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Planning After Stroke Survival: Advance Care Planning in the Stroke Clinic

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2019
Background Stroke survivors have high rates of mortality and recurrent stroke. Stroke patients are often unable to participate in decision making, highlighting the need for advance care planning (ACP) in poststroke care.
Paul D. Johnson, Angela Ulrich, Jenny Siv, Breana Taylor, David Tirschwell, Claire J. Creutzfeldt   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advance Directives and the Severely Demented

, 2006
Should advance directives (ADs) such as living wills be employed to direct the care of the severely demented? In considering this question, I focus primarily on the claims of Rebecca Dresser who objects in principle to the use of ADs in this context ...
MARTIN HARVEY, Harvey, Martin
core   +1 more source

Neurocognitive, School‐Based, and Quality of Life Outcomes for Youth With Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia: A Scoping Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The medical burdens of sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion‐dependent β‐thalassemia (TDT) are chronic and cumulative, even in children. Yet the effects expand beyond medications and healthcare visits due to their impacts on school attendance, academic performance, and peer engagement.
Mary Ann Etling, Hakim Tokhi, Alexander A. Boucher   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Physician's Role in Completing Advance Directives: Ensuring Patients' Capacity to Make Healthcare Decisions in Advance

, 1994
Patients are joining their physicians more often in making decisions about medical care. With advance directives patients can make their preferences about care known, even when they cannot participate in medical decisions, and choose the people they want
Wenger, Neil S., Halpern, Jodi
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Advance directives in the context of imprisonment

, 2013
In countries where prison healthcare is truly independent and the principle of equivalence is fully respected, advance directives are a means of increasing patients’ self-determination.
Bernice S. Elger, Elger, Bernice Simone, Elger, BS   +2 more
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Effectiveness of Resistance Intradialytic Exercise Compared to Aerobic Intradialytic Exercise for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida, Gisela Cristiane Miyamoto, Daniel da Costa Torres, Ian Setubal Reis Chaves, Jonas do Carmo Paschoalin, Braúlio Lima Nascimento, Luciana Dias Chiavegato   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Influence of Cultural Factors on Advance Healthcare Directives

Health Innovation Reports
Background: Advance directives play a crucial role in end-of-life healthcare decisions, and their effectiveness is widely acknowledged. However, adoption rates of advance directives vary significantly across different cultural contexts.
Abdulmalik Fareeq Saber, Safin Hussein, Sirwan Khalid Ahmed, Doaa K. Al-seleet, Hana Kamil Zainalddin, Farzand F. Hamid, Arpi Manookian   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Evaluation of Hemodiafiltration, Hemoperfusion, and Standard Hemodialysis on Efficacy, Inflammatory Control, Dialysis Adequacy, and Safety in End‐Stage Renal Disease: A Prospective Observational Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo, Weisi Dai, Jie Mao, Mei Ye, Xingshan Lu, Xiaocui Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Importance of Living Wills and Advance Directives

, 2009
Living wills and advance directives are important components of patients' medical records, which all too often do not indicate the appropriate palliative care measures the patient desires.
Heather Alfonso, Alfonso, Heather
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Safety of Daprodustat for the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease Anemia: Final Analysis of a Multicenter Postmarketing Surveillance Study in Japan

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This final analysis of a multicenter, prospective postmarketing surveillance study evaluated the safety of daprodustat in patients with chronic kidney disease anemia in routine clinical practice in Japan. Methods Patients who initiated daprodustat between September 2020 and July 2022 were registered.
Tadao Akizawa, Kyomi Kanaya, Kiyomi Aizawa, Masanori Onoki, Hirofumi Ozeki, Kazuko Suzuki, Ai Hayashi, Tomohiko Asamura   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source