End-of-life issues in congestive heart failureTo address issues of care at the end of life, the issue of limited survival secondary to the disease process first must be addressed. Physicians may be aware of the consequences of the natural history of patient's illness and decide not to ...
OBJECTIVE: In congestive heart failure (CHF) the skeletal muscle of the lower limbs develops a myopathy with atrophy and shift from the slow type to the fa... G Vescovo,F Serafini,L Facchin,... - 《Heart》 被引量: 323发表: 1996年 Heart Failure Affects Mitochondrial but Not Myofibrillar...
While procedure type (coronary artery bypass grafting) was associated with preoperative bodily pain, congestive heart failure symptoms were not an independent factor affecting quality of life. Conclusions. Quality of life improves with cardiac surgical interventions in this studied age group and should ...
Purpose: To determine the combined ef fect of severity of congestive heart failure (CHF), type of patient management, and compliance to the American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiologists (ACC) treatment guidelines on change in quality of life among CHF patients. Methods: Data...
A 37-year-old woman was admitted to Dong-A University Hospital for rapidly progressive congestive heart failure. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrate... Sung-Hwan,Suh,Tae-Ho,... - 《Yonsei Medical Journal》 被引量: 4发表: 2007年 Primary Pleomorphic Undifferentiated Sarcoma—a Rare Renal Local...
Congestive heart failure is the most common health problem with the elderly. Some health organizations believe that men are more prone to congestive heart failure than women. In a study performed on 3,000 men, it was determined that men can inherit heart disease from their fathers through the ...
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This is termed “congestive” heart failure.18 Fluid can sometimes collect in the lungs, hindering breathing. This is known as pulmonary edema, which can cause respiratory distress if untreated.19 As heart failure progresses, the body tries to keep up with tissue oxygen demands. However, the ...
Heart failure: support at the end of life 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 9 作者: A Mendes 摘要: Aysha Mendes, Editor, British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, begins a series on cardiology with a look at attitudes to and guidelines on providing end-of-life care for people with heart...
Subtle decreases in MFS are associated with increased risk of congestive heart failure, the researchers write. Kapuku notes that while the small decreases in contractility they found are not yet clinically significant in theseyoung people, if the trend continues they likely will become a factor in...