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Advance directives in Austrian intensive care units: An analysis of prevalence and barriers

Resuscitation Plus, 2020
Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of advance directives, healthcare proxies, and legal representatives in Austrian intensive care units (ICUs), and to explore barriers faced by adults engaged in the contemplation and documentation phase of the ...
Markus Köstenberger, Svenja Diegelmann, Ralf Terlutter, Sonja Bidmon, Stefan Neuwersch, Rudolf Likar   +5 more
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Medisinsk behandling og bindende forhåndsønsker- Noe for Norge? : En oversikt og diskusjon om verdien av forhåndsønsker og pasientens rett til å oppnevne stedfortredende beslutningstaker [PDF]

, 2009
A patient’s opportunity to affect and participate in decision-making with regard to their own medical care is considered important. Most patients want some control over their medical care, including or even especially, when they are too sick to ...
Løitegård, Kjetil
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Efficacy and Tolerability of Topotecan/Cyclophosphamide/Dinutuximab in Relapsed and Refractory High‐Risk Neuroblastoma: A Multi‐Institutional Retrospective Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Chemoimmunotherapy with irinotecan, temozolomide, and dinutuximab (I/T/DIN) has emerged as first‐line therapy for relapsed/refractory (r/r) high‐risk neuroblastoma (HRNB) in North America. Topotecan and cyclophosphamide (T/C) are often used in combination with dinutuximab in the setting of lack of response, progression, or incomplete ...
Benjamin J. Lerman, Madeleine King, Rajen Mody, Sara‐Jane Onyeama, Araz Marachelian, Thomas Cash, Sara M. Federico, Meaghan Granger, Ami V. Desai, Suzanne Shusterman, Jennifer H. Foster, Elizabeth Sokol, Chelsee Greer, Keri Streby, Holly J. Meany, Kieuhoa T. Vo, Margaret E. Macy, Rochelle Bagatell   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Primary Healthcare NZ Nurses’ experiences of Advance Directives: Understanding Their Potential Role

Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2013
Advance directives are one aspect of advance care planning designed to improve end of life care. The New Zealand Nurses Organisation released their first mission statement in 2010 concerning advance directives suggesting an increase in the use of these ...
Raewyn Davidson, Elizabeth Banister, Kay de Vries   +2 more
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Advance Care Directives : A Herzl Clinic Quality Improvement Project

McGill Journal of Medicine, 2023
Background: Advance Care Planning has benefits for patients and is often optimal when done in the primary care setting. Unfortunately, it does not occur frequently or routinely. The goal of this project was to understand the challenges and barriers that
Dalia Eladas, Audrey Amar, Fatima Boulmalf, Leen Makki, Melanie Suissa, Kaba Tambadou, Fanny Hersson-Edery   +6 more
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Clinical Course and Impact of Breaks in Therapy for Children With Relapsed/Refractory Solid Tumors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Pediatric relapsed or refractory (R/R) solid tumors carry a dismal prognosis, and postrelapse patient experiences are not well described. We present postrelapse outcomes, including number of R/R events and subsequent therapy regimens.
Matthew T. McEvoy, Elizabeth L. Seashore, W. Susan Cheng, Shondra Clay, Jessica A. Casas, Jennifer H. Foster   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular Methods for Rare Hemoglobinopathy Cases: First Brazilian Report of Pediatric Siblings with Hb O‐Arab and Alpha‐Thalassemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hemoglobinopathies are prevalent globally; diagnosis is complex in high genetic admixture populations like Brazil. We report, in two pediatric siblings, the first documented cases in Brazil of heterozygosity for hemoglobin (Hb) O‐Arab with coinheritance of α‐thalassemia (αα/−α4.2; −α3.7/−α4.2), resulting in microcytic and hypochromic anemia ...
Elisângela de Souza Miranda Muynarsk, Amanda Cristina Meneguetti Berti, Bárbara Braga Vieira Marques, Victoria Simões Bernardo, Flaviene Felix Torres, Ingrid Souza Dias, Vanessa da Silveira Ramos de Castro, Gabriela Alves Bernardino, Danilo Grünig Humberto da Silva, Edis Belini‐Júnior   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Direito dos pacientes às diretivas antecipadas de vontade

Revista Bioética
Resumo Este estudo investigou o conhecimento que 55 pacientes com doenças terminais tinham sobre seu diagnóstico, prognóstico e a possibilidade de registrar seus desejos no final de vida sob a forma de diretivas antecipadas de vontade.
Maria Aparecida Scottini, José Eduardo de Siqueira, Rachel Duarte Moritz   +2 more
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Criterion‐Related Validity of the Neuropsychological Quick Assessment for Screening Cognitive, Motor, and Behavioral Impairments in Patients With Pediatric Brain Tumors: An Observational Pilot Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neuropsychological complications may impair the qualitative prognosis of patients with pediatric brain tumors. However, multifaceted evaluations cannot be conducted in all patients because they are time consuming and burdensome for patients.
Ami Tabata, Keita Ueda, Tsukasa Ueno, Katsutsugu Umeda, Kentaro Ueno, Kanade Tanaka, Noyuri Nishida, Rie Yamawaki, Megumi Nukui, Yoshiki Arakawa   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementation of early will directives: facilities and difficulties experienced by palliative care teams

Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem
Objective: To know the facilities and difficulties the palliative care team professionals experience in the implementation process of advance healthcare directives.
Aline Carniato Dalle Nogario, Edison Luiz Devos Barlem, Jamila Geri Tomaschewski-Barlem, Rosemary Silva da Silveira, Silvana Bastos Cogo, Deciane Pintanela de Carvalho   +5 more
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