palliative care for kidney disease

... response It sets out evidence for policies for palliative care for older people, arguments for integrating palliative care across health services, and models for effective care solutions that will ... policies for palliative care, both for older people and for the diseases they commonly suffer from; • a lack of integration of palliative care across health care settings and services; • a lack of palliative ... Respiratory disease In: Addington-Hall JM, Higginson IJ, eds Palliative care for non-cancer patients Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001 20 Hanrahan P, Lutchins DJ, Murphy K Palliative care for patients...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20

... strategy for palliative care services in Wales17 • the All-Wales Minimum Standards for specialist palliative care1 8B • a Cancer Information Framework and the establishment of a Cancer Information ... should be consistent with the Information for Health strategy of the NHS Information Authority8 in England (Informing Healthcare: transforming healthcare using information and IT in Wales) In line ... providing palliative care fall into two distinct categories : • • I16 those providing day-to-day care to patients and carers those who specialise in palliative care (consultants in palliative...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... offering palliative care as an option in all clinical trials), establishing a focal point for palliative care research at the NCI, improving health care professional education about palliative care, ... symptom control, palliative care, or end-of-life research or training WHAT IS PALLIATIVE CARE? The World Health Organization (WHO) defines palliative care in cancer as the “active total care of patients ... policy; IMPROVING PALLIATIVE CARE FOR CANCER • inadequate training of health care personnel in symptom management and other palliative care skills; • inadequate standards of care and lack of accountability...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 12:20

... Factors for Adverse Outcomes of Chronic Kidney Disease 32 Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease 44 Definition of Chronic Kidney Disease 44 Definition and Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease ... Factors for Chronic Kidney Disease 76 Potential Risk Factors for Susceptibility to and Initiation of Chronic Kidney Disease 77 Relationship Between Types of Kidney Disease and Risk Factors for ... Stratification of Risk for Progression of Kidney Disease and Development of Cardiovascular Disease Guideline 13 Factors Associated With Loss of Kidney Function in Chronic Kidney Disease ...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... quantifiable by histomorphometry of bone biopsy CKD, chronic kidney disease; CKD–MBD, chronic kidney disease mineral and bone disorder; KDIGO, Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes; PTH, parathyroid ... treatment of chronic kidney disease mineral and bone disorder (CKD–MBD) Kidney International 2009; 76 (Suppl 113): S1–S130 Sxii Kidney International (2009) 76 (Suppl 113), Sxii http://www .kidney- international.org ... US VDR WHO Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative Kidney Disease Quality of Life Instrument Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol Matrix Gla protein Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Mineralization...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20

... 3Witwatersrand Palliative Care, PO Box 212, Pimville, Soweto 1808, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa 4African Palliative Care Association, PO Box 72518, Kampala, Uganda 5Hospice Palliative Care Association ... Higginson IJ: Development and validation of a core outcome measure for palliative care: the palliative care outcome scale Qual Saf Health Care 1999, 8(4):219-227 16 Bausewein C, Fegg M, Radbruch L, ... undertaken in palliative care sites, in South Africa and in Uganda, based in rural, periurban and urban areas, including homecare, day care and inpatient facilities Two of the sites provide care from...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... work in healthcare, more direct indicators of TB exposure, including TB admission or the percentage of patients with TB or HIV cared for [8] Another reason for transmission in healthcare settings ... are much lower than those assumed for German HCW so far [23] Employees in hospitals for pulmonary diseases are among those individuals who are routinely screened for TB as stipulated by German OSH ... prevalence of LTBI assessed by QFT-IT in a hospital for pulmonary diseases is rather low Other than in the years before 1980, we found no indication for a "strong, flowing source of infection" No...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... employees, except for students and persons without a contract of employment Voluntary insurance for the self-employed and for farmers Pending reform Partial invalidity: n.s Nursing care allowance ... employees; Voluntary insurance for selfemployed; special systems for the police force, state security, armed forces etc No family allowance; Partial invalidity: no No nursing care allowance compensation ... of foreign countries, workers on parental farms Independent agricultural workers aged under 16 years Voluntary insurance for employees who work abroad Family allowance; Nursing care allowance for...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Task Force, Members: The national agenda for quality palliative care: the National Consensus Project and the National Quality Forum [Review] [5 refs] ... validation of a core outcome measure for palliative care: the Palliative Care Outcome Scale Quality in Health Care 1999, 8:219-227 15 Harding R, Higginson IJ: Palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa Lancet ... African Palliative Care Association (APCA) The African Palliative Care Association (APCA) is a membership organisation for individuals and organisations interested in and working in palliative care...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... systems for chronic disease care delivery, particularly in relation to recall, care planning, and recordkeeping There was prior experience of using disease management guidelines, and care planning ... support best practice care delivery for chronic disease These included the endorsement of national clinical guidelines for diabetes care, the release of the national chronic disease policy, the ... so that lessons for informing the development of more effective strategies for supporting uptake can be developed The program, known as the Audit and Best Practice for Chronic Disease (ABCD) project,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... Schoolweth AC, et al Kidney disease as a risk factor for development of cardiovascular disease: a statement from the American Heart Association Councils on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, High Blood ... cardiovascular disease in chronic renal disease Am J Kideny Dis 1998; 32 (Suppl 3): S112-119 Coresh J, Astor BC, Greene T, Eknoyan G, Levey AS Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and decreased kidney ... Pressure: the JNC report JAMA 2003; 289: 2560-2572 14 Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: evaluation, classification, and stratification...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:52

