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Journal articles on the topic "Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy"

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Cella, David, and Cindy J. Nowinski. "Measuring quality of life in chronic illness: The functional assessment of chronic illness therapy measurement system." Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 83 (December 2002): S10—S17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/apmr.2002.36959.

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Montan, Inka, Bernd Löwe, David Cella, Anja Mehnert, and Andreas Hinz. "General Population Norms for the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT)-Fatigue Scale." Value in Health 21, no. 11 (2018): 1313–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2018.03.013.

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Smith, Eleanor, Jin-Shei Lai, and David Cella. "Building a Measure of Fatigue: The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Fatigue Scale." PM&R 2, no. 5 (2010): 359–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.04.017.

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Lauren Lent, Elizabeth Hahn, Sonya, Lauren. "Using Cross-Cultural Input to Adapt the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) Scales." Acta Oncologica 38, no. 6 (1999): 695–702. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/028418699432842.

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Chandran, V., S. Bhella, C. Schentag, and D. D. Gladman. "Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue Scale is valid in patients with psoriatic arthritis." Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 66, no. 7 (2007): 936–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.2006.065763.

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Fazaa, A., H. Boussaa, K. Ouenniche, et al. "OPTIMAL ASSESSMENT OF FATIGUE IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: VISUAL ANALOG SCALE VERSUS FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS THERAPY – FATIGUE." Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 80, Suppl 1 (2021): 1113.3–1114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.3346.

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Background:Fatigue is an important outcome for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). As recommended by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) task force in 2008, fatigue should be measured in all RA clinical trials whenever possible. Despite these recommendations, it is largely ignored and rarely assessed in clinical practice.Objectives:The aim of this study was to compare the scales being used to measure fatigue in RA.Methods:We conducted a cross-sectional study including patients with RA (ACR/EULAR 2010). Patients with other acute or chronic
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Silva, Leonel dos Santos, Bruna Eloise Lenhani, Dabna Hellen Tomim, Paulo Ricardo Bittencourt Guimarães, and Luciana Puchalski Kalinke. "Quality of Life of Patients with Advanced Cancer in Palliative Therapy and in Palliative Care." Aquichan 19, no. 3 (2019): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.5294/aqui.2019.19.3.7.

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Objective: To assess the quality of life of patients with advanced cancer in palliative therapy and in palliative care. Materials and Methods: Quantitative, observational, cross-sectional, and analytic study conducted in a teaching hospital in Paraná, Brazil, from January to June 2018, with 126 patients: 107 in palliative therapy; 19 in exclusive palliative care. The questionnaires for data collection were: Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 15-Palliative, Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Palliative Care 14, and Edmonton Symptom Assessment System. The Spearman non-parametric co
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Lyons, Kathleen Doyle, Marie Bakitas, Mark T. Hegel, Brett Hanscom, Jay Hull, and Tim A. Ahles. "Reliability and Validity of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Palliative Care (FACIT-Pal) Scale." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 37, no. 1 (2009): 23–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.12.015.

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Coroiu, Adina, Linda Kwakkenbos, Brooke Levis, et al. "The Comparability of Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue Scores between Cancer and Systemic Sclerosis." Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders 2, no. 1 (2016): 57–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.5301/jsrd.5000227.

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Peipert, John D., Jennifer L. Beaumont, Rita Bode, Dave Cella, Sofia F. Garcia, and Elizabeth A. Hahn. "Development and validation of the functional assessment of chronic illness therapy treatment satisfaction (FACIT TS) measures." Quality of Life Research 23, no. 3 (2013): 815–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-013-0520-8.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy"

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Wang, Hsiao-Lan. "Shoulder Pain after Neck Dissection among Head and Neck Cancer Patients." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/1995.

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)<br>Shoulder pain was constantly reported as a problematic symptom causing dysfunction and quality of life interference after neck dissection in head and neck cancer patients. Due to a lack of conceptual framework and inconsistency of instrument selection, a comparison among previous studies was almost impossible, making it difficult to understand the phenomenon. The current study applied the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing Symptom Management Model. The purposes of the study were to (a) describe the symptom e
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Mackintosh, Carolyn, and Sue Elson. "Chronic pain: clinical features, assessment and treatment." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/6969.

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A significant number of people in the UK experience chronic pain, resulting in high levels of suffering and reduced quality of life. Management of chronic pain is complex, time consuming and not always successful. Good communication between patients and healthcare professionals is essential to ensure realistic treatment plans and outcomes can be negotiated. Accurate assessment is also key, and nurses play a fundamental role in ensuring patients with chronic pain receive the most appropriate care.
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Books on the topic "Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy"

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Dombrowski, Lynn Blewett. Functional needs assessment treatment guide. Therapy Skill Builders, 1996.

