“We have great difficulties with relatives of persons with dementia. They often have not realized yet the situation of their loved one, that there is a cognitive decay and disease progresses even if we are doing everything we can. Some people do not want to understand and communication become...
However, the doctors were resistant because they believed that they could not yet think about end-of-life care issues at that stage of the disease, and they may change their minds later on. Occasions arose in which patients completed an AD with the support of private general practitioners, ...
This study aimed to comparatively analyze the effect of the person-centered prescription (PCP) model on pharmacotherapeutic indicators and the costs of pharmacological treatment between a dementia-like trajectory and an end-stage organ failure trajectory, and two states of frailty (cut-off point 0.5...
To this date, there are no other similar studies to compare these results within populations with advanced disease and at the end of life. It has been found that some of the intervention processes such as the circle of care tool have also shown good results in people with dementia or ...
Cholinesterase inhibitors and methyl D-aspartate receptor antagonists delay cognitive decline by approximately six months in dementia patients; however, their safety in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) remains unclear. High-dose vitamin B, increased Kt/V, and frequent HD sessions have shown no ...
[1]. CKD places a large burden on the medical system since it leads to end-stage renal disease (ESRD), which can significantly reduce the quality of life and is associated with a high mortality rate. Taiwan has a high prevalence of ESRD, and this condition requires greater attention than ...
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