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Alexander Giles Davies

- Verified email at leeds.ac.uk - Cited by 21315

Alexander Davies

- Verified email at osu.edu - Cited by 5549

A systematic review of the use of opioids in the management of dyspnoea

AL Jennings, AN Davies, JPT Higgins, JSR Gibbs… - Thorax, 2002 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: Opioids are commonly used to treat dyspnoea in palliative medicine but there
has been no formal evaluation of the evidence for their effectiveness in the treatment of …

The management of cancer-related breakthrough pain: recommendations of a task group of the Science Committee of the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great …

AN Davies, A Dickman, C Reid, AM Stevens… - European Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
… Breakthrough pain is a common problem in patients with cancer, and is associated with
significant morbidity in this group of patients (Davies, 2006a). Nevertheless, there is a paucity of …

A systematic review of salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia induced by cancer therapies: prevalence, severity and impact on quality of life

…, A Vissink, E Andersen, CG Brown, AN Davies… - Supportive care in …, 2010 - Springer
Purpose This systematic review aimed to assess the literature for prevalence, severity, and
impact on quality of life of salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia induced by cancer …

Opioids for the management of breakthrough pain in cancer patients

G Zeppetella, AN Davies - Cochrane Database of Systematic …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background This review is an update of a previously published review in the Cochrane
Database of Systematic Reviews (Issue 1, 2006). Breakthrough pain is a transient exacerbation …

Opioids for the palliation of breathlessness in terminal illness.

AL Jennings, AN Davies, JP Higgins… - … Cochrane database of …, 2001 - europepmc.org
Background Breathlessness is a common symptom in people with advanced disease. The
most effective treatments are aimed at treating the underlying cause of the breathlessness but …

Detecting and quantifying sunflower oil adulteration in extra virgin olive oils from the Eastern Mediterranean by visible and near-infrared spectroscopy

G Downey, P McIntyre, AN Davies - Journal of Agricultural and …, 2002 - ACS Publications
One hundred and thirty-eight oil samples have been analyzed by visible and near-infrared
transflectance spectroscopy. These comprised 46 pure extra virgin olive oils and the same …

Is there a correlation between spirituality and anxiety and depression in patients with advanced cancer?

RC McCoubrie, AN Davies - Supportive Care in Cancer, 2006 - Springer
Aims and objectives To establish whether there is a correlation between spirituality and anxiety
and depression in patients with advanced cancer. Patients and methods Patients with a …

A systematic review of salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia induced by cancer therapies: management strategies and economic impact

…, A Vissink, E Andersen, CG Brown, AN Davies… - Supportive care in …, 2010 - Springer
Purpose This systematic review aimed to assess the literature for management strategies
and economic impact of salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia induced by cancer …

Emerging treatments in neurogastroenterology: a multidisciplinary working group consensus statement on opioid‐induced constipation

…, G Becker, LR Webster, AN Davies… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Opioids are effective for acute and chronic pain conditions, but their use is
associated with often difficult‐to‐manage constipation and other gastrointestinal ( GI ) effects due …

Terahertz semiconductor-heterostructure laser

…, F Beltram, HE Beere, EH Linfield, AG Davies… - nature, 2002 - nature.com
Semiconductor devices have become indispensable for generating electromagnetic radiation
in everyday applications. Visible and infrared diode lasers are at the core of information …