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Marilyn, Kane, Kincaid Wendy, and Tuttle Norma Brink, eds. Functional needs assessment program for chronic psychiatric patients. Therapy Skill Builders, 1990.

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Dombrowski, Blewett Lynn, and Marilyn A. Kane. Functional Needs Assessment Treatment Guide. Psychological Corp, 1999.

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Functional Needs Assessment Treatment Guide. Psychological Corporation, 1999.

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Matson, Johnny L. Functional Assessment for Challenging Behaviors. Springer, 2016.

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Functional Assessment For Challenging Behaviors. Springer, 2012.

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Lou, Galantino Mary, ed. Clinical assessment and treatment of HIV: Rehabilitation of a chronic illness. Slack, 1992.

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Puntis, John. Nutritional assessment. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198759928.003.0003.

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Routine assessment of nutritional status should be part of normal practice when seeing any patient. The purpose is to document objective nutritional parameters (e.g. anthropometry), identify nutritional deficiencies, and establish nutritional needs. Protein–energy malnutrition has many adverse consequences including growth failure (identified by reference to standard growth charts). Worldwide, malnutrition contributes to a third of deaths in children under 5 years of age, and one in nine people don’t have enough food to lead an active and healthy life. In developed countries, malnutrition comp
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Lunsford, Beverly, and Terry A. Mikovich. Interprofessional Team-Based Care. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190466268.003.0029.

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As older adults live longer, they experience a concomitant increase in chronic illness, which may be associated with a more frequent need for health care and intermittent or progressive functional decline. There is an increased need for regular health care monitoring as well as treatment and coordination of care among multiple providers and across settings to prevent, delay, or minimize decline in health and quality of life. Interprofessional collaboration is critical for safe coordination of care, reduction of duplication in services, and cost containment. Health care professionals who serve
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Wendt, Julie, Anna Rotkiewicz, and Alice Berg. Geriatric Nutrition. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190466268.003.0002.

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The practice of integrative nutrition therapy aims to use food therapeutically in order to stimulate the body’s innate healing mechanisms and optimize health. Studies exploring the link between longevity and diet have reinforced the idea that health-promoting lifestyle habits delay the onset of age-related illness and death. As inflammatory processes drive chronic disease, any dietary intervention should aim to mitigate inflammation and promote the anti-inflammatory cascade. Practitioners can personalize the dietary interventions through the use of nutrigenomics and ancestral diets. This chapt
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Book chapters on the topic "Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy"

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"Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT)." In Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer Netherlands, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_101486.

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Tangkiatkumjai, Mayuree, and Chatchai Kreepala. "General Approach to Evaluating Beneficial and Adverse Effects of CAM Use in Kidney Diseases." In Chronic Illness and Long-Term Care. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7122-3.ch020.

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This chapter will address the issue of how to evaluate benefits and nephrotoxicity of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in chronic kidney disease, dialysis therapy, kidney transplantation, and urolithiasis. Serum creatinine, proteinuria and estimated glomerular filtration rate are standard parameters to assess kidney function. Serum creatinine is used in evaluating acute kidney injury, which is the most common nephropathy from using herbal medicine. Assessment of electrolyte imbalance and urolithiasis is included in this chapter. The modified Naranjo algorithm has been proposed as a way to evaluate renal adverse effects of herbal medicine due to a lack of disease-specific causality assessments in herbal use. Measurement of humanistic outcomes is mentioned in this chapter. The SF-36 is commonly used in evaluating quality of life in CAM users and patients with kidney diseases. The MYMOP2 is to assess individual's symptoms in CAM use and might be used in this population.
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Chang, Victor T. "Management issues in visceral pain." In Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, edited by Nathan I. Cherny, Marie T. Fallon, Stein Kaasa, Russell K. Portenoy, and David C. Currow. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198821328.003.0049.

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Visceral pain is pain that arises from, in, or around internal organs. Common examples include chest pain from cardiac muscle injury and functional abdominal pain. In populations with serious chronic illness, visceral pain is common. In those with cancer, for example, well-known visceral pain syndromes include pain from pancreatic cancer and bowel obstruction. Recent advances have increased our understanding of the diagnostic challenges and therapeutic possibilities for patients with visceral pain syndromes. Understanding the basis of referred pain is a key component of patient assessment. The complexity of visceral nociception and pain signalling is being unravelled through anatomical, immunohistochemical, imaging, and functional studies. On a molecular level, families of receptors have now been described that will lead to a future with innovative therapies. This knowledge has developed within the paradigms of pain pathways, peripheral activation, and peripheral and central sensitization, thereby linking and distinguishing visceral pain from somatic and neuropathic pain. Treatment options for visceral pain encompass a wide variety of medical, interventional, and psychological approaches. Appropriate diagnostic measures and careful consideration of therapeutic options are needed to optimize patient outcomes.
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"Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection." In Oxford Handbook of Nutrition and Dietetics, edited by Joan Webster-Gandy, Angela Madden, and Michelle Holdsworth. Oxford University Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199585823.003.0031.

