Sökning: "impending death"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade orden impending death.

  1. 11. Towards more prognostic information to patients with life threatening diseases: Why, how and when?

    Författare :Lena Hoff; Medicinsk etik; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Prognostic information; acute leukemia; myeloma and inoperable lung cancer; ethics; values;

    Sammanfattning : Physicians’ attitudes towards disclosure to patients of cancer diagnoses have changed from non-disclosure to full disclosure. Also disclosure of prognosis are likewise said to have changed, though not to the same degree. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Mat och måltider vid livets slut : patienter och närståendes erfarenheter av ätsvårigheter

    Författare :Viktoria Wallin; Cecilia Håkansson; Ida Carlander; Per-Olof Sandman; Karolinska institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Food and meals are embedded in people’s everyday social life. For people with progressive life-limiting conditions eating is often obstructed. When a dying person is cared for at home, family members often take responsibility for the provision of food and mealtimes. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Predictors and consequences of loss of a child : nationalwide epidemiological studies from Sweden

    Författare :Pamela J Surkan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : In four different studies, we investigate loss of a child and aspects of care that influence mental health in bereaved parents. An underlying goal of these studies was to identify risk factors that can be influenced by health care practices to avert adverse health consequences. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Extracellular matrix in atherosclerotic plaques: its role in plaque stability

    Författare :Christoffer Tengryd; Kardiovaskulär forskning - translationella studier; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Extracellular matrix; Laminin; Collagen; Proteoglycans; Atherosclerosis; Carotid plaque; TGF-β;

    Sammanfattning : Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease affecting the large arteries caused by the accumulation of lipids in the vessel wall. Cardiovascular disease due to atherosclerosis is today the most common cause of death globally through its end consequences: myocardial infarctions and stroke. LÄS MER

  7. 15. The Balance between Pro- and Antiinflammatory Molecules in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

    Författare :Sophie Ohlsson; Njurmedicin; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; nephrology; Urologi; nefrologi; Urology; monocyte; SLPI; proteinase 3; ANCA; vasculitis; inflammation;

    Sammanfattning : ANCA-associated systemic vasculitis (AASV) is a group of inflammatory disorders, characterized by inflammation and necrosis of blood vessels and frequently granuloma formation. Patients with AASV make autoantibodies, so called ANCA, against proteins present in the granules of neutrophils and monocytes, mainly proteinase 3 (PR3) and myeloperoxidase (MPO). LÄS MER