The 3 Wishes Project : helping to make meaningful memories at the end of life
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36449
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. The 3 Wishes Project Staff.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1905
- Available Online
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The goal of the 3 Wishes Project is to improve the end-of-life experience for patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and their loved ones. This pamphlet lists what the team helps with and provides examples of some of the wishes made by patients and their loved ones. It also describes where the program started and which organizations support the program. Contact information is provided.
- Available Online
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- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. The 3 Wishes Project Staff
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([6] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Hospice Care - psychology
- Critical Care - psychology
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Hospice care
- Intensive care units
- Specialty
- Palliative Care
- Abstract
- The goal of the 3 Wishes Project is to improve the end-of-life experience for patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and their loved ones. This pamphlet lists what the team helps with and provides examples of some of the wishes made by patients and their loved ones. It also describes where the program started and which organizations support the program. Contact information is provided.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: The 3 Wishes Project staff, QEII
- Pamphlet Number
- 1905
Palliative Care for Chronic Cancer Patients in the Community : Global Approaches and Future Applications
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46388
Michael Silbermann, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2021.
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- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Location
- Online
Palliative Care for Chronic Cancer Patients in the Community: Global Approaches and Future Applications offers a much-needed account of the current state of global palliative care in the community – the good, the bad and, especially, the hopeful. This extraordinary compendium, with chapters form 46 countries, edited by Professor Michael Silbermann, tells the remarkable stories of palliative care - from grass-root efforts by volunteers in resource-constrained countries such as India to the full …
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- Other Authors
- Silbermann, Michael
- Responsibility
- Michael Silbermann, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxix, 599 p.)
- ISBN
- 9783030545260
- 9783030545253 (Print ed.)
- 9783030545277 (Print ed.)
- 9783030545284 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Chronic Disease - therapy
- Community Health Services
- Global Health
- Neoplasms - therapy
- Palliative Care - methods
- Specialty
- Global Health
- Medical Oncology
- Palliative Care
- Abstract
- Palliative Care for Chronic Cancer Patients in the Community: Global Approaches and Future Applications offers a much-needed account of the current state of global palliative care in the community – the good, the bad and, especially, the hopeful. This extraordinary compendium, with chapters form 46 countries, edited by Professor Michael Silbermann, tells the remarkable stories of palliative care - from grass-root efforts by volunteers in resource-constrained countries such as India to the full integration of palliative care in high-resource countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia. What is so unique about this book is that it captures the enormous range and diversity of palliative care efforts: some led by nurses (Iran), some led by governments (Turkey) and many led by local charities and non-governmental agencies. Readers of this textbook can also learn about the challenges of a government-led palliative care initiative in the post-genocide era in Rwanda or the attempts to provide palliative care services in the conflict zones of Iraq, Palestine and Sudan. Contextual issues requiring cultural sensitivity in Afghanistan, Latin America and the Middle East present a real picture of both the exceptional leadership and environmental hardships that palliative care advocates face in their journeys forward. Each of the 53 chapters in the book tells a narrative of the country’s own experience, thus creating a source of on the ground information outlining the barriers, challenges and successes as individual efforts progress. Many reports in the book point toward real change and hope as they relate to healthcare providers becoming empowered advocates for their patients. There are high expectations for the role of nurses to continue to grow. Educating and engaging patients, and the families in their care, has had a measurably positive impact on outcomes. The collaborative spirit of this book gives voice to the incredible vision, tenacity and resilience of the teams of professionals and their supporters who work in palliative care, particularly those who work in the community. In addition, it underscores that all future efforts can only be successful with the concerted and continuous commitments of governments, academics and NGOs across and within national boundaries. - HRH Princess Dina Mired President – Union for International Cancer Control (UICC).
