Search Tag: quality of life
Quality of Life, Costs, Economic Evaluation in ECMO
2022 23 Nov
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) refers to mechanical support in patients for heart or lung function during cardiopulmonary failure. ECMO is used when conventional treatments have failed. As per the international guideline of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO), ECMO should be considered when the estimated mortality risk is... Read more
ICU-Related Loss of Quality of Life After COVID-19
2022 12 Apr
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the number of hospital admissions, including many patients presenting acute respiratory failure. Approximately 15% of hospitalised COVID-19 patients require ICU admission. It is well established that the physical and psychological impact of an ICU stay on patients can be quite significant and prolonged.... Read more
Medium-Term and Long-Term Impact of COVID-19
2022 01 Mar
As countries around the world become more accustomed to living with COVID-19, an important topic of discussion has been the medium-term and long-term impact of COVID-19 on respiratory function and health-related quality of life. Most published studies on COVID-19 include patients with varying degrees of severity and evaluate patients up to six... Read more
Sensors in Everyday Objects for Dementia Care
2019 26 Aug
Summary: The past, present & future of dementia care using sensors in everyday life objects through four use cases from research labs to large-scale pilots & adoption by pharmaceutical companies. Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. It is the main cause of dementia, a syndrome defined by loss of cognitive... Read more
#ESMOBreast19: continuous chemo shows better outcomes & quality of life in advanced breast cancer
2019 30 Apr
Patients with advanced breast cancer benefit more through undergoing continuous chemotherapy which helps them both improve survival outcomes and maintain quality of life, as opposed to intermittent scheduling, according to new results of the Stop&Go study which will be presented at the ESMO Breast Cancer Congress 2-4 May, in Berlin, Germany.... Read more
Quality of life after discharge from an ICU
2018 10 Oct
Quality of life (QoL) after critical illness is becoming increasingly important as survival improves. A systematic review, conducted by University of Oxford researchers, reveals that patients surviving critical illness had worse health‐related QoL when compared with population norms. "Quality of life incompletely recovered after hospital discharge.... Read more
Social support, pain interference impact ICU survivors' quality of life
2018 03 Jul
Experiences during a stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), including pain, delirium, physical deterioration, and the critical illness itself, may all influence survivors’ health-related quality of life (HRQOL). However, few studies have examined the influence of social support, comorbidity, and pain interference on ICU survivors’ HRQOL. New research... Read more
Sepsis Survivors Experience Lingering Effects
2017 05 May
New research to be presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting shows that despite the fact that survival rates among children who develop sepsis have risen dramatically in recent years, recovery still remains a long haul for these patients. Many of them continue to feel the physical, social and emotional effects long after they are... Read more
Improving Quality of Life, Reducing Readmissions in HF Patients
2017 13 Mar
Results of new study, published in the journal Heart & Lung, support improved quality of life and decreased readmission rates following a multidisciplinary transition-to-care programme for heart failure (HF) patients. This team-based, patient-specific and collaborative approach is an effective practice-based strategy to improve HF outcomes, according... Read more
Does Cardioversion for AF Improve Quality of Life?
2017 07 Feb
It seems at first glance to be self-evident that sinus rhythm is preferable to atrial fibrillation (AF). However, even with decades of observational studies, clinical trials, and innumerable caregiver-patient interactions, it continues to be deceptively difficult to verify this common sense expectation, says an Editorial article to appear in Canadian... Read more