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Introduction, nutritional goals, and assessment 664 Unintentional weight and lean tissue loss 666 Cardiovascular risk and complications associated with HIV disease and treatment 667 Additional dietary issues 668 Untreated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection leads to progressive suppression of immune function, eventually rendering the body susceptible to opportunistic infections and tumours. While there is no cure, antiretroviral therapy (ART) is highly effective in suppressing HIV replication. HIV disease is now a chronic condition and causes of death in this population have shifted from traditional AIDS-related illnesses to non-AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) events, the most common being atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, liver disease, end-stage renal disease and non-AIDS–defining malignancies. There are a diverse range of nutritional conditions associated with HIV, reflecting the complexity of the disease and pharmacological management....
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Portenoy, Russell K., Ebtesam Ahmed, and Calvin Krom. "Assessment and Management of Pain." In Palliative and Serious Illness Patient Management for Physician Assistants, edited by Nadya Dimitrov and Kathy Kemle. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190059996.003.0014.

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The management of pain associated with serious chronic illness is a core objective of palliative care. Successful therapy depends on individualization of the therapy. Management begins with a comprehensive assessment that characterizes the pain and describes it in terms of the biopsychosocial context, which includes the etiology, pathophysiology, and condition or syndrome. Nonpharmacological approaches should be considered, many of which are implemented by other interdisciplinary team members. In some cases, disease-modifying therapies may be used for analgesic purposes. The nonopioids, particularly the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, are often adequate for initial pain management. Patients with moderate or severe pain usually are also offered an opioid, and widely accepted guidelines are available to inform safe and effective prescribing. Dose titration is usually necessary, and breakthrough pain may warrant concurrent use of fixed-schedule and “as-needed” therapy. Side effects must be anticipated and managed, and a “universal precautions” approach is prudent to mitigate the risk of abuse and addiction. If a favorable balance between analgesia and adverse effects is not realized, the patient may be poorly responsive and requires reevaluation. Opioid rotation is commonly used in this situation, as is cotreatment with one or more adjuvant analgesics, such as a glucocorticoid, antidepressant, or gabapentinoid. With guideline-based pharmacotherapy and other readily available integrative medical approaches, most patients with pain associated with serious chronic illness can obtain satisfactory relief throughout the course of their illness.
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Dick, Bruce D., Penny Corkum, Manisha Witmans, and Christine T. Chambers. "Sleep and pain in children and adolescents." In Oxford Textbook of Paediatric Pain. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199642656.003.0015.

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Ongoing pain is a problem that affects a large number of children and adolescents. It has been well documented that recurrent and chronic pain are associated with many difficulties related to both physical and psychological function. A major difficulty that many young people with chronic or recurrent pain experience is disrupted sleep. Sleep problems have been reported to exist in as many as 50% or more of children with chronic illnesses (Owens, 2007). In many cases, pain is reported by the sufferers to cause sleep fragmentation as well as significant difficulties with delayed sleep onset. As well, there is increasing evidence that disrupted sleep is associated with increased pain. Both pain and sleep disruption further complicate the patient’s overall clinical picture by making it more difficult for children and teens to cope with health problems and associated difficulties. Further, there is evidence that childhood sleep problems can have important negative effects on adult sleep patterns and, thereby, influence health status later in life (Fricke-Oerkermann et al., 2007; Sivertsen et al., 2009). This chapter will address the prevalence, importance, and consequences of sleep problems in children and adolescents with pain. First, the prevalence and possible relationship between pain and sleep will be discussed. Next, we will highlight the assessment of sleep with a specific focus on assessment of sleep in paediatric pain populations. We will then review established and emerging medical and psychological treatment strategies used to effectively treat these important difficulties. Practical suggestions will also be provided as a general and basic guide for treatment of children and teens with pain and sleep problems.
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Guay, Marvin Omar Delgado, and Sriram Yennurajalingam. "Geriatric Issues in Palliative Care." In Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care Flashcards. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190633066.003.0030.

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The proportion of patients aged 65 years or older is steadily increasing within United States. Older patients reaching end of life frequently have multiple chronic debilitating diseases. The approach to managing palliative care issues in the geriatric population is similar to that for younger adults except that assessment and management is more complex due to the presence of a higher frequency of comorbid illness, prolonged course of illness, and functional impairment. Management of palliative care issues in patients with advanced dementia is complex and often involves comprehensive geriatric assessment and interdisciplinary care. This chapter reviews various geriatric issues in palliative care.
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Armstrong, F. Daniel. "Cancer and Blood Disorders in Childhood: Biopsychosocial-Developmental Issues in Assessment and Treatment." In Comprehensive Handbook of Childhood Cancer and Sickle Cell Disease. Oxford University Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195169850.003.0006.

