Alcohol consumption and mortality from all causes, coronary heart disease, and stroke: results from a prospective cohort study of Scottish men with 21 years of follow up [PDF]
Objectives: To relate alcohol consumption to mortality. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: 27 workplaces in the west of Scotland. Participants: 5766 men aged 35-64 when screened in 1970-3 who answered questions on their usual weekly alcohol
Hole, D.J. +3 more
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A randomised, feasibility trial of a tele-health intervention for Acute Coronary Syndrome patients with depression (‘MoodCare’): study protocol. [PDF]
Background Coronary heart disease (CHD) and depression are leading causes of disease burden globally and the two often co-exist. Depression is common after Myocardial Infarction (MI) and it has been estimated that 15-35% of patients experience depressive
Anna L Hawkes +55 more
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Patients' and nurses' perspectives on patients' experience for coronary care unit stressors using a mixed method approach [PDF]
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Background: Getting admitted to CCU is viewed as a stressful event by patients.
Qaid, Rafa TA
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Depression in primary care patients with coronary heart disease: baseline findings from the UPBEAT UK study [PDF]
BACKGROUND:\ud An association between depression and coronary heart disease is now accepted but there has been little primary care research on this topic.
Elizabeth A Barley +12 more
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Background: The management of Psychological symptom in patients and nurses, effective communication with patients are important issues that should be taken into consideration in nursing care.
Shahla Biglar +5 more
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Likelihood of treatment in a coronary care unit for a first-time myocardial infarction in relation to sex, country of birth and socioeconomic position in Sweden. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between sex, country of birth, level of education as an indicator of socioeconomic position, and the likelihood of treatment in a coronary care unit (CCU) for a first-time myocardial infarction.
Dong Yang +5 more
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The evolution of the coronary care unit [PDF]
We can now see that the development of the coronary care unit, which Braunwald [1] has called ‘the single most important advance in the treatment of AMI’, was inevitable. But this was not obvious to most cardiologists of the day because so few of them considered the management of myocardial infarction to be a primary concern. They saw the diagnosis and
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Equity in access to exercise tolerance testing, coronary angiography, and coronary artery bypass grafting by age, sex and clinical indications [PDF]
Objectives: To assess whether patients with heart disease in a single UK hospital have equitable access to exercise testing, coronary angiography, and coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG).Method: Retrospective analysis of patients' medical case ...
Bowling, A. +19 more
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Após o desenvolvimento e implementação de um modelo piloto do instrumento de coleta de dados (ICDP) para Unidade Coronária (UCO), tivemos como objetivos avaliar as considerações dos enfermeiros sobre a aplicabilidade deste instrumento e de sua adequação ...
Maria Cecília Bueno Jayme Gallani +3 more
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Trata-se de um estudo sobre a influencia da quantidade de procedimentos invasivos aos quais é submetido um paciente assistido em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva e sua relação quanto à percepção desse ambiente.
Katia Grillo Padilha
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