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End-of-Life Care in High-Grade Glioma Patients. The Palliative and Supportive Perspective.
2018
High-grade gliomas (HGGs) are the most frequently diagnosed primary brain tumors. Even though it has been demonstrated that combined surgical therapy, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy improve survival, HGGs still harbor a very poor prognosis and limited overall survival. Differently from other types of primary neoplasm, HGG manifests also as a neurological disease. According to this, palliative care of HGG patients represents a peculiar challenge for healthcare providers and caregivers since it has to be directed to both general and neurological cancer symptoms. In this way, the end-of-life (EOL) phase of HGG patients appears to be like a journey through medical issues, progressive neurologic…
Transient hypothyroidism associated with prematurity, sepsis, and respiratory distress.
1979
Serial TSH and T4 determinations were performed in sixty neonates admitted to our hospital for neonatal intensive care within a period of three months. Seven patients (12%) showed transient hypothyroidism on the basis of low T4 and high TSH values. Only one of these patients, who had meconium aspiration and pneumonia, did not have the respiratory distress syndrome. In addition, 4 of these patients had sepsis. All of the patients were born before 37 gestational weeks and had birth weights under 2200 g. In addition, two patients of this gestational age and birth weight group had a progressive fall of T4 to extremely hypothyroid values without simultaneous elevation of TSH. Two of the 5 patien…
Fake news and patient-family-physician interaction in critical care: concepts, beliefs and potential countermeasures
2020
Fake news has been defined as fabricated information mimicking media content in form but not in organizational process or intent. Science and medicine are deeply affected by this increasing phenomenon. Critical care represents a hot spot for fake news due to the high risk of conflictive communication, the rapid turnaround of clinical news and high prevalence of unpleasant information. Communication with patients' relatives is one of the hardest aspects. The relationship between physicians and families is pivotal to improve relatives' comfort, and reduce anxiety and pain. Fake news may undermine this relationship, posing an alternative truth between the critical care physician and relatives,…
Malestar emocional y percepción de amenaza en familiares de personas afectadas por COVID-19
2021
Los familiares de personas afectadas por la COVID-19 pudieron experimentar mayor impacto emocional durante el confinamiento, más aún si se tenía una imagen muy amenazante del COVID-19. El objetivo fue analizar la relación entre la psicopatología y la percepción de amenaza en familiares de personas afectadas por COVID-19. Participaron 50 familiares de personas afectadas por COVID-19 (84% mujeres), de entre 20 y 63 años (M=36,88; DT=12,73). Se evaluó la psicopatología (SCL-90-R; Derogatis, Lipman y Covi, 1973) y la percepción de amenaza del COVID (BIP-Q5; Pérez-Fuentes, Molero, Oropesa et al., 2020). Observamos una afectación emocional y una percepción de amenaza moderadas. Quienes tenían enf…
The impact of remote work and mediated communication frequency on isolation and psychological distress
2022
A massive shift towards remote work practices has presented many organizations and employees with acute challenges associated with multi-locational work. This shift underscores the need to reconsider isolation as one of the focal challenges of organizations in an era of increasingly dispersed and mediated work practices. This study relies on a three-wave survey among Finnish workers to investigate how remote work practices and the use of information and communication technology (ICT) have impacted perceptions of isolation during the global health pandemic, and whether these relationships have an effect on psychological distress. The findings indicate that facilitating the use of ICTs may he…
Identitātes attīstības posmi jauniešiem, identitātes distress un karjeras lēmumu pieņemšanas grūtības
2021
Šī maģistra darba mērķis bija noskaidrot, vai pastāv saistības identitātes attīstības posmiem, identitātes distresam un karjeras lēmumu pieņemšanas grūtībām jauniešu vecuma grupā, kā arī, kā atšķiras šie konstrukti meiteņu un zēnu grupās. Pētījuma izlasi veidoja 104 respondenti, vecumā no 16 līdz 19 gadiem, kuri ir 10. – 12. klašu vispārizglītojošo iestāžu skolnieki. Lai noskaidrotu, vai un kādas sasitības pastāv starp šiem mainīgajiem lielumiem, tika izmantota Identitātes distresa aptauja (Identity Distress Survey; Berman, Montgomery and Kurtines, 2004); un divas aptaujas, kas tika adaptētas šī maģistra darba ietvaros: Identitātes attīstības skala (The Dimensions of Identity Development Sc…
Identitātes distress, pārbaudījumu trauksme un akadēmiskā pašefektivitāte dažādu studiju gadu studentiem
2020
Pētījuma mērķis bija ir noskaidrot saistības un atšķirības identitātes distresa, akadēmiskās pašefektivitātes un pārbaudījumu trauksmes rādītājos dažādu studiju gadu studentiem. Pētījums aktualizē identitātes distresa konceptu un pēta iespējamās saistības ar studentu akadēmisko darbību.PēPētījumu grupu veidoja 80 respondenti, kuru starpā bija 70 sievietes un 10 vīrieši. Vidējais vecums grupā bija 25,15 gadi. Identitātes distresa mērīšanai tika izmantota Identitātes distresa aptauja (Identity Distress Survey). Lai izmērītu pārbaudījumu trauksmi tika pielietota Pārbaudījumu trauksmes aptauja (Cognitive Test Anxiety Scale). Akadēmiskās pašefektivitātes mērīšana tika veikta ar Akadēmiskās pašef…
Beyond the Educational Context: Relevance of Intrinsic Reading Motivation During COVID-19 Confinement in Spain
2021
What role could have intrinsic motivation toward reading in an extraordinary situation like the recent confinement? This research examines the relationship between intrinsic reading motivation (IRM) and reading habits in an adult population considering types of reading (for leisure, work/study, social networks, and news), gender, and distress generated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Participants were 3,849 adults from Spain who were surveyed about their reading practices: before, during the first weeks, and after several weeks of confinement. Linear mixed effects models (LMMs) were used to analyze data. Results showed a three-way interaction between reading frequency, …
CANCER SURVIVORSHIP: THE NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE CARE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ASSUMING AN ACTIVE ROLE
2019
Advances in the early detection and treatment of cancer have led to an increase in the number of people who have overcome the disease, reaching 5% of the current population in our country. As indicated by the Sociedad Española de Oncología Médica [Spanish Society of Medical Oncology], this situation involves new challenges that require, among other things, the identification of and attention to the quality of life and the psychosocial needs of this growing population. The objective of this article is to reflect on the importance of comprehensive, specialized, and multidisciplinary care, in which the survivor has a more active participation. However, previously, the debate on the concept of …
Noninvasive Ventilation in Critically Ill Patients
2015
Since its first application in the late 1980s, noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has been the first-line intervention for certain forms of acute respiratory failure. NIV may be delivered through the patient's mouth, nose, or both using noninvasive intermittent positive pressure ventilation or continuous positive airway pressure. When applied appropriately, NIV may reduce morbidity and mortality and may avert iatrogenic complications and infections associated with invasive mechanical ventilation. This article provides physicians and respiratory therapists with a comprehensive, practical guideline for using NIV in critical care. © 2015 Elsevier Inc.