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Impact of advance care planning for older adults with dementia in nursing homes

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Introduction: Advance care planning is a very important challenge in the field of palliative and hospice care. The aim of this study was to review empirical evidence on the effectiveness of advance care planning in palliative and hospice care for older ...
Suzana Koštomaj
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Hope and advance care planning in patients with end stage renal disease: qualitative interview study [PDF]

, 2006
Sara N. Davison, Christy Simpson
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Radiotherapy medical physics in the Philippines: A contemporary overview

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose With cancer ranking as the third leading cause of death in the Philippines and a disparity in healthcare resources across regions, this research aimed to assess the state of radiotherapy medical physics in the country. Methodology The study utilized a comprehensive online survey with 94 structured questions answered by 19 clinics ...
John Paul C. Cabahug, Ramon Carlo Cruzpero, Luis E. Fong de los Santos, Eric C. Ford, Afua A. Yorke   +4 more
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Advance care planning and hospital in the nursing home [PDF]

, 2006
Gideon A. Caplan, Anne Meller, Barbara Squires, Stella Chan, Wendy Willett   +4 more
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Barriers to advance care planning with patients as perceived by nurses and other healthcare professionals: A systematic review.

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2019
INTRODUCTION Advance care planning is a means for patients to communicate their wishes, fears and desires for future health decisions should they lose the ability to consider or communicate these.
D. Blackwood, D. Walker, M. Mythen, R. Taylor, C. Vindrola-Padrós   +4 more
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Localization accuracy of 6‐second CBCT for lung IGRT with various breathing patterns

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose The 6‐second cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) acquisition of the Ethos HyperSight (Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Palo Alto, CA, USA) on‐board imaging system offers benefits, but could be too fast to accurately capture an average target position in a free‐breathing lung cancer patient. This study aimed to ascertain whether a 6‐second
Jihye Koo, Gage Redler, Vladimir Semenenko, Stephen A. Rosenberg, Emily Keit, Jacqueline M. Andreozzi   +5 more
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Provider Perspectives on the Influence of Family on Nursing Home Resident Transfers to the Emergency Department: Crises at the End of Life. [PDF]

, 2015
Background. Nursing home (NH) residents often experience burdensome and unnecessary care transitions, especially towards the end of life. This paper explores provider perspectives on the role that families play in the decision to transfer NH residents to
Bui, Nhat, Halifax, Elizabeth, Harrington, Charlene, Lee, Sei J, Ritchie, Christine, Shim, Janet, Stephens, Caroline   +6 more
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Enablers and Barriers to Integrating Advance Care Planning in Chronic Kidney Disease Care in a Canadian Provincial Network

Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease
Background: Individuals with advanced chronic kidney disease benefit from an integrated palliative approach to care through timely advance care planning and discussions about their goals of care. Despite literature and guidelines emphasizing the need for
Helen H.L. Chiu, John Duncan, Sherri Lynn Kensall, Yanchini Rajmohan, Sushila Saunders, Sarah Thomas, Salma Wadhwania, Gaylene Hargrove   +7 more
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Advance care planning and the relevance of a palliative care approach in dementia [PDF]

, 2006
Cees M.P.M. Hertogh
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HPDL Variant Type Correlates With Clinical Disease Onset and Severity

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Recently, a mitochondrial encephalopathy due to biallelic HPDL variants was described, associated with a broad range of clinical manifestations ranging from severe, infantile‐onset neurodegeneration to adolescence‐onset hereditary spastic paraplegia. HPDL converts 4‐hydroxyphenylpyruvate acid (4‐HPPA) into 4‐hydroxymandelate (4‐HMA),
Eun Hye Lee, Olivia Kim‐Mcmanus, Jennifer H. Yang, Richard Haas, Maha S. Zaki, Ghada M. H. Abdel‐Salam, Yuji Nakamura, Mohamed S. Abdel‐Hamind, Darius Ebrahimi‐Fakhari, Julian E. Alecu, Nicola Brunetti‐Pierri, Varunvenkat M. Srinivasan, Vykuntaraju K. Gowda, Stephanie Gross, Yasemin Alanay, Paria Najarzadeh Totbati, Manya Yadavilli, Liana Friedman, Naomi Meave Ojeda, Joseph G. Gleeson   +19 more
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