Cultural, ethical, and spiritual competencies of health care providers responding to a catastrophic event [0.03%]
医疗卫生工作者应对灾难事件中的文化、伦理及精神层面的素质问题
Mini M Jose
Mini M Jose
Compassion is a language that is understood across cultures, religions, and nations. Being compassionate and empathetic is a basic responsibility of health care providers responding to disasters. Compassion and empathy cannot be operational...
Karen S Migl,Rose M Powell
Karen S Migl
To prioritize the most common effects of a disaster, HCPs must decide in advance what is needed and how, when, and whom to provide the necessary support to deal with the posteffects of a disaster. During the rescue mission, the primary publ...
Anne S Liong,Samuel U Liong
Anne S Liong
Catastrophic events often threaten or cause depletion of resources. It is generally accepted that changes inherent to disasters are stressful. The Conservation of Resources Theory predicts that positive and negative changes in resources wil...
Paula A Stangeland
Paula A Stangeland
A plethora of information exists in the literature regarding emergencies and disasters. Nevertheless, significant gaps in the science related to nurses working during disasters are revealed. Few studies have addressed the perspective of nur...
Sharon B Mathews,Wanda Allison,Sonia Lin
Sharon B Mathews
The detailed evaluation of a patient for liver transplant candidacy involves health care professionals from various disciplines to ensure that liver transplantation is optimal for patient morbidity and mortality from the medical and psychos...
Acute liver failure [0.03%]
急性肝功能衰竭
Tenita P Foston,David Carpentar
Tenita P Foston
Acute liver failure (ALF) is an uncommon condition involving the rapid deterioration of liver functions and coagulation in previously well patients. The loss of liver function produces a cascade of systemic effects that rapidly overwhelm pa...
Tram B Cat,Xi Liu-DeRyke
Tram B Cat
Gastroesophageal variceal hemorrhage is a major complication of portal hypertension in 50% to 60% of patients with liver cirrhosis and is a frequent cause of mortality in these patients. The prevalence of variceal hemorrhage is approximatel...
Vivian M Zhao,Thomas R Ziegler
Vivian M Zhao
Protein-calorie malnutrition is common in end-stage liver disease, irrespective of cause, and adversely affects clinical outcomes. Early diagnosis is important to allow appropriate intervention to prevent malnutrition-associated complicatio...
Hepatorenal syndrome: a comprehensive overview for the critical care nurse [0.03%]
肝肾综合症：重症监护护士的全面概述
James N Fleming,Ahmad Abou Abbass
James N Fleming
Over the past 50 years, the pathophysiology and features of the hepatorenal syndrome have been illuminated. The syndrome can be divided into 2 distinct clinical patterns: a rapidly progressive renal failure with an extremely poor prognosis ...