- Contents
- The Role of the Palliative Care Team in Keeping Pediatric Oncology in Patients at Home -- Palliative Care: High Value, Low Revenue. A Comparison of Rwanda's Public Health Approach and the United States' Fee-For-Service System -- Progress Towards Artificial Intelligence-facilitated Palliative Care for Populations Everywhere -- Models of Community-Based Palliative Care -- The Role of the Nurse in the Palliative Care Community -- Understanding the Impact of Community-Based Palliative Care -- Palliative Care in a Multi-Cultural Society -- Hospice Experience in Guatemala – Our History -- From a Management Perspective on Barriers to Early Integration of Palliative Care in the Health Care System -- Palliative Care in Italy -- The Importance of the Interdisciplinary Team in Running Palliative Care Services in the Community -- Patients suffering from a Chronic, Irreversible illness: A Novel Study on the Psychological Intervention out of the Hospital -- Community Palliative Care in Spain: The Critical Role of Nursing in its Development -- Collaborative Efforts in Developing Pediatric Oncology Palliative Care Services in the Hispano-American and African Countries -- The Development of Modern Models in the Community to Improve Quality of Life -- The Role of Routine Data and its Importance in Guiding Delivery of Community-Based Palliative Care Services -- Palliative Home Care in Poland- From an Idea at the Time of Political Changes to a Well-structured Integrated System -- Community Palliative Care in the Community: The Bosnian Experience -- Palliative Care Services in Croatia -- Current Status and Perspectives of Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology in Montenegro -- Current State of Affairs: Palliative Care Services in Slovenia -- Management of Emergency in the Community and the Care of the Older Patient at Home -- The Critical Contribution of an NGO to the Development of Palliative Care Services in the Community: Encouraging Outcome of the Tanta Project in Egypt -- Republic of Sudan: Palliative Care - Hope for the Future -- Cancer and Palliative Care in Morocco -- International Program of Pediatric Oncology Palliative Care in Morocco: The Soleterre Foundation Experience -- Provision of Palliative Care Services for Cancer Patients in the Community in Africa -- Current State of Palliative Care in Uganda -- Palliative Care: High Value, Low Revenue. A Comparison of Rwanda's Public Health Approach and the United States' Fee-For-Service System -- Palliative care in Rural Central Africa, Experiences from Cameroon -- A Public Health Approach to Palliative Care -- Collaboration between Palliative Care and Oncology Services: Global Models and the Example of Cyprus -- Community-Oriented Palliative Care in Iran -- Palliative Care in Iraq: Background and Improving Services -- Pediatric Oncology Palliative Care Services in the Community: Northern Israel -- Palliative Care Services to Cancer Patients in Jordan -- The Role of the Physician in Running a Palliative Care Service in the Community: The Lebanon Experience -- Palliative Care in Lebanon; From Inception to Implementation -- AL-Sadeel Society for Palliative Care: A Model for Civil Involvement in Promoting Palliative Care Services in the Community -- Pediatric Oncology Palliative Care in the Community: Turkey -- The Role of the Community Nurse in Developing Palliative Care Services in the Community -- Caring for the Cancer Patient in the Community: In Mind, Body and Spirit -- Prevalence and Management of Cancer Pain in Developing Countries -- Palliative Care: The Care that is Rarely Practiced by Health Care Professionals in Afghanistan -- Palliative Care for Cancer Patients in Armenia: A Silent Pain -- Embracing the Challenge of Integrating Palliative Care Services into the Healthcare System in Times of Reform: The Kazakhstan Experience -- Provision of Palliative Care for Oncology Patients in Pakistan: A Review of Challenges and Current Practices -- Collaborative Programs between Government and Civil Society - Scope, Challenges and Models -- The Role of the Palliative Care Team in Keeping Pediatric Oncology Patients at Home -- Experiences in Extending Palliative Care to Neuro-Oncology Patients in Indonesia -- Experiences in Extending Palliative Care to Neuro-Oncology Patients in Indonesia -- Establishment of Home-Based Pediatric Palliative Care – The Indonesian Experience -- Network of Primary Palliative Care in Thailand: A Prototype Driven by Education -- Community Hospice Care for Cancer Patients in China -- A Place of Treatment and Transitional Care for Cancer Patients in Japan -- Palliative Care Development in Viet Nam: Increasing Access and Challenges -- Photodynamic Therapy and Fluorescence Imaging Diagnostics and its Application to Cancer Care -- Community-Based Palliative Care in the Philippines -- A Public Health Approach to Palliative Care -- Palliative Care Provision in Rural New Zealand.
- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Ten things to know about grief
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36659
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Integrated Palliative Care Services.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2020.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0975
- Available Online
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When you are grieving, it helps to know what to expect. Although your grief is unique to your relationship with the person who died, there are some common themes. Our staff and volunteers, and bereaved people have identified 10 things as important in understanding your grief. The French version of this pamphlet 2102, "Dix choses à savoir au sujet du deuil", is also available.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Integrated Palliative Care Services
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2020
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([2] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Bereavement
- Grief
- Specialty
- Palliative Care
- Abstract
- When you are grieving, it helps to know what to expect. Although your grief is unique to your relationship with the person who died, there are some common themes. Our staff and volunteers, and bereaved people have identified 10 things as important in understanding your grief. The French version of this pamphlet 2102, "Dix choses à savoir au sujet du deuil", is also available.
- Responsibility
- Adapted with permission from: Victoria Hospice, BC ; Adapted by: NSHA Integrated Palliative Care Services
- Pamphlet Number
- 0975
Dix choses à savoir au sujet du deuil
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36731
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Integrated Palliative Care Services.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2020.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2102
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Lorsque vous êtes en deuil, savoir à quoi vous attendre peut aider. Même si votre deuil est unique, comme la relation que vous aviez avec la personne décédée, certains aspects s’appliquent de façon générale. Nos employés, nos bénévoles et des personnes endeuillées ont cerné dix choses importantes pour comprendre votre deuil. ; This pamphlet is a French translation of "Ten Things to Know About Grief" pamphlet 0975. When you are grieving, it helps to know what to expect. Although your grief is un…
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- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Integrated Palliative Care Services
- Alternate Title
- Ten things to know about grief
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2020
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([2] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Bereavement
- Grief
- Specialty
- Palliative Care
- Abstract
- Lorsque vous êtes en deuil, savoir à quoi vous attendre peut aider. Même si votre deuil est unique, comme la relation que vous aviez avec la personne décédée, certains aspects s’appliquent de façon générale. Nos employés, nos bénévoles et des personnes endeuillées ont cerné dix choses importantes pour comprendre votre deuil.
- This pamphlet is a French translation of "Ten Things to Know About Grief" pamphlet 0975. When you are grieving, it helps to know what to expect. Although your grief is unique to your relationship with the person who died, there are some common themes. Our staff and volunteers, and bereaved people have identified 10 things as important in understanding your grief.
- Responsibility
- Adapted with permission from: Victoria Hospice, BC ; Adapted by: NSHA Integrated Palliative Care Services
- Pamphlet Number
- 2102
Grief : coping with challenges
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36747
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Legacy of Life and Critical Care Organ Donation.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2020.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0977
- Available Online
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The death of someone important to you brings many changes in your life. As you adjust and respond to these changes, you will face challenges. Please remember: you are not alone. This pamphlet includes practical suggestions about dealing with common challenges you may face when you are grieving. Topics include making decisions, financial affairs, personal effects, memories of recent events, certain rooms or places, changes in relationships, special dates and events, dreams and visitations, looki…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2020
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (9 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Bereavement
- Grief
- Specialty
- Palliative Care
- Abstract
- The death of someone important to you brings many changes in your life. As you adjust and respond to these changes, you will face challenges. Please remember: you are not alone. This pamphlet includes practical suggestions about dealing with common challenges you may face when you are grieving. Topics include making decisions, financial affairs, personal effects, memories of recent events, certain rooms or places, changes in relationships, special dates and events, dreams and visitations, looking after your health, sleep, and eating. The French version of this pamphlet 2147, "Deuil : surmonter les difficultés", is also available.
