[PDF] Top 20 Impact of advance care planning on the care of patients with heart failure: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

... of care [9–13]. In contrast, advance care planning (ACP), one of the most widely discussed and studied of all EOL conversations, is believed to enable patients to meet their EOL ... See full document

... ill patients [73, ...palliative care interventions were targeted at a group with late-stage diseases including cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and end-stage renal disease [75, 76], but ... See full document

... HF patients because it is widely available and provides reliable information on cardiac performance in normal and diseased ...of patients hospitalized with HF ...HF patients and has been shown to be ... See full document

... two randomized controlled trials have been carried out to explore whether peer-led quality improve- ment programs enhance the quality of patient care [7, ...first study was conducted in acute ... See full document

... of advance directives with potential relevance to medical decision-making ...between patients and health care professionals and higher quality of life of both patients and their ...with ... See full document

... Randomized controlled trials are considered the best research design to measure effects of an intervention ...this study that make possible effects harder to ...of patients who may lack DMC, ... See full document

... for patients with AHF in the ED and following ED care to ensure better results and adherence ...positive impact by decreasing in-hospital mortality and morbidity rates (unadjusted OR for in-hospital ... See full document

... two study arms longitudinally, we will use mixed effects linear, Poisson, or negative bino- mial regression for continuous outcome measures and mixed effects logistic regression for dichotomous ...time, ... See full document

... all patients with heart failure (HF) have a normal or near-normal ejection fraction and their prognosis differs little from that of patients with a reduced ejection fraction, the ... See full document

... may impact mood-related outcomes, such as patient anxiety and depression; helpfulness of the video (from patient and companion perspectives); the patient's stated goals of care; satisfaction with the ... See full document

... second randomized controlled trial, PCCP was combined with illness management and re- covery and a peer-run community integration program for low-income adults of Hispanic and/or African ori- gin ... See full document

... Critical Care Pain Observation Tool; CONSORT: Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CRF: case record form; DSMB: Data Safety and Monitoring Board; GCP: good ... See full document

... Sixty patients admitted to the ICU with respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation will be randomized to one of three arms (20 participants per arm): (1) personalized music, (2) ... See full document

... Retirement Study indicate that 40% of decedents require decision making about treatment in the final days of life, of whom 70% lack decision-making capacity ...a study with little likelihood of personal ... See full document

... The patients whose clinical conditions worsened during the study, had a tendency not to participate in the study or answer the phone calls of call- follow- up, and were discharged before the delivery ... See full document

... COCOA Study is a prospective, pragmatic, pilot randomized controlled trial ...enroll patients with diverse background characteristics and common co-morbidities, deliver interventions ... See full document

... selected patients, three showed very good com- pliance, with a mean coefficient of variation (%) of ...remaining patients, with an average coefficient of variation (%) of ...the planning assumptions ... See full document

... of patients: birth weight, gestational age, sex, Cesarean section, maternal gestational hypertension, maternal gestational diabetic mellitus, prolonged pre-rupture of membrane >18 h, Apgar score at 5 min after ... See full document

... Continued progress toward Sustainable Development Goals in both health and access to clear modern energy will require that all women deliver in facilities with reli- able electricity [21]. However, expanding large power ... See full document

... We would like to acknowledge the support provided by Dr. Shankar Gautam, Dr. Amulya Dahal, Dr. Rabin Adhikari, Dr. Nanu Gurung, Dr. Ishwar Gyawali, Dr. Sharad Panthi, Dr. Laxmi Narayan Tiwari, Dr. Pravesh Sriwastav, Dr. ... See full document