… Tomohiro Nishi… Tomohiro Nishi … Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku
University), Tomohiro Nishi, MD (Kawasaki Comprehensive Care Center, Kawasaki Municipal Ida …

The ideal frame rate for the highest motion‐image quality with respect to blur and jerkiness
is presented. In order to determine the requirements for avoiding these impairments, motion …

Background & aims The benefits of artificial nutrition and hydration in patients with advanced
cancer remain unknown. Therefore, we conducted a prospective study to evaluate effects of …

Background: Respiratory symptoms, dyspnea, cough, and death rattle, are common and
distressing in advanced cancer patients. Palliation of respiratory symptoms is important to …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Three-dimensional digital subtraction angiography (DSA)
is useful as a supplement to 2D DSA in the pretreatment evaluation of intracranial aneurysms…

Introduction Although various phrases to communicate prognoses based on a certain concept
have been proposed, no study has systematically investigated preferences of patients with …

BACKGROUND Although the place of death has a great influence on the quality of death and
dying for cancer patients, whether the survival time differs according to the place of death …

Context Parenteral morphine is widely used for dyspnea of imminently dying cancer patients
(terminal dyspnea). However, the efficacy of other opioids such as oxycodone remains …

The required frame rate for the best motion image quality against blur and jerkiness is
presented. To avoid those impairments, psychophysical evaluation had been applied. The result …

Context Accurate prognostic information in palliative care settings is needed for patients to
make decisions and set goals and priorities. The Prognosis Palliative Care Study (PiPS) …