JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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To determine the prevalence of recent cocaine use and the reliability of patient self-reported cocaine use. ⋯ These results underscore the magnitude of cocaine abuse among black, inner-city men. Patient self-report of illicit drug use is highly inaccurate. Accuracy of self-report may be increased by asking less specific questions.
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To determine why and how sedatives and analgesics are ordered and administered during the withholding and withdrawal of life support from critically ill patients. ⋯ Large doses of sedatives and analgesics were ordered primarily to relieve pain and suffering during the withholding and withdrawal of life support, and death was not hastened by drug administration.
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To analyze the trend and pattern of the nutrition status of Southeast Asian refugee children and other low-income children in the United States. ⋯ The marked improvement of growth status among Asian refugee children over a short period suggests that the poor growth status often observed among recently immigrated Asian children is primarily related to nutritional and health factors, rather than genetic factors. In assessing the growth of Asian or immigrant children, it would be helpful to take their family and early childhood background into account.