Search Results - "Yokomichi, Naosuke"
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Diagnostic accuracy of patient-reported dry mouth as a predictor for oral dryness in terminally ill cancer patients
Published in Supportive care in cancer (01-05-2021)“…Purpose The aim of the study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of patient-reported dry mouth using an oral moisture-checking device in terminally ill…”
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Effect of continuous deep sedation on survival in the last days of life of cancer patients: A multicenter prospective cohort study
Published in Palliative medicine (01-01-2022)“…Background: Continuous deep sedation is ethically controversial with respect to whether it shortens a patient’s life. Aim: To examine whether continuous deep…”
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Validation of the Japanese Version of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System–Revised
Published in Journal of pain and symptom management (01-11-2015)“…Abstract Context The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System–revised (ESAS-r) is a brief and widely used symptom measurement tool. Objectives To validate the…”
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Continuous deep sedation: A proposal for performing more rigorous empirical research
Published in Journal of pain and symptom management (01-01-2017)“…Abstract Continuous deep sedation until death (CDS) is a type of palliative sedation therapy, and it has recently become a focus of intense debate. Marked…”
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Family experience of palliative sedation therapy: proportional vs. continuous deep sedation
Published in Supportive care in cancer (01-05-2022)“…Purpose Some patients experience intense symptoms refractory to intensive palliative care, and palliative sedation is sometimes used. Palliative sedation may…”
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Prevalence of falls in the last weeks of life and relationship between falls, independence and quality of dying in Japan: a large prospective cohort study
Published in BMJ open (01-11-2024)“…Objective This study aims to determine the frequency of falls and their serious complications in palliative care units (PCUs), as well as explore the complex…”
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Are common delirium assessment tools appropriate for evaluating delirium at the end of life in cancer patients?
Published in Psycho-oncology (Chichester, England) (01-11-2020)“…Objectives The objectives of this study are to investigate how many advanced cancer patients became unconscious or non‐communicative after pharmacological…”
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Comparison of survival times of advanced cancer patients with palliative care at home and in hospital
Published in PloS one (13-04-2023)“…One primary concern about receiving care at home is that survival might be shortened because the quality and quantity of treatment provided at home will be…”
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Visualizing How to Use Parenteral Opioids for Terminal Cancer Dyspnea: A Pilot, Multicenter, Prospective, Observational Study
Published in Journal of pain and symptom management (01-11-2021)“…How physicians use opioids for dyspnea in imminently dying cancer patients (terminal dyspnea) varies markedly, which could hamper quality care. To examine the…”
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Efficacy of two types of palliative sedation therapy defined using intervention protocols: proportional vs. deep sedation
Published in Supportive care in cancer (01-06-2018)“…Purpose This study investigated the effect of two types of palliative sedation defined using intervention protocols: proportional and deep sedation. Methods We…”
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Efficacy and safety of reinfusion of concentrated ascitic fluid for malignant ascites: a concept-proof study
Published in Supportive care in cancer (01-05-2018)“…Purpose Malignant ascites is one of the symptoms causing discomfort in advanced cancer patients. Cell-free and concentrated ascites reinfusion therapy (CART)…”
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Feasibility of a fast-track randomized controlled trial of cell-free and concentrated ascites reinfusion therapy for patients with refractory malignant ascites
Published in BMC cancer (28-02-2022)“…Malignant ascites often causes discomfort in advanced cancer patients. Paracentesis is the most common treatment modality, but it requires frequently repeated…”
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Prognostic Impact of Malignant Wounds in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Cohort Study
Published in Cancer control (01-01-2024)“…Malignant wounds are lesions caused by metastasis from distant primary cancers or by direct invasion of the cutaneous structures of a primary cancer, and are…”
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The Functional Palliative Prognostic Index: a scoring system for functional prognostication of patients with advanced cancer
Published in Supportive care in cancer (01-12-2020)“…Purpose For appropriate advance care planning, functional prognostication is necessary. However, there are no studies of functional prognostication in patients…”
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Efficacy of Proportional Sedation and Deep Sedation Defined by Sedation Protocols: A Multicenter, Prospective, Observational Comparative Study
Published in Journal of pain and symptom management (01-12-2021)“…To investigate the efficacy of two types of palliative sedation: proportional and deep sedation, defined by sedation protocols. From a multicenter prospective…”
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Cross-cultural comparison of continuous deep sedation for advanced cancer patients in East Asian countries: prospective cohort study
Published in Japanese journal of clinical oncology (31-07-2023)“…Abstract Objective Cultural, social, and legal factors have been known to affect physicians’ practice of continuous deep sedation. There have been few…”
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Clinical Significance of MLH1 Methylation and CpG Island Methylator Phenotype as Prognostic Markers in Patients with Gastric Cancer
Published in PloS one (29-06-2015)“…To improve the outcome of patients suffering from gastric cancer, a better understanding of underlying genetic and epigenetic events in this malignancy is…”
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Comparison between patient-reported and clinician-reported outcomes: Validation of the Japanese version of the Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale for staff
Published in Palliative & supportive care (01-12-2021)“…The goal of palliative and supportive care is to improve patients' quality of life (QoL). Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are the gold standard for…”
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Defining “Continuous Deep Sedation” Using Treatment Protocol: A Proposal Article
Published in Palliative medicine reports (01-02-2022)“…Context: Continuous deep sedation (CDS) is regarded as a far-reaching form of sedative use for symptom control, but there are no established uniform…”
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Validation of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System: Ascites Modification
Published in Journal of pain and symptom management (01-06-2018)“…Few patient-reported outcomes are available to measure the symptoms associated with malignant-related ascites in patient care and clinical research. Although…”
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