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Advance care planning dispositions: the relationship between knowledge and perception

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2019
Background Legal dispositions for advance care planning (ACP) are available but used by a minority of older adults in Switzerland. Some studies found that knowledge of and perception of those dispositions are positively associated with their higher usage.
Anne Cattagni Kleiner   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advance and future care planning

open access: yesBMJ
Patients, relatives, and healthcare professionals recognise the value of pre-emptive consideration and documentation of what treatments might be wanted and beneficial in an emergency. In the past, the most common advance planning documentation was a “do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation” (DNACPR) notice.
Hyson, Lara, Fritz, Zoë
openaire   +2 more sources

Frailty Exacerbates Disability in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To evaluate frailty in severe progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) and to investigate the underlying mechanisms. Methods This prospective, cross‐sectional, multicenter study enrolled a late severe PMS group requiring skilled nursing (n = 53) and an age, sex, and disease duration‐matched control PMS group (n = 53).
Taylor R. Wicks   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Planning ahead with dementia: what role can advance care planning play? A review of opportunities and challenges

open access: yesSwiss Medical Weekly, 2018
Advance directives emerged in the 1960s with the goal of empowering people to exert control over their future medical decisions. However, it has become apparent, over recent years, that advance directives do not sufficiently capture the temporal and ...
Francesca Bosisio   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fibrinogen Changes Before and After Intravenous Thrombolysis as Predictors of Cerebral Injury and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Plasma fibrinogen is essential in thrombosis and fibrinolysis, yet its dynamic changes pre‐ and post‐intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) for predicting brain injury severity and prognosis in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients remain unclear.
Wenhai Zhai   +28 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi‐Omics Integration for Advancing Glioma Precision Medicine

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gliomas are among the most malignant and aggressive tumors of the central nervous system, characterized by the absence of early diagnostic markers, poor prognosis, and a lack of effective treatments. Advances in high‐throughput technologies have facilitated a refined molecular classification of gliomas, incorporating genetic features. However,
Maria Guarnaccia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspective of geriatric patients on advance care planning in Denmark: a qualitative study [PDF]

open access: gold, 2022
Kirstine Dahmke   +7 more
openalex   +1 more source

The McCance Brain Care Score and Mortality: Evidence From a Large‐Scale Population‐Based Cohort

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to examine the relationship between the McCance Brain Care Score (BCS) and mortality in the general population. Methods We conducted a prospective, population‐based cohort study using data from the UK Biobank. Participants with complete data enabling calculation of BCS and full mortality information were included ...
Zhiqiang Xu, Xiaoxiao Wang, Nan Li
wiley   +1 more source

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