families in palliative and end of life care

Báo cáo y học: " End of life care in Brazil: the long and winding road" pps

Ngày tải lên : 14/08/2014, 07:21

... RG, Piva JP: End- of- life care in Brazil Intensive Care Med 2007, 33:1014-1017 10 Lisboa T, Friedman G: Forgoing life support in Intensive care units of South Brazil: the results of and ethical ... Mulkerin C, Puntillo KA, Ray DE, Weissman DE; Improve Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit Project: Models for structuring a clinical initiative to enhance palliative care in the intensive care ... of Critical Care Medicine: Recommendations for end- of- life care in the intensive care unit: a consensus statement by the American College of Critical Care Medicine Crit Care Med 2008, 36:953-963...

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Báo cáo y học: "Beyond ethical dilemmas: improving the quality of end-of-life care in the intensive care unit" pps

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 19:22

... Critical Care February 2003 Vol No Rubenfeld and Curtis helping families weigh the burdens and benefits of ongoing intensive care, are essential to excellent end- of- life care These communication and ... available to families [19] 12 Great strides have been made in defining ethical principles to guide end- of- life care in the 35 years since a panel reached consensus on guidelines to define brain death ... Conference in Intensive Care Medicine: Preliminary Programme – Challenges in End- of- Life Care in the ICU: 2003 24–25 April; Brussels, Belgium 2002 [http://www.esicm.org/ ICCICM_preliminaryProgram_070802.pdf]...

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báo cáo hóa học:" Osteoarthritis: quality of life, comorbidities, medication and health service utilization assessed in a large sample of primary care patients" potx

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 00:20

... assessment of OA patients in a primary care setting in Germany Our findings regarding QoL and the burden of the disease suggest that OA patients differ from patients suffering from other forms of arthritis, ... differences in musculoskeletal pain in older adults Pain 2005, 116:332-338 Thomas E, Peat G, Harris L, Wilkie R, Croft PR: The prevalence of pain and pain interference in a general population of older ... both gender together Discussion Based on previous findings indicating biological differences (e.g regarding the destruction of the cartilage) and psychological differences (e.g perception of pain)...

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Báo cáo y học: " International perspectives on intensive care at the end-of-life: the futility movement seems alive and well" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 19:22

... Committee of the Society of Critical Care Medicine: Consensus statement of the Society of Critical Care Medicine Ethics Committee regarding futile and other possibly inadvisable tratments Crit Care ... European intensive care units: results of an ethical questionnaire Crit Care Med 1999, 16:1626-1633 American Thoracic Society Withholding and withdrawing lifesustaining therapy Ann Intern Med ... A, Streiner DL: Determinants in Canadian health care workers of the decision to withdraw life support from the critically ill JAMA 1995, 273:703-708 Vincent JL: Forgoing life support in western...

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Báo cáo khoa học: " Long-term outcome and quality of life of patients treated in surgical intensive care: a comparison between sepsis and trauma" doc

Ngày tải lên : 13/08/2014, 03:20

... Critical care organization Crit Care Clin 2005, 21:43-53 Ferdinande P: Recommendations on minimal requirements for intensive care departments Intensive Care Med 1997, 23:226-232 Fisher M: Critical care- the ... having problems in usual activities, 56% had pain and 56% had mobility problems; in contrast, most of patients (74%) reported having no problems in self -care Depression and anxiety were more often ... quality of life is reduced to the same level in both groups This means that survival and quality of life after critical illness are independent; when evaluating outcome after intensive care, it...

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Báo cáo y học: " End-of-life issues in the acute and critically ill patient" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 13/08/2014, 23:20

... Medicare since 1983[13] International advances in palliative care have identified key priorities in palliative care, including financial support, professional training, research, prioritizing pain ... control, and global awareness of palliative medicine[14-16] Palliative care is becoming increasingly valued in the age of modern medicine where technological advances are prolonging life and extending ... education in palliative and end- of- life care in emergency medicine Acad Emerg Med 2009, 16(2):181-183 Michelson KN, Steinhorn DM: Pediatric end- of- life issues and palliative care Clin Pediatr...