- Responsibility
- Created by: Victoria Hospice, modified with permission. Adapted by: Legacy of Life and Critical Care Organ Donation
- Pamphlet Number
- 0977
Deuil : surmonter les difficultés
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36773
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Legacy of Life and Critical Care Organ Donation.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2020.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2147
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
La mort d'un proche entraîne de nombreux changements dans votre vie. En vous adaptant et en réagissant à ces changements, vous serez confronté à des défis. Rappelez-vous que vous n’êtes pas seul. Ce dépliant contient des suggestions pratiques pour faire face aux difficultés courantes auxquelles vous pourriez faire face en période de deuil. Les sujets traités comprennent la prise de décisions, les affaires financières, les effets personnels, les souvenirs d'événements récents, certaines pièces o…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Alternate Title
- Grief : coping with challenges
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2020
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (10 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Bereavement
- Grief
- Specialty
- Palliative Care
- Abstract
- La mort d'un proche entraîne de nombreux changements dans votre vie. En vous adaptant et en réagissant à ces changements, vous serez confronté à des défis. Rappelez-vous que vous n’êtes pas seul. Ce dépliant contient des suggestions pratiques pour faire face aux difficultés courantes auxquelles vous pourriez faire face en période de deuil. Les sujets traités comprennent la prise de décisions, les affaires financières, les effets personnels, les souvenirs d'événements récents, certaines pièces ou certains endroits, les changements dans les relations, les dates et événements spéciaux, les rêves et manifestations de la personne décédée, votre santé, le sommeil et l'alimentation.
- This pamphlet is a French translation of "Grief: Coping with Challenges" pamphlet 0977. The death of someone important to you brings many changes in your life. As you adjust and respond to these changes, you will face challenges. Please remember: you are not alone. This pamphlet includes practical suggestions about dealing with common challenges you may face when you are grieving. Topics include making decisions, financial affairs, personal effects, memories of recent events, certain rooms or places, changes in relationships, special dates and events, dreams and visitations, looking after your health, sleep, and eating.
- Responsibility
- Created by: Victoria Hospice, modified with permission. Adapted by: Legacy of Life and Critical Care Organ Donation
- Pamphlet Number
- 2147
Perinatal Palliative Care : A Clinical Guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44911
Erin M. Denney-Koelsch, Denise Côté-Arsenault, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This unique book is a first-of-its-kind resource that comprehensively covers each facet and challenge of providing optimal perinatal palliative care. Designed for a wide and multi-disciplinary audience, the subjects covered range from theoretical to the clinical and the practically relevant, and all chapters include case studies that provide real-world scenarios as additional teaching tools for the reader. Perinatal Palliative Care: A Clinical Guide is divided into four sections. Part One provi…
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- Other Authors
- Denney-Koelsch, Erin M.
- Côté-Arsenault, Denise
- Responsibility
- Erin M. Denney-Koelsch, Denise Côté-Arsenault, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 439 p.) : 18 illus., 16 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030347512
- 9783030347505 (Print ed.)
- 9783030347529 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Fetus
- Infant, Newborn
- Palliative Care - methods
- Perinatal Care - methods
- Terminal Care - methods
- Specialty
- Palliative Care
- Perinatology
- Abstract
- This unique book is a first-of-its-kind resource that comprehensively covers each facet and challenge of providing optimal perinatal palliative care. Designed for a wide and multi-disciplinary audience, the subjects covered range from theoretical to the clinical and the practically relevant, and all chapters include case studies that provide real-world scenarios as additional teaching tools for the reader. Perinatal Palliative Care: A Clinical Guide is divided into four sections. Part One provides the foundation, covering an overview of the field, key theories that guide the practice of perinatal palliative care, and includes a discussion of perinatal ethics and parental experiences and needs upon receiving a life-limiting fetal diagnosis. Part Two delves further into practical clinical care, guiding readers through issues of obstetrical management, genetic counseling, neonatal pain management, non-pain symptom management, spiritual care, and perinatal bereavement care. Part Three discusses models of perinatal palliative care, closely examining evidence for different types of PPC programs: from hospital-based programs, to community-based care, and examines issues of interdisciplinary PPC care coordination, birth planning, and team support. Finally, Part Four concludes the book with a close look at special considerations in the field. In this section, racial, ethnic, and cultural perspectives and implications for PPC are discussed, along with lessons in how to provide PPC for a wide-range of clinical and other healthcare workers. The book closes with a look to the future of the field of perinatal palliative care. Thorough and practical, Perinatal Palliative Care: A Clinical Guide is an ideal resource for any healthcare practitioner working with these vulnerable patient populations, from palliative care specialists, to obstetricians, midwifes, neonatologists, hospice providers, nurses, doulas, social workers, chaplains, therapists, ethicists, and child life specialists.
