pediatric oncology patients and their families

Surviving Health Care A Manual for Patients and Their Families potx

Ngày tải lên : 07/03/2014, 10:20

... Patients and Their Families This book serves as a tool to help patients and their families deal rationally with the perplexing and often irrational world of health care It covers the topics and ... doctors and patients diverge in their perspectives and concerns, and it’s a mistake to expect your doctor to always understand you Doctors, too, have their strengths and weaknesses, and your ... least those worth their salt – also understand that anger, fear, and distrust come with the territory of illness, and that it’s part of their job to accept and respond to their patients emotional...

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the lupus book a guide for patients and their families jun 2005

Ngày tải lên : 11/06/2014, 00:38

... about this disease and the treatments designed to ameliorate it Patients, their families, and their friends will beneﬁt [viii] Foreword by Henrietta Aladjem from The Lupus Book, and so will nurses, ... for them and their physicians Rheumatology textbooks and lupus monographs are available at medical libraries, but the information in them is not presented in a way that patients and their families ... that we should know more about For patients who want and need information about their disease, who want to take charge of their lives in the face of illness, and who want the ability to carry...

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báo cáo khoa học:" Experiences and barriers to Health-Related Quality of Life following liver transplantation: a qualitative analysis of the perspectives of pediatric patients and their parents" docx

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 01:22

... of, and perceived facilitators and barriers to, HRQOL for pediatric LT patients and their families The objectives of this study were to explore such elements of reported HRQOL among children and ... Experiences and barriers to HealthRelated Quality of Life following liver transplantation: a qualitative analysis of the perspectives of pediatric patients and their parents Health and Quality ... medicine and everything.’ Oh the joy because they’re crap! I don’t trust them, I really don’t And since they had to try five times, I was like screaming and crying and they wouldn’t give up And I...

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Báo cáo khoa học: "Pro/con clinical debate: Life support should have a special status among therapies, and patients or their families should have a right to insist on this treatment even if it will not improve outcome" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 20:20

... making, and to a prevailing sense that patients and families have the only say and can receive almost any intervention that they insist upon However, health care providers still have an ethical and ... truths are seldom acknowledged and rarely understood by patients and families The myth that intensive care medicine has incredible powers and has ‘special status’ permeates the language used to ... definition, and if a treatment is not futile by the strict definition then it is ethically and even legally mandated if patient or surrogate desires it [5] The only way to change this mandate is...

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Báo cáo y học: " Predictors of hepatic steatosis in HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B patients and their diagnostic values in hepatic fibrosis"

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2012, 11:48

... clinical and pathological characteristics in these patients with steatosis and their diagnostic values in hepatic fibrosis Patients and methods Patients A total of 204 HBeAg-negative CHB patients ... years) and the remaining 98 patients were excluded from hepatic steatosis (79 men and 19 women, mean age 39.4±9.81 years) Their diagnoses were finally confirmed by clinical presentations and pathological ... clinical and histological characteristics between HBeAg-negative CHB patients with and without steatosis, and the results demonstrated significant increases in BMI, FBG, FINS, TG, TC, GGT, ALP, Glb and...

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THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: HOW IT HELPS PEOPLE WITH CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES doc

Ngày tải lên : 15/03/2014, 01:20

... And it will be easier to administer for cancer patients, survivors, and their families Providing quality care he new law allows more cancer patients and survivors to get the health care they need ... for coverage based on their health status (starting in 2014) Limiting the amount patients must pay in out-ofpocket costs and deductibles (starting in 2014) Helping people and families with low to ... quality and cost of health care in the United States for people with cancer and those at risk for cancer he law is not perfect, but it will make health care more adequate, afordable, and available And...

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How Is Deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan Affecting U.S. Service Members and Their Families potx

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 08:20

... two sources 30 How Is Deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan Affecting U.S Service Members and Their Families? of earnings when activated: their civilian and their military incomes The overall earnings ... deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan are affecting service members and their families, and to offer policymakers informed recommendations The earliest study, reported in Stress and Performance, was ... 1998 1999 2000 2001 RAND OP316-2.1 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 How Is Deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan Affecting U.S Service Members and Their Families? than planned, and have had less time...

