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John Hansen-Flaschen

Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Verified email at uphs.upenn.edu
Cited by 7951

Do patients want physicians to inquire about their spiritual or religious beliefs if they become gravely ill?

…, RC Ciampa, J Hansen-Flaschen - Archives of internal …, 1999 - jamanetwork.com
Background Recognizing that many Americans draw on religious or spiritual beliefs when
confronted by serious illness, some medical educators have recommended that physicians …

[HTML][HTML] An official American Thoracic Society clinical policy statement: palliative care for patients with respiratory diseases and critical illnesses

…, BF Fahy, J Hansen-Flaschen… - American journal of …, 2008 - atsjournals.org
Palliative care aims to prevent and relieve suffering by controlling symptoms and to provide
other support to patients and families in order to maintain and improve their quality of living. …

Use of sedating drugs and neuromuscular blocking agents in patients requiring mechanical ventilation for respiratory failure: a national survey

JH Hansen-Flaschen, S Brazinsky, C Basile… - Jama, 1991 - jamanetwork.com
Objective. —To assess current use of sedating drugs and neuromuscular blocking agents in
patients requiring mechanical ventilation at US hospitals that participate in the training of …

Complications of video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy in patients with interstitial lung disease

ME Kreider, J Hansen-Flaschen, NN Ahmad… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Current guidelines recommend surgical lung biopsy for diagnosis of interstitial
lung diseases (ILDs) in selected patients. To shed light on the risk–benefit ratio for this …

American College of Chest Physicians consensus statement on the management of dyspnea in patients with advanced lung or heart disease

…, ER Carter, JR Chiong, EW Ely, J Hansen-Flaschen… - Chest, 2010 - Elsevier
Background This consensus statement was developed based on the understanding that
patients with advanced lung or heart disease are not being treated consistently and effectively …

Decisions to limit or continue life-sustaining treatment by critical care physicians in the United States: conflicts between physicians' practices and patients' wishes.

DA Asch, J Hansen-Flaschen… - American journal of …, 1995 - atsjournals.org
We surveyed a national sample of 879 physicians practicing in adult intensive care units in
the United States, in order to determine their practices with regard to limiting life-sustaining …

Towards an expert consensus to delineate a clinical syndrome of chronic breathlessness

…, J Yorke, J Hansen-Flaschen… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Breathlessness that persists despite treatment for the underlying conditions is debilitating.
Identifying this discrete entity as a clinical syndrome should raise awareness amongst patients…

[HTML][HTML] Health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

…, JS Sager, R Gallop, J Christie, J Hansen-Flaschen… - Respiratory …, 2005 - Springer
Background Improved outcomes with expanding treatment options for patients with
pulmonary arterial hypertension present the opportunity to consider additional end-points in …

The Patient Self-Determination Act and the future of advance directives

…, KA Schulman, R Lavizzo-Mourey, J Hansen-Flaschen - 1991 - acpjournals.org
▪Living wills and other advance directives currently play a limited role in medical decision
making. A new federal law, the Patient Self-Determination Act, will require health care …

[HTML][HTML] A randomized trial of nighttime physician staffing in an intensive care unit

…, MO Harhay, J Hansen-Flaschen… - … England Journal of …, 2013 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Increasing numbers of intensive care units (ICUs) are adopting the practice of
nighttime intensivist staffing despite the lack of experimental evidence of its effectiveness. …