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J Tsunoda

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Morita T, Tsunoda J, Inoue S, Chihara S
J Palliat Care . 2002 Apr; 16(4):54-8. PMID: 11965937
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Morita T, Tsunoda J, Inoue S, Chihara S
Am J Hosp Palliat Care . 2002 Mar; 17(3):189-95. PMID: 11886071
Although sedation for existential distress has been actively discussed in the palliative care literature, empirical reports are limited. A retrospective cohort study was performed to clarify the physical conditions of...
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Morita T, Tei Y, Tsunoda J, Inoue S, Chihara S
J Pain Symptom Manage . 2001 Dec; 22(6):997-1006. PMID: 11738162
Delirium is a common complication in terminally ill cancer patients. Identification of underlying pathologies and prediction of clinical features may improve effective symptom alleviation. This study aims to clarify precipitating...
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Morita T, Tsunoda J, Inoue S, Chihara S
Palliat Med . 2001 Oct; 15(5):419-24. PMID: 11591094
The Palliative Prognostic Index (PPI) has recently been developed for survival prediction in terminally ill cancer patients. To clarify whether physicians' clinical prediction of survival (CPS) can be improved using...
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Morita T, Tsunoda J, Inoue S, Chihara S, Oka K
Palliat Med . 2001 Jun; 15(3):197-206. PMID: 11407191
Although valid measurement of the severity of terminal delirium is of great importance in palliative care settings, existing instruments have considerable limitations. In order to quantify patients' communication capacity and...
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Morita T, Tei Y, Tsunoda J, Inoue S, Chihara S
Support Care Cancer . 2001 Jun; 9(3):177-86. PMID: 11401102
While a sensation of thirst causes severe distress for a certain proportion of cancer patients in the terminal stage, the factors contributing to this symptom have not been established. To...
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Morita T, Tsunoda J, Inoue S, Chihara S
J Pain Symptom Manage . 2001 Apr; 21(4):282-9. PMID: 11312042
Concerns that high dose opioids and sedatives might shorten patient survival could contribute to insufficient symptom alleviation for terminally ill cancer patients. To examine the effects of opioids and sedatives...
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Morita T, Tsunoda J, Inoue S, Chihara S
Psychooncology . 2000 Apr; 9(2):164-8. PMID: 10767754
To determine an underlying factorial structure of existential distress in Japanese terminally ill cancer patients, a principal components analysis was performed on 162 Japanese hospice inpatients. Existential distress commonly identified...
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Morita T, Otani H, Tsunoda J, Inoue S, Chihara S
Support Care Cancer . 2000 Mar; 8(2):134-7. PMID: 10739361
Delirium is frequently observed in terminally ill cancer patients, but complete remission is often difficult to achieve. Therefore, symptom palliation is of great importance to improve patients' quality of life....
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Morita T, Tsunoda J, Inoue S, Chihara S
Palliat Med . 2000 Mar; 14(1):19-23. PMID: 10717719
Death rattle is frequently observed in cancer patients whose death is impending and may contribute to the severe distress of patients and their family members. To identify risk factors for...