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Cancer, sickle cell disease (SCD), hemophilia, and other blood-related and immunologic disorders represent some of the most complex medical conditions of childhood. All involve a diagnosis that is directly associated with a genetic risk that is interpreted within a complex family system. All have complex biology involving multiple organ systems, and all are potentially fatal. All involve treatment that is demanding, both biologically and behaviorally. All inevitably alter the normal course of development, often during critical periods in the lives of children and families. All have potential significant economic and social consequences that include costs of treatment, indirect costs associated with disease management, and potential long-term costs associated with disability. All have potential long-term effects of treatment that may involve additional new diseases or disabilities. Surprisingly, however, hematologic and oncologic diseases of childhood have one other commonality; despite the complexity and high potential for devastating biologic, psychosocial, family, and economic consequences, all have affected individuals and families who do not experience these devastating consequences and in fact demonstrate a biologic and psychologic resiliency that defies conventional wisdom. Understanding the complex interactions among genetic risk; biology of disease; effectiveness and outcome of treatment; child and family coping, adjustment, and resilience; developmental trajectories; and community support is the challenge for investigators and clinicians during this century, particularly as basic advances in diagnosis and treatment result in anticipation of probable survival for the vast majority of children with these conditions. It is for this reason that these diseases of childhood are frequently considered from a biopsychosocial perspective (Engel, 1980), although we argue that this term must be expanded to incorporate developmental complexity, particularly when applied to children. Since Engel (1980) first proposed a biopsychosocial model of illness as a conceptual model for understanding and treating functional gastrointestinal disorders, our understanding of chronic illness has increasingly incorporated this perspective. The biopsychosocial model recognizes that illness, and one’s experience of illness, occurs through a dynamic interaction among biologic, psychologic, social, and environmental factors, all of which overlap as potential causes and maintenance factors of symptoms associated with the illness.
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Alici, Yesne, and Victoria Saltz. "Weight and Appetite Loss in Cancer." In Psycho-Oncology, edited by William S. Breitbart. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190097653.003.0039.

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Weight and appetite loss in cancer patients, referred to as the cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome, is a complex, multifactorial syndrome, defined by an ongoing loss of skeletal muscle mass, with or without loss of fat mass, which cannot be fully reversed by conventional nutritional support, and may lead to progressive functional impairment. It is a hypercatabolic state in the context of chronic inflammatory response best described in the setting of cancer but can also be seen in other advanced chronic illness. Cancer cachexia occurs in approximately 50% of cancer patients, and in 80% of those with advanced cancer. It impacts adversely on function, treatment tolerability and treatment response, and health service utilization, but most importantly, dignity, sense of self, quality of life, and survival. The pathophysiology of cancer cachexia is complex and multifactorial. It is characterized by a negative protein and energy balance, driven by a variable combination of reduced food intake, increased resting energy expenditure, and net loss of lean tissue. The best approach to weight and appetite loss among cancer patients is a multimodal therapy, in which a personalized combination of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments is implemented. This chapter will provide an overview of the cancer anorexia cachexia syndrome as relevant to the practice of clinicians of all disciplines managing cancer patients.
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Chauhan, Dhaval, and Anne C. Mosenthal. "Palliative Care and Cardiovascular Surgery." In Surgical Palliative Care. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190858360.003.0018.

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Advances in cardiovascular surgery and technology over the last 50 years have improved survival and quality of life for those with acute and chronic heart and vascular disease and have significantly increased life expectancy. However, cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of death, and while surgical advances have changed the end-of-life trajectory, palliative care remains an important component and adjunct in cardiovascular surgery. Two advances in particular, placement of a destination therapy–left ventricular assist device (DT-LVAD) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), bring complex decision-making, ethical dilemmas, and high symptom burden for patients and their caregivers. Concurrent palliative care over the whole trajectory of illness is an essential part of this care. In this chapter, the role of palliative care for DT-LVAD and TAVR is described, starting with a case scenario, problem statement, and assessment of prognosis from beginning to end of life.
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Conference papers on the topic "Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy"

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Mazzoleni, S., M. Coscia, G. Rossi, S. Aliboni, F. Posteraro, and M. C. Carrozza. "Effects of an upper limb robot-mediated therapy on paretic upper limb in chronic hemiparetic subjects: A biomechanical and EEG-based approach for functional assessment." In the Community (ICORR). IEEE, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icorr.2009.5209579.

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