... of disease duration Although the distinction between acute, subacute, and chronic kidney disease (CKD) or failure is arbitrary, the differential diagnosis can frequently be narrowed if the disease ... commonly performed in patients with suspected glomerulonephritis or vasculitis and in those with otherwise unexplained CKD or acute kidney failure If a child has small shrunken kidneys, a kidney biopsy ... a more complex cyst or a solid tumor It is also commonly used to screen for and to diagnose types of polycystic kidney disease o Radionuclide studies: Early detection of renal scarring is possible...

Ngày tải lên: 22/01/2014, 11:20

... Diagnostic criteria for coeliac disease: time for change? Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005;17:41-3 32 21 Hill ID What are the sensitivity and specificity of serologic tests for celiac disease? Do sensitivity ... investigation for clinical conditions compatible with celiac disease (anemia, short stature, and abdominal pains)(35) Celiac disease is a cause of short stature that should not be forgotten, particularly ... Should all children be screened for celiac disease? Gastroenterology 2005;128(4 Suppl 1):S98-103 23 Murray JA, Herlein J, Mitros F, Goeken JA Serologic testing for celiac disease in the United States:...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... please contact the National KidneyAbout the Nutrition for and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse Chronic Kidney Disease Series The NIDDK Nutrition for Chronic Kidney Disease Series includes ... sheets: I Nutrition for Early Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults I Nutrition for Later Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults I Nutrition in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease For free single printed ... please contact the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse For More Information A National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse Information Way Bethesda,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... RJ,  Furth  S,  Lemley  KV.  National  Kidney Foundation's  Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative Clinical Practice:  guidelines  for chronic  kidney disease in  children  and  adolescents:  ... Table 1: Etiology of chronic kidney disease at different ages in South‐Western Iranian children  Etiology  Congenital urologic malformations:  Reflux nephropathy  Obstructive uropathy  Aplastic/hypoplastic/dysplastic kidney ... 148   Chronic Kidney Disease in Iranian Children; A Ahmadzadeh, et al Introduction  CKD in children is the result of heterogeneous  diseases  of  the  kidney and  urinary  tract ...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... Health Care Needs Health care facilities need be aware of and address the full spectrum of young people’s reproductive health care needs Preventive care, such as contraception and services for preventing, ... pre- and postnatal care for young mothers and counseling and treatment options for STIs, at existing public-sector clinics can help expand young people’s access to high-quality care Public-sector ... reproductive health care for young adults and to enhance the quality of their care A wide array of changes, including addressing the social norms that keep young people from getting care, must be made...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 16:20

... Funding System for Long-Term Care in Canada Patients Private LTC Support Informal Caregiver Taxes Private Insurer Nursing Home or Home Care Support Public, Private For- Profit, Private Not -For- Profit ... long-term care for those who need it through a system of targeted subsidies available to those who cannot afford to pay for it themselves The level of subsidies for public longterm care should ... use of long-term -care resources and the provision of acute- and primary -care services, and by making a greater effort to meet the demand for long-term care The provinces could, for example, put...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20

... Imammura, for Japanese cinema; Yves Allegret and Georges Franju, for French cinema; Wim Wenders, for German cinema: Manuel de Oliveira, for Portuguese cinema; Luis Buñuel and Julio Diamante, for Spanish ... intensive care units, in psychotherapy, in preoperatory and even in actions for improving the self -care of health workers Humour and laughter are useful when establishing a relationship between carers, ... staff Figure 2: Vivian Bearing (Emma Thompson) main character in Wit when informing her, asking her for her informed consent for tests and subjecting her to experimental treatment as well as the suffering...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 10:20