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D C Currow

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Articles 39
Citations 291
Followers 0
Related Specialties
Critical Care
Oncology
General Medicine
Top 10 Co-Authors
A P Abernethy
M Agar
M J Johnson
K Clark
M Ekstrom
R M Sladek
T W LeBlanc
J L Phillips
J Hardy
S Y Zafar
Published In
Palliat Med
Intern Med J
Ann Oncol
Br J Cancer
Support Care Cancer
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Recent Articles
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Considering community care in public health responses: A national study regarding palliative care during a prolonged coronavirus disease 2019 lockdown
Daveson B, Blanchard M, Davis W, Connolly J, Clapham S, William L, et al.
Aust N Z J Public Health . 2023 Apr; 47(2):100019. PMID: 37023481
Objective: To describe changes in palliative care characteristics, utilisation and outcomes in Victoria during a period of enhanced public health management and a prolonged lockdown due to coronavirus disease 2019....
2.
It is time to rethink weight loss in cancer
Currow D, LeBlanc T
Ann Oncol . 2020 Mar; 29(5):1091-1092. PMID: 32138850
No abstract available.
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It is time to rethink weight loss in cancer
Currow D, LeBlanc T
Ann Oncol . 2018 May; 29(5):1090-1091. PMID: 29788171
No abstract available.
4.
A pragmatic comparative study of palliative care clinician's reports of the degree of shadowing visible on plain abdominal radiographs
Clark K, Lam L, Talley N, Watts G, Phillips J, Byfieldt N, et al.
Support Care Cancer . 2018 May; 26(11):3749-3754. PMID: 29736868
The assessment of constipation symptoms is based on history and physical examination. However, the experience is highly subjective perhaps explaining why palliative medicine doctors continue to use plain abdominal radiographs...
5.
Would reframing aged care facilities as a ‘hospice’ instead of a ‘home’ enable older people to get the care they need?
Phillips J, Currow D
Collegian . 2017 Dec; 24(1):1-2. PMID: 29218955
No abstract available.
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Chronic breathlessness associated with poorer physical and mental health-related quality of life (SF-12) across all adult age groups
Currow D, Dal Grande E, Ferreira D, Johnson M, McCaffrey N, Ekstrom M
Thorax . 2017 Mar; 72(12):1151-1153. PMID: 28356419
Little is known about the impact of chronic breathlessness (modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) score ≥2 for most days, at least three of the last six months) on health-related quality...
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Implementation of the Needs Assessment Tool for patients with interstitial lung disease (NAT:ILD): facilitators and barriers
Reigada C, Papadopoulos A, Boland J, Yorke J, Ross J, Currow D, et al.
Thorax . 2017 Feb; 72(11):1049-1051. PMID: 28219955
A Needs Assessment Tool (NAT) was developed previously to help clinicians identify the supportive/palliative needs of people with interstitial lung disease (ILD) (NAT:ILD). This letter presents barriers and facilitators to...
8.
Who experiences higher and increasing breathlessness in advanced cancer? The longitudinal EPCCS Study
Ekstrom M, Johnson M, Schioler L, Kaasa S, Hjermstad M, Currow D
Support Care Cancer . 2016 Apr; 24(9):3803-11. PMID: 27061408
Purpose: Breathlessness is a major cause of suffering in advanced cancer. We aimed to determine the symptom trajectory in people with advanced cancer and to identify those at increased risk...
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How much evidence isn't in evidence-based guidelines?
Johnson M, Currow D
Ann Oncol . 2015 Oct; 27(1):205. PMID: 26489446
No abstract available.
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Best supportive care in clinical trials: review of the inconsistency in control arm design
Nipp R, Currow D, Cherny N, Strasser F, Abernethy A, Zafar S
Br J Cancer . 2015 Jun; 113(1):6-11. PMID: 26068397
Background: Best supportive care (BSC) as a control arm in clinical trials is poorly defined. We conducted a review to evaluate clinical trials' concordance with published, consensus-based framework for BSC...