End of Life Care in Terminal Head and Neck Cancer- An Amalgamated Approach [PDF]
Oral cancer is among the leading causes of cancer morbidity and mortality worldwide, and palliative care is a critical requirement for cancer patients. It is a multidisciplinary strategy that involves professionals from a variety of medical specialities.
Karthikeya Patil +4 more
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Prognostic value of a modified surprise question designed for use in the emergency department setting [PDF]
Objective Few reliable and valid prognostic tools are available to help emergency physicians identify patients who might benefit from early palliative approaches.
Samir A. Haydar +3 more
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Philosophical Reflection about Death and End-of-Life Experiences in Medical Education: A Brief Report of Medical Students' Experiences in a Flipped Classroom [PDF]
Death and end-of-life care are crucial yet often overlooked topics in healthcare education. This study explores the integration of philosophical reflection into a Flipped Classroom (FC) model within a graduate course on Collective Health at Universidade ...
Carolina Marquez +2 more
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Terminal Dönem Bir Hastalıkları Olsa Doktorlar Nasıl Ölmek İsterdi? Bir Anket Çalışması
Amaç: Bu çalışmada amaç hekimlerin terminal dönemde olan bir hastalıkları olması halinde kendilerineuygulanmasını istedikleri ya da istemedikleri tedavileri saptamak ve yaptıkları bu tercihlerinin yaş vehekimlik yılı ya da branş gibi parametrelerden ...
Ramazan Avcu +6 more
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Natriuretic peptide determinations in critical care medicine: part of routine clinical practice or research test only? [PDF]
Measurement of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide has been shown a good rule-out test for cardiac dysfunction in patients in the intensive care unit.
Collinson, PO
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Antibiotics use patterns in end-of-life cancer patients and medical staff’s perception of antimicrobial stewardship programs [PDF]
Background/Aims While most cancer patients with end-of-life (EOL) care receive antibiotic treatments, antibiotic use should be decided appropriately considering the benefits, side effects, resistance, and cost effects. Antimicrobial stewardship programs (
Min Kwan Kwon +7 more
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Potentially Inappropriate Treatments in Intensive Care Units (INAPPT-ICU): Point Prevalence Study
Objective: Technological advances increased prolonged life expectancy of the terminal patients, who had end-stage diseases. End-of-life care in intensive care units (ICU) has increased with the rise in admissions of terminal patients to ICU.
Elif Erdoğan Öngel +12 more
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Texas City Terminal Railway Company Booklet [PDF]
A Texas City Terminal Railway Company booklet from September 1924 highlighting terminals and warehouses located in Texas City, TX, including maps and ...
Texas City Terminal Railway Company
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Background: This study was conducted to investigate the knowledge and attitude toward hospice palliative care (HPC) among the elderly, defined as 65 years of age and older, living in the metropolitan area of Taiwan.
Ching-Ping Hsu +3 more
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Equity of access to adult hospice inpatient care within north-west England. [PDF]
There is a growing debate about the question of equity of access to hospice and palliative care services. Even countries with relatively well developed palliative care systems are considered to have problems of access and inequity of provision.
D Clark +5 more
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