نتایج جستجو برای: elderly patients
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background: the aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of metronomic capecitabine chemotherapy in pretreated elderly patients with advanced gastric carsonoma. patients and methods: eligible patients were treated with capecitabine at a fixed dose of 1000mg daily until disease progression or toxicity. endpoints were overall response rate, safety, progression-free survival an...
The research was a descriptive study to assess knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of nurses regarding care of elderly patients. A total of 180 nurses working in medical, surgical and neurology units participated in this study. The tool was a 2 part questionnaire that the first part included demographic characteristics of the subjects like age, sex, marriage, education, past experience i...
Introduction and purpose:: Number of patients with chronic renal failure is increasing during the last two centuries and 40% of these patients are elderly. This study aimed to evaluate and compare quality of life between elderly undergone hemodialysis and healthy elders in the city of Ilam. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 40 old patients under hemodial...
Background & Aims: Nurses are one of the most important members of healthcare teams, who are directly responsible for the care of the elderly. Positive attitude toward the recipients of care plays a fundamental role in the provision of care. The quality of care provision to the elderly, especially those with delirium, is influenced by several factors, including the attitude of nurses toward thi...
background lumbar plexus block (lpb) is one of the anesthetic options in the elderly patients undergoing hip surgeries. lpb could be safe because it targets somatic nerve in psoas region. effectiveness of lpb is attributed to the sufficient analgesia provided intraoperatively as well as postoperatively. adequate muscle relaxation and immobility during surgery refers to its acceptability. object...
Objectives: In the elderly, total WBc decreases slightly. in response to sepsis the increase in WBc is so dramatic. There are some reports about effects of increasing the number of WBc as a predisposing factor of bacteremia and further association of neutrophili a and leukopenia with increased mortality rate in the elderly. The aim of this study was to determine relationship between age and per...
background higher life expectancy and increased ischemic heart disease (ihd) have resulted in increasing number of the elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgeries. age along with many other comorbidities influence the outcome of major surgeries in the elderly patients; hence, case selection before major surgeries is challenging. objectives the pure effect of age after adjusting for other majo...
Introduction: Osteoarthritis is one of the most important causes of disability among the elderly, causing pain, knee stiffness, decreasing the quality of life of the elderly, and increasing their dependence. One of the non-causative nursing interventions eliminates the symptoms of pain and thus promotes comfort and health. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of b...
BACKGROUND There is a growing mandate for Family Medicine residency programs to directly assess residents' clinical competence in Care of the Elderly (COE). The objectives of this paper are to describe the development and implementation of incremental core competencies for Postgraduate Year (PGY)-I Integrated Geriatrics Family Medicine, PGY-II Geriatrics Rotation Family Medicine, and PGY-III En...
All staff working in acute medical units (AMUs) will be familiar with the increasing number of frail older people requiring access to acute care. The AMU provides a key role in identifying the urgent and important issues which, if addressed accurately and comprehensively, will improve patient outcomes. Accordingly, acute medical teams need to possess the knowledge and skills, and demonstrate th...
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