- Contents
- Part I. Foundations of Perinatal Palliative Care -- 1. Introduction to Perinatal Palliative Care -- 2. Theoretical Perspectives to Guide the Practice of Perinatal Palliative Care -- 3. Perinatal Ethics -- 4. Parental Experiences and Needs After Life-Limiting Fetal Diagnosis -- Part II. Clinical Care for Families Facing Life-Limiting Fetal Conditions -- 5. Obstetrical Management in Life-Limiting Fetal Conditions -- 6.Genetics and Genetic Counseling in Perinatal Palliative Care -- 7. The Neonatologist’s Role in Prenatal Counseling -- 8. Neonatal Pain Management -- 9. Non-Pain Symptom Management -- 10. The Role of the Palliative Care Specialist in Perinatal Care -- 11. Spiritual Care in the Perinatal Period -- 12. Perinatal Bereavement Care -- Part III. Models of Perinatal Palliative Care -- 13. Structure and Development of Hospital-Based Perinatal Palliative Care Programs -- 14. Community-Based Perinatal Palliative Care -- 15. Interdisciplinary Perinatal Palliative Care Coordination, Birth Planning, and Support of the Team -- Part IV. Special Considerations for the Field of Perinatal Palliative Care -- 16. Considerations in Unique Populations in Perinatal Palliative Care: From Culture, Race, Infertility, and Beyond -- 17. Education in Perinatal Palliative Care for Nurses, Physicians, and Other Health Professionals -- 18. Advancing the Field of Perinatal Palliative Care: Needs and Strategies.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Geriatric Practice : A Competency Based Approach to Caring for Older Adults
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44939
Audrey Chun, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
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- Location
- Online
This book serves as a comprehensive reference for the basic principles of caring for older adults, directly corresponding to the key competencies for medical student and residents. These competencies are covered in 10 sections, each with chapters that target the skills and knowledge necessary for achieving competency. Each of the 45 chapters follow a consistent format for ease of use, beginning with an introduction to the associated competency and concluding with the most salient points for mas…
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- Other Authors
- Chun, Audrey
- Responsibility
- Audrey Chun, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 580 p.) : 102 illus., 96 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030196257
- 9783030196240 (Print ed.)
- 9783030196264 (Print ed.)
- 9783030196271 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aged
- Aging
- Geriatric Assessment
- Geriatrics
- Health Services for the Aged
- Specialty
- Geriatrics
- Abstract
- This book serves as a comprehensive reference for the basic principles of caring for older adults, directly corresponding to the key competencies for medical student and residents. These competencies are covered in 10 sections, each with chapters that target the skills and knowledge necessary for achieving competency. Each of the 45 chapters follow a consistent format for ease of use, beginning with an introduction to the associated competency and concluding with the most salient points for mastery. Chapters also includes brief cases to provide context to the clinical reasoning behind the competency, strengthening the core understanding necessary to physicians of the future. Written by expert educators and clinicians in geriatric medicine, Geriatric Practice is key resource for students in geriatric medicine, family and internal medicine, specialties, hospice and nursing home training, and all clinicians studying to work with aging patients.
