Conclusion: The philosophy of palliative care need not be limited to end-of-life cases in dysphagia management as considerations for comfort, and patient's wishes should always be part of care planning. Clinicians working with cognitively impaired patients at the end of life must be particular...
A significant driver of the patient financial burden includes the continued need for caregiver support as the weakening of muscles progresses to dysphagia and dyspnea, making it difficult to complete activities of daily living as the ... W Wong - 《American Journal of Managed Care》 被引量: 0...
their neuroanatomic regions of interest, and their potential implication for symptom management at EOL. A few examples to consider include the following: Does a patient with basilar artery thrombosis, initially felt to be “locked-in,” who loses ...
Palliative management of patients with incurable oesophageal cancer necessitates a broad spectrum of measures to relieve symptoms. Symptoms include those generated by the direct effects of disease (dysphagia due to local tumour burden) and the systemic effects of advanced cancer. Aggressive surgical treat...
Although these infections are rare, the high morbidity and mortality rates in the absence of appropriate care necessitate a thorough understanding of the acute management of these infections. Initial Clinical Presentation When evaluating a patient with a suspected CNS infection, the clinician must have ...
Contraception: current state of the art LGBTQ health: special considerations Cardiovascular disease: setting and achieving goals specific to patient risk Smoking cessation Depression and anxiety: practical stepwise approaches for primary care Dyspepsia and dysphagia ...
A new policy (patient choice) was introduced in Sweden in the early 1990s to give patients the right to choose their healthcare providers, however, evaluations show that few patients exercise this right. This paper analyses physicians' roles in putting the patient choice policy into effect. To ...
Critical illness dysphagia is known to be independently associated with adverse patient-centred clinical outcomes, such as (aspiration-) pneumonia, need for reintubation, malnutrition, prolonged ICU and hospital stay, as well as increased healthcare expenditures6. Moreover, an excess 90-day all-...
- 《Journal of the American Medical Directors Association》 被引量: 94发表: 2004年 Use of thickened liquids in skilled nursing facilities Long-term care residents are routinely provided with thickened liquids for the management of dysphagia. The objective of this study was to identify the pre......
recommendations on the management of oesophageal cancer main symptoms and complications, such as dysphagia, malnutrition, pain, nausea and vomiting, fistula and bleeding. The late goal of our review is to improve (toward the “best”) supportive care and decision making for oesophageal cancer ...