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báo cáo hóa học: " Do neurooncological patients and their significant others agree on quality of life ratings?" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 19:20

... between ratings of patients and their significant others on QOL assessed with the EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BN20 Thus, we addressed the following questions: 1.) To what degree self- and proxy-ratings ... psychology student and partly by nurses After providing informed consent tablet-PCs presenting the EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BN20 on the screen were handed over to the patients and significant others ... patients were not fluent in German and patients had severe visual disorders) Thus, data from 110 patients were available Additional ratings from significant others could be collected for 42 patients...

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báo cáo hóa học:" Health-related quality of life in food hypersensitive schoolchildren and their families: parents'''' perceptions" potx

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 15:20

... child's physical and psychosocial well-being (see Table 1) These summary measures are standardized so that all scores above and below 50 are above and below CHQ-PF28 is a well-validated and reliable ... significance of parents' agreement and support from spouses and extended families Such a hypothesis should be tested, and may generate valuable knowledge of how best to support families with food hypersensitive ... activities and in their familialsocial interactions than parents of children with rheumatological diseases [26] It is first and foremost the children's parents who are responsible for not exposing their...

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Gynecologic Oncology Patients in Turkey ppt

Ngày tải lên : 05/03/2014, 15:20

... reported by Von by patients The data suggest that patients may want to Gruenigen et al (60%) The generally high and possibly maintain optimism and hope when faced with cancer, and growing prevalence ... reported 2.4% of patients received CAM information from their (Richardson et al, 2000; Von Gruenıgen et al, 2001; physicians and/ or nurses It is probable that patients Henderson and Donatelle 2004; ... (2007) Complementary and alternative medicine use in pediatric oncology patients in Eastern Turkey Cancer Nursing, 30, 38-44 Henderson JW, Donatelle RJ (2004) Complementary and alternative medicine...

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Báo cáo sinh học: " Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes in Egyptian pediatric cancer patients with acute and chronic active HBV infection" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 18:20

... genotypes A and D, cases had C and D, other cases had B and D and cases had genotypes B and C The distribution of mixed genotypes among AH and CAH patients is shown in figure CAH patients showed ... Turkish patients with chronic liver disease Their study comprised 25 pediatric and 29 adult patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection and genotype D was the dominant genotype in all of their ... Egyptian patients by PCR using typespecific primers Patients and methods Patients The study was approved by ethical committee and informed consents were obtained from all parents of each patients...

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Báo cáo hóa học: " A systematic review of mobility instruments and their measurement properties for older acute medical patients" doc

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 22:20

... measures of unrelated constructs) For groups of patients who are known to differ in their mobility, group mean scores (and standard deviations) and between groups comparison data were extracted ... et al [29] Older patients hospitalised with mobility impairment Winograd et al [29] Hospitalised older medical and surgical patients Hospitalised older medical and surgical patients 88 Discriminant ... et al [29] Older patients hospitalised with mobility impairment Winograd et al [29] Hospitalised older medical and surgical patients Hospitalised older medical and surgical patients Total PPME...

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Báo cáo hóa học: " Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes in Egyptian pediatric cancer patients with acute and chronic active HBV infection" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 01:20

... genotypes A and D, cases had C and D, other cases had B and D and cases had genotypes B and C The distribution of mixed genotypes among AH and CAH patients is shown in figure CAH patients showed ... Turkish patients with chronic liver disease Their study comprised 25 pediatric and 29 adult patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection and genotype D was the dominant genotype in all of their ... Egyptian patients by PCR using typespecific primers Patients and methods Patients The study was approved by ethical committee and informed consents were obtained from all parents of each patients...

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báo cáo hóa học:" Response shift, recall bias and their effect on measuring change in health-related quality of life amongst older hospital patients" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 16:20

... instrument at the baseline assessment Patients were asked to complete the recall test after completing the standard EQ-5D and the EQ-5D then test McPhail and Haines Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ... review, appraisal and editing Both authors read and approved the final manuscript Author Details 1Centre for Functioning, Disability and Health Research, Queensland Health, Buranda Plaza, Corner ... article as: McPhail and Haines, Response shift, recall bias and their effect on measuring change in health-related quality of life amongst older hospital patients Health and Quality of Life Outcomes...