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Báo cáo y học: "End-of-life decisions in Greek intensive care units: a multicenter cohort study" pot

Ngày tải lên : 14/08/2014, 07:21

... difficulties and documentation of end- of- life decisions in European intensive care units: the ETHICUS Study Intensive Care Med 2008, 34:271-277 Hall RI, Rocker GM: End- of- life care in the ICU: ... 2009 Levin PD, Sprung CL: Cultural differences at the end of life Crit Care Med 2003, 31:S354-S357 Giannini A, Pessina A, Tacchi EM: End- of- life decisions in intensive care units: attitudes of physicians ... group of patients who received full support including unsuccessful CPR (group A), and the group of patients in whom therapy was limited in any way (including withholding of CPR, withholding of some...

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Tài liệu Chronic Disease, Functional Status and Quality Of Life Among The Elderly In Singapore pdf

Ngày tải lên : 14/02/2014, 06:20

... quality of life In the face of impaired physical and mental functioning, perceived social handicap stands in the way of realizing quality of life Success in improving physical and social functioning ... quality of geriatric care, assisted living and long-term care, designs for housing, built environment and transportation, and promotion of ‘active ageing’ Population ageing in Singapore is rapid and ... health spending in old age, better quality of life “The process of optimizing opportunities for physical, social and mental well-being throughout the life course in order to extend healthy life expectancy.''...

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Factors affecting delays in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital in Istanbul, Turkey pptx

Ngày tải lên : 22/03/2014, 18:20

... main sources of infection in a community [5,6] Delays in the diagnosis and start of effective treatment of tuberculosis patients result in a prolonged period of infectivity in the community and ... of treatment in our patients These delays included patient delay, institutional delay, diagnostic delay, and delay in the treatment Both patient and institutional delays result in increased infection ... of symptoms to initiation of treatment Because untreated smear-positive patients are the main sources of infection, delays in the diagnosis and treatment of these patients increase the risk of...

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báo cáo hóa học: "The impact of regular physical activity on fatigue, depression and quality of life in persons with multiple sclerosis" pot

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 19:20

... collection and collation, data analysis, writing and editing of the manuscript CM was involved in the conception and design of the study, as well as data analysis and writing and editing of the manuscript ... Scale Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions NS was involved in all aspects of this study She was involved in the concept and design, ... pain and medication use [33] Theories of primary fatigue in MS include hypo-functioning within the central nervous system [34], reduced glucose metabolism in the cortical regions of the brain...

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báo cáo hóa học: " Self-reported physical and mental health status and quality of life in adolescents: a latent variable mediation model" doc

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 19:20

... shown here) *p < 05 obtain information about tobacco dependence, drug and health-related behavior, and quality of life in adolescents in grades to 12 in schools in the province of British Columbia ... number of poor physical and mental health days), and the use of the abridged MSLSS for the five life domains (rather than the use of single items for each of the life domains), resulted in greater ... Indirect effect of physical or mental health status on global quality of life as mediated by one of the life domains Sum of all indirect effects for physical and mental health status explaining...

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báo cáo hóa học: " Physical activity and quality of life in community dwelling older adults" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 19:20

... impressive gains in self-efficacy and QOL outcomes in a sample of older adults Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:10 Although our findings offer ... dwelling adults aged 50 and older via flyers and electronic newsletters advertising participation in a study of physical activity beliefs A total of 349 individuals expressed initial interest and ... understanding their roles in this relationship McAuley et al [2] tested their model on a sample of older women, and although we include both males and females in our sample, the numbers of males included...

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báo cáo hóa học: " Disability and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia" doc

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 22:20

... quality of life of patients with fibromyalgia as related to the quality of life of patients in other chronic conditions is presented in Table Results of quality of life of patients participating in ... gender, nor fear of injury had a significant influence in the model VIF factors were low (with a maximum of 1.8), indicating that there was no interfering interaction between the variables in ... pain and long term false straining of the muscles eventually can result in chronification of pain In accordance with the hypothesis of Hasenbring, Van Houdenhoven suggested that, especially in...

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báo cáo hóa học: " Reliability and validity of the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS) and Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia (QOLRAD) questionnaire in dyspepsia: A six-country study" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 22:20

... abdominal pain is the typical dyspepsia symptom, internal consistency was only moderate in the Abdominal pain domain of the GSRS This generally low internal consistency in the Abdominal pain domain ... validation of the German translation of the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS) and Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia (QOLRAD) questionnaire in patients with reflux disease Health Qual Life ... I: Handling missing data in quality of life questionnaires: Experience from clinical trials 6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, Barcelona, Spain 1999...

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