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Journal Club Archives

 

May 2006

• Does Artificial Enteral Nutrition Prolong the Survival of Institutionalized Elders with Chewing and Swallowing Problems?, by Susan L. Mitchel, Dan K. Kiely, and Lewis A. Lipsitz, published in Journal of Gerontology by the Gerontological Society of America, 1998
• Effectiveness of Feeding Tubes in Nursing Home Residents with Swallowing Disorders, by Mark A. Rudberge, MD, MPH; Brian L. Egleston, MPP; Mark D. Grant, MD, MPH; and Jacob  A. Brody, MD, published in Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2000
• Against the Flow: Tube Feeding and Survival in Patients with Dementia, by Daniel D. Buff, MD, FACP, CNSP, published in AAHPM Bulletin by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Spring 2006

 

April 2006

• The Effect of Total Parenteral Nutrition on the Survival of Terminally Ill Ovarian Cancer Patients, by Laurent Brard, Sherry Weitzen, Suzanne L. Strubel-Lagan, Narasimha Swamy, Mary E. Gordinier, Richard G. Moore, Cornelium Granai, published in Gynocologic Oncology by Elsevier, 2006.
• Quality of Life and Length of Survival in Advanced Cancer Patients on Home Parenteral Nutrition, by F. Bozzetti, Luca Cozzaglio, E. Biganzoli, G. Chiavenna, M. DeCicco, D. Donati, G. Gilli, S. Percolla, L. Pironi, published in Clinical Nutrition by Elsevier, 2002.
• Should Patients with Advanced, Incurable Cancers Ever be Sent Home with Total Parenteral Nutrition?, by Daanish Hoda, Aminah Jatoi, Jan Burnes, Charles Loprinzi, Darlene Kelly, published in Wiley InterScience by the American Cancer Society, 2005.

 

March 2006

• Cholinesterase Inhibitors for Patients with Alzheimer's Disease:  Systematic Review of Randomised Clinical Trials, by Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Thomas Zimmermann, Hans-Peter Beck-Bornholdt and Hendrik van den Bussche, published on bmj.com, 2006.
• Efficacy of Cholinesterase Inhibitors in the Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Functional Impairment in Alzheimer Disease, by Nhi-Ha Trinh, Jennifer Hoblyn, Subhanjoy Mohanty, Kristine Yaffe, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2003.
• The Efficacy of Donepezil in the Treatment of Neuropshyciatric Symptoms in Alzheimer Disease, by C. Holmes, D. Wilkinson, C. Dean, S. Vethanayagam, S. Olivieri, A. Langley, N.D. Pandita-Gunawardena, F. Hogg, C. Clare, J. Damms, published in Neurology by AAN Enterprises, Inc., 2004.
• A 24-Week, Randomized, Double-Blind Study of Donepezil in Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease, by H. Feldman, S. Gauthier, J. Hecker, B. Vellas, P. Subbiah, E. Walen, and the Donepezil MSAD Study Investigators Group, published in Neurology by AAN Enterprises, 2001.

 

February 2006

• Bisphosphonates and Osteonecrosis (Osteonecrosis of the Jaw with Bisphosphonates) , reviewed by Mellar P. Davis, FCCP, Cleveland Clinic, published in PC-FACS by AAHPM, December 2005
• Combined Analysis of Two Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Studies of Pamidronate Disodium for the Palliation of Bone Pain in Men with Metastatic Prostate Cancer, by Eric J. Small, Matthew R. Smith, John J. Seaman, Stephanie Petrone, Mildred Ortu Kowalski, published in Journal of Clinical Oncology by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2003
• Safety and Pain Palliation of Zoledronic Acid in Patients with Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, or Multiple Myeloma Who Previously Received Bisphophonate Therapy, by Charles L. Vogel, Ronald H. Yanagihara, Albert J. Wood, Frederick M. Schnell, Charles Henderson, Barry H. Kaplan, Malcolm H. Purdy, Richard Orlowski, Jodi L. Decker, Leo Lacerna, John A. Hohneker, published in The Oncologist by AlphaMed Press, 2004

 

January 2006

• Risk of Death in Elderly Users of Conventional vs. Atypical Antipsychotic Medications, by Philip S. Wang, Sebastian Schneeweiss, Jerry Avorn, Michael A. Fischer, Helen Mogun, Daniel H. Solomon, Alan Brookhart, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, 2005, © 2005 Massachusettes Medical Society. 

 

 

 

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