- Contents
- I. Introduction and Approach to Caring for Older Adults -- History and Trends -- Identifying the Unique Needs of the Aging Population -- Education of Current and Future Providers -- II. Disease Presentations in Older Adults -- Physiology of Aging -- Normal vs. Abnormal Physical Exam -- Testing in the Elderly -- Differential Diagnoses in the Setting of Advanced Age and Multiple Conditions -- Common Acute Illness -- III. Multi-morbidity (Multiple Conditions) -- Patient-Centered Care for Persons with Multiple Conditions -- Geriatric Pre-Operative Evaluation of the Older Adult -- Common Chronic Conditions -- Geriatric Considerations in Common Surgical Conditions -- IV. Medication Management (MEDICATIONS) -- Prescription Selection and Dosing -- High-Risk Prescriptions for Aging Patients -- Dietary Botanicals and Supplements -- Understanding the Medication List and Addressing Polypharmacy in Older Adults -- V. Cognitive and Behavioral Disorders (MENTATION) -- Depression in Older Adults: Principles of Diagnosis and Management -- Behavioral and Psychiatric Symptoms in Dementia (BPSD) -- Diagnosis and Management of Delirium -- Assessment of Memory and Function -- Non-pharmacologic Management of BPSD: Agitation and Behavioral Problems in Dementia -- VI. Functional Assessment/Self-Care Ability (MOBILITY) -- Assessment of Capability and Capacity -- Developing a Management Plan Safety and Risk Assessment -- Falls Screening, Differential Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment -- Driving -- Individualized Decision-Making for Preventive Medicine in Older Adults -- VII. Health Promotion and Advance Care Planning (MATTERS) -- Advance Care Planning for Older Adults -- Patient Preference, Prognosis, and Decision-Making in Screening and Treatment -- VIII. Special Considerations for Sites/Models of Care -- Sites of Care for the Older Adult – Hospice, Clinic and Home-based Care -- Acute Care in the Home Setting: Hospital at Home -- Hazards of Hospitalization -- Prevention of the Hazards of Hospitalization -- Managing Medications and Addressing Polypharmacy -- Foley Catheter Use and Management of Urinary Symptoms -- High-Risk Pressure Ulcers -- IX. Transitions of Care, Population Health -- Discharge Planning -- Interprofessional Care: Why Teamwork Matters -- Chronic Care Management -- Registries/Data in Population Health Management -- X. Palliative Care and End of Life -- Management of Pain Symptoms -- Non-Pain Symptoms -- Psychosocial, Social, and Spiritual Needs of Geriatric Patients -- Introduction to Palliative Care.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Noninvasive Ventilation in Sleep Medicine and Pulmonary Critical Care : Critical Analysis of 2018-19 Clinical Trials
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45434
Antonio M. Esquinas, editor-in-chief ; Giuseppe Fiorentino, Giuseppe Insalaco, Bushra Mina, Jun Duan, Maria Cristina Mondardini, Fabio Caramelli, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book is an introduction to a comprehensive analysis of recent advances and clinical research in noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. The objective of the book is to increase the knowledge and understanding of the reader in the best clinical practice in three main sections. A selected international group of experts in the field of noninvasive ventilation formed a panel to provide an update on the recent literature in the application and e…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Esquinas, Antonio M.
- Fiorentino, Giuseppe
- Insalaco, Giuseppe
- Mina, Bushra
- Duan, Jun
- Mondardini, Maria Cristina
- Caramelli, Fabio
- Responsibility
- Antonio M. Esquinas, editor-in-chief ; Giuseppe Fiorentino, Giuseppe Insalaco, Bushra Mina, Jun Duan, Maria Cristina Mondardini, Fabio Caramelli, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 542 p.) : 50 illus., 36 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030429980
- 9783030429973 (Print ed.)
- 9783030429997 (Print ed.)
- 9783030430009 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care - methods
- Respiration, Artificial
- Respiratory Tract Diseases - therapy
- Sleep Apnea Syndromes - therapy
- Abstract
- This book is an introduction to a comprehensive analysis of recent advances and clinical research in noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. The objective of the book is to increase the knowledge and understanding of the reader in the best clinical practice in three main sections. A selected international group of experts in the field of noninvasive ventilation formed a panel to provide an update on the recent literature in the application and efficient utilization of NIV in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. Each particular section will discuss the application of NIV in different disease process. The authors summarized the main results of the recent trials, clinical and technological advances, expert opinions, and practical guidelines. Chapters, summarized by expert committee, provide a “deep and exhaustive critical analysis and summary” of the recent advances in the field of NIV, presented as key points and/recommendations for the best clinical practice from articles published in the last decade. The content of the book will serve as a resource and a tool to the practicing physicians toward NIV. Main objective is to increase their proficiency in management of different pathophysiological aspects of the respiratory system. In this line, the book offers to the readers, who are seeking the latest recommendations, the future research directions in noninvasive mechanical ventilation. Table of contents describe and analyze, the items trend setters in noninvasive ventilation, organized in three main sections, “pulmonary”, “critical care” and “sleep medicine”, using the primary keyword related with term “noninvasive mechanical ventilation” as search term associated with “secondary keywords” studies from a period of 2018 to 2019. This searching methodology and analysis define this unique book to the approach in noninvasive mechanical ventilation for best clinical practice, research, clinical study designs and critical analysis, how noninvasive ventilation is current and trending. Based on this form of conception of book updated, editors and authors consider that this book opens a new and original vision for adequate knowledge and deep updated based on key publications in the period under review, very useful for clinical practice, studies designs and potential new trends in the use of noninvasive ventilation. As such, it is a unique update book resource in noninvasive ventilation in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine that may influence current clinical practice and future studies. With ultimate goal is better care and outcome for our patients.