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Báo cáo khoa học: "Marjolin''''s ulcers: theories, prognostic factors and their peculiarities in spina bifida patients" ppsx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 03:23

... spina bifida patients lack sensation, and they and their caretakers may not recognize any significant changes in their ulcers Health education, with an emphasis on ulcer prevention and care, should ... theories, prognostic factors and their peculiarities in spina bifida patients World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2010 8:108 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: ... Marjolin’s ulcers in these patients Patients and methods A chart review of two young adults with spina bifida who had presented to the author’s hospital between 2004 and August 2010 with chronic...

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Báo cáo khoa học: "Effects of radiation therapy on tissue and serum concentrations of tumour associated trypsin inhibitor and their prognostic significance in rectal cancer patients" doc

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 09:21

... affects t-TATI and s-TATI concentrations in rectal cancer patients, and to assess their prognostic values For this purpose, TATI was analysed in serum, non-malignant rectal mucosa and tumour tissue ... the associations between tTATI and s-TATI concentrations, before and after RT, and clinicopathological parameters, including s-CEA and s-creatinine Classification and regression tree (CRT) analysis ... tumour tissue and normal mucosa before and after radiotherapy Box plots showing TATI expression levels in tumour tissue before and after RT (A), and in normal mucosal tissue before and after RT...

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Báo cáo khoa học: " Comparison of rectal volume definition techniques and their influence on rectal toxicity in patients with prostate cancer treated with 3D conformal radiotherapy: a dose-volume analysis" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 09:22

... maximum and mean dose to the rectal volume (Dmax and Dmean, respectively), and volumes (percentage and absolute) of rectum receiving 30 Gy, 40 Gy, 50 Gy, 60 Gy, and 70 Gy For each patient and each ... total and free prostate specific antigen (PSA), and testosterone levels, complete blood count and serum biochemistry, and pelvic MRI every months At each visit, detailed genitourinary and gastrointestinal ... was lowest in method (52.4 Gy) and highest in method 1(61.0 Gy) Likewise V70 Gy values were higher in methods and (42.3% and 37.3%) compared to methods and (32.5% and 33.4%), respectively When...

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Báo cáo y học: "Psychosocial factors and their predictive value in chiropractic patients with low back pain: a prospective inception cohort study" docx

Ngày tải lên : 13/08/2014, 14:20

... psychosocial risk factors in their patients, they may be able to develop better targeted and justified treatment strategies The nature of pain Pain is defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience ... chronic pain is distressing and may reinforce fears that the cause is serious and untreatable In some individuals this may lead to feelings of helplessness and hopelessness and to withdrawal from ... chiropractic patients Work-based strategies are effective, especially for sub-acute back pain [22] but are expensive and generally unavailable to small companies and the self-employed Thus many such patients...

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Báo cáo y học: "Psychological complications of childhood chronic physical illness in Nigerian children and their mothers: the implication for developing pediatric liaison services" potx

Ngày tải lên : 13/08/2014, 18:21

... (N = 45) and JDM (N = 45) and healthy children (N = 45) who served as controls Consecutive SCD and JDM patients who had been diagnosed for one year or more, aged between and 17 years and attending ... children and their mothers Prevalence and pattern of DSM-IV emotional disorders When the five specific emotional disorders assessed for were pooled together, (4.4%) of the SCD patients and (20.0%) ... of their patients Our sincere appreciation goes to Rev Sister Patricia, Head Teacher, Madonna Montessori Nursery and Primary School, Calabar, Nigeria, Mr Eyong and Mrs Esuabana, the Principal and...

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Báo cáo y học: "Gastroesophageal reflux in mechanically ventilated pediatric patients and its relation to ventilator-associated pneumonia" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 13/08/2014, 19:20

... thank the patients and their parents for accepting to be subjects of this work We want to thank also the teams working in the pediatric gastroenterology unit and PICU for their cooperation and facilitating ... control group There were patients with a mean age of 41 ± 50.7 months There were males and females Age was not statistically different between the VAP patients and the control patients without VAP ... between survivors and non-survivors Table Comparison of pH metric results (median and range) in patients with ventilator associated pneumonia and controls pH metric results Patients (n = 16)...

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