Gastrointestinal symptoms in end-stage heart failuredoi:10.12968/bjca.2010.5.8.66244Annie MacCallumSuzy HughesMA Healthcare London
End-stage, or stage IV, COPD is the final stage of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Most people reach it after years of living with the disease and the lung damage it causes. As a result, your quality of life is low. You’ll have exacerbations, or flares, often – one of which ...
BACKGROUND: Despite today's modern therapy, the advancement of chronic heart failure (CHF) has not been curbed (Dying from heart failure: lessons from palliative care, BMJ, 317, 1998, 961-962, Editorial). Consequently, the suffering in patients with end-stage CHF is still present. The knowl...
The purpose of the study was to evaluate symptom occurrence in patients with end-stage heart disease who were newly admitted to hospice care. The medical records of 51 deceased patients with heart disease were sampled from a Florida hospice. Dataed included demographic data, patient symptoms, and...
Symptoms experienced in the last six months of life in patients with end-stage heart failure. Background: Despite today''s modern therapy, the advancement of chronic heart failure (CHF) has not been curbed (Dying from heart failure: lessons from pal... Nordgren,Lena,Sörensen,... - 《Eur...
Symptoms experienced in the last six months of life in patients with end-stage heart failure. BACKGROUND: Despite today's modern therapy, the advancement of chronic heart failure (CHF) has not been curbed (Dying from heart failure: lessons from pall... Nordgren,L - 《Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs...
Objective To investigate whether time from onset of heart failure signs and/or symptoms (ie, progression to stage C/D heart failure) until implantation affects reverse remodelling and clinical outcome after cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT).Design Cohort study of consecutive CRT patients, implante...
Right-side vs. Left-side Heart Failure When your heart is working normally, it pumps oxygen-rich blood through your lungs and to the rest of your body. The left ventricle, or left chamber, of the heart provides most of the heart’s pumping power. So when you have left-side heart fail...
End-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic heart failure (CHF) and chronic renal failure (CRF) are characterized by a high burden of daily symptoms that, irrespective of the primary organ failure, are widely shared. ... P Finamore,MA Spruit,JMGA Schols,... - Aging - ...
2. Stage 2 Hypertension Systolic blood pressure:140 mmHg or higher Diastolic blood pressure:90 mmHg or higher 3. Hypertensive urgency Hypertensive urgency refers to very high blood pressure that doesn’t currently show signs of severe organ damage but requires rapid blood pressure reduction. ...