- Contents
- Part I. Pulmonary (Non-critical Care) -- 1. Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation Physiology and Ventilatory Management in Morbidly Obese Patients -- 2. Noninvasive Ventilation in Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome. Short- and Long-Term Outcomes -- 3. Noninvasive Ventilation in COPD -- 4. Noninvasive Ventilation for Cystic Fibrosis -- 5. High-Intensity Noninvasive Ventilation in Stable Hypercapnic COPD -- 6. Alternative Positive and Negative Noninvasive Ventilation -- 7. What News in Noninvasive Ventilation in ALS/Motor Neuron Disease? -- 8. Noninvasive Ventilation in Neuromuscular Patient Non-ASL -- 9. Airway Clearance Techniques in Neuromuscular Disorders -- 10. High-Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Therapy in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Disease -- 11. What About Patient-Ventilator Interactions During Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation? -- 12. Using Domiciliary Noninvasive Ventilator Data Downloads to Inform Clinical Decision-Making to Optimize Ventilation Delivery and Patient Compliance -- 13. Noninvasive Ventilation in End-of-Life Care and Palliative Care -- 14. Skin Injuries Associated with Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation: Evidence-Based Synthesis -- 15. Noninvasive Ventilation and Pulmonary Rehabilitation -- 16. Bronchodilation and Humidification During Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation -- 17. Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation in Elderly -- 18. Telemedicine for Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation -- Part II. Sleep Section -- 19. Importance of Interface in the Effectiveness of CPAP -- 20. Pathophysiology of Adult OSA: A Dynamic Look to Upper Airway Obstruction -- 21. Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome -- 22. Congenital Diseases Predisposing to Sleep Apnea -- 23. Sleep Tracker and Smartphone: Strengths and Limits to Estimate Sleep and Sleep-Disordered Breathing -- 24. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease -- 25. Effect of CPAP on Cognition and Brain Function -- 26. Advances in Positive Pressure Therapy and Noninvasive Ventilation in the Treatment of Sleep Disorders -- 27. Central Sleep Apnoea Treatment: When and How? -- 28. Impact of Positive Airway Pressure on Quality of Life, Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Depressive Mood in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Part III. Pulmonary Critical Care -- 29. NIV Modes and Settings -- 30. Measures of Improvement for Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in the ICU -- 31. Escalation of Therapy from NIV -- 32. NPPV vs. HFNC for Acute Respiratory Failure -- 33. Noninvasive Ventilation in Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure -- 34. Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV) in Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure -- 35. Noninvasive Ventilation for Patients with Obesity Hypoventilation and Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure -- 36. NIV in Acute Cardiac Diseases: Heart Failure and Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema -- 37. Noninvasive Ventilation in Neurocritical Care -- 38. Noninvasive Ventilation in Cardiovascular Surgical Patients -- 39. Noninvasive Ventilation in Postoperative Patients -- 40. Application of Noninvasive Ventilation in the Obstetrical Patient -- 41. Noninvasive Ventilation in Hospice and Palliative Care -- 42. Noninvasive Ventilation as a Weaning Strategy -- 43. Use of Noninvasive Ventilation for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Bronchoscopies in Patients with Respiratory Failure -- 44. Role of Sedation and Analgesia During Noninvasive Ventilation -- 45. Noninvasive Ventilation in Immunocompromised Patients -- 46. NIV in Patients with Solid and Hematological Malignancies -- 47. Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients on Noninvasive Ventilation -- 48. Noninvasive Ventilation and Post-Extubation -- 49. Multidisciplinary Approach to Noninvasive Ventilation (NIV) in Critical Care -- 50. Noninvasive Ventilation for High-Risk Endotracheal Intubation -- Part IV. Neonatology-Pediatric -- 51. CPAP in Neonates: Current Methods and Further Improvements -- 52. CPAP in Perioperative Respiratory Complications in Children: When and Where -- 