Leary, Michael, Kamdar, Neil, Harrod, Molly, Silveira, Maria J, Hummel, Scott L, Nallamothu, Brahmajee K

“…Background Descriptions of do not attempt resuscitation (DNAR) orders in heart failure (HF) are limited. We describe use of DNAR orders in HF hospitalizations…”
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Signature Informed Consent for Long-Term Opioid Therapy in Patients with Cancer: Perspectives of Patients and Providers by Giannitrapani, Karleen, PhD MPH, Fereydooni, Soraya, Azarfar, Azin, MD, Silveira, Maria J., MD, MPH, Glassman, Peter A., MBBS, MSc, Midboe, Amanda, PhD, Bohnert, Amy, PhD, MHS, Zenoni, Maria, MS, Kerns, Robert D., PhD, Pearlman, Robert A., MD, MPH, Asch, Steven M., MD MPH, Becker, William, MD, Lorenz, Karl A., MD, MSHS

“…AbstractContextSignature informed consent (SIC) is a part of a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) ethics initiative for patient education and shared…”
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Advance Directive Completion by Elderly Americans: A Decade of Change by Silveira, Maria J., Wiitala, Wyndy, Piette, John

“…Objectives To describe trends in advance directive (AD) completion from 2000 to 2010 and to explore the relationship between AD and hospitalization and…”
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Opportunity lost: End-of-life discussions in cancer patients who die in the hospital by Zaros, Mark C., Curtis, J. Randall, Silveira, Maria J., Elmore, Joann G.

“…BACKGROUND End‐of‐life discussions are associated with decreased use of life‐sustaining treatments in patients dying of cancer in the outpatient setting, but…”
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What Should Palliative Care's Response Be to the COVID-19 Pandemic? by Powell, Victoria D., Silveira, Maria J.

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Unwelcome Companions: Loneliness Associates with the Cluster of Pain, Fatigue, and Depression in Older Adults by Powell, Victoria D., Abedini, Nauzley C., Galecki, Andrzej T., Kabeto, Mohammed, Kumar, Navasuja, Silveira, Maria J.

“…Objective: Pain, fatigue, and depression commonly co-occur as a symptom cluster in pathological inflammatory states. Psychosocial stressors such as loneliness…”
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Can we engage caregiver spouses of patients with heart failure with a low-intensity, symptom-guided intervention? by Burke, Robert E., MD, MS, Johnson-Koenke, Rachel, LCSW, Nowels, Carolyn, MSPH, Silveira, Maria J., MD, MA, MPH, Jones, Jacqueline, PhD, RN, Bekelman, David B., MD, MPH

“…Abstract Objective Evaluate a pilot intervention to engage caregivers in management of heart failure (HF) patient symptoms. Background HF impairs quality of…”
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Should Buprenorphine Be Considered a First-Line Opioid for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Cancer Pain? by Chwistek, Marcin, Sherry, Dylan, Kinczewski, Leigh, Silveira, Maria J., Davis, Mellar

“…Cancer pain remains a significant problem worldwide, affecting more than half of patients receiving anti-cancer treatment and most patients with advanced…”
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Community Supply of Hospice: Does Wealth Play A Role? by Silveira, Maria J., MD, MA, MPH, Connor, Stephen R., PhD, Goold, Susan D., MD, MHSA, McMahon, Lawrence F., MD, MPH, Feudtner, Chris, MD, PhD, MPH

“…Abstract Context Hospice is underused by older, rural, and minority populations. Objective Because local availability of hospice is an important predictor of…”
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Maximizing the value of mobile health monitoring by avoiding redundant patient reports: prediction of depression-related symptoms and adherence problems in automated health assessment services by Piette, John D, Sussman, Jeremy B, Pfeiffer, Paul N, Silveira, Maria J, Singh, Satinder, Lavieri, Mariel S

“…Interactive voice response (IVR) calls enhance health systems' ability to identify health risk factors, thereby enabling targeted clinical follow-up. However,…”
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Treatment of Fibromyalgia in the 21st Century by Silveira, Maria J, Boehnke, Kevin F, Clauw, Dan

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Patient-caregiver concordance in symptom assessment and improvement in outcomes for patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy by Silveira, Maria J., Given, Charles W., Given, Barbara, Rosland, Ann Marie, Piette, John D.

“…Objective: To measure the agreement between cancer patients’ and family caregivers’ perceptions of the patients’ symptom severity, and the association between…”
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Bad company: Loneliness longitudinally predicts the symptom cluster of pain, fatigue, and depression in older adults by Powell, Victoria D, Kumar, Navasuja, Galecki, Andrzej T, Kabeto, Mohammed, Clauw, Daniel J, Williams, David A, Hassett, Afton, Silveira, Maria J

“…Pain, fatigue, and depression frequently co-occur as a symptom cluster. While commonly occurring in those with cancer and autoimmune disease, the cluster is…”
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Functional and Cognitive Decline Among Older Adults After High-risk Surgery by Suwanabol, Pasithorn A., Li, Yun, Abrahamse, Paul, De Roo, Ana C., Vu, Joceline V., Silveira, Maria J., Mody, Lona, Dimick, Justin B.

“…OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine whether older adults are at higher risk of lasting functional and cognitive decline after surgery, and the…”
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Informal and Formal Advance Care Planning Among U.S. Older Adults by Lenko, Rachel, Voepel-Lewis, Terri, Robinson-Lane, Sheria G., Silveira, Maria J., Hoffman, Geoffrey J.

“…Objective To examine advance care planning (ACP) trends among an increasingly diverse aging population, we compared informal and formal ACP use by…”
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Palliative Care for Older Adults with Multimorbidity in the Time of COVID 19 by Powell, Victoria D., Silveira, Maria J.

“…Older adults with multimorbidity face difficulty accessing healthcare in the COVID era. Palliative care referral may be appropriate to provide additional…”
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Surgeons' Perceived Barriers to Palliative and End-of-Life Care: A Mixed Methods Study of a Surgical Society by Suwanabol, Pasithorn A, Reichstein, Ari C, Suzer-Gurtekin, Z Tuba, Forman, Jane, Silveira, Maria J, Mody, Lona, Morris, Arden M

“…Nearly 20% of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients present with potentially incurable (Stage IV) disease, yet their physicians do not integrate cancer treatment…”
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Achieving goal‐concordant care: Formal and informal advance care planning for White, Black, and Hispanic older adults by Lenko, Rachel A., Hoffman, Geoffrey J., Robinson‐Lane, Sheria G., Silveira, Maria J., Voepel‐Lewis, Terri

“…Introduction Advance care planning (ACP) aims to ensure that patients receive goal‐concordant care (GCC), which is especially important for racially or…”
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Cancer Carepartners: Improving patients' symptom management by engaging informal caregivers by Silveira, Maria J, Given, Charles W, Cease, Kemp B, Sikorskii, Alla, Given, Barbara, Northouse, Laurel L, Piette, John D

“…Previous studies have found that cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy can effectively manage their own symptoms when given tailored advice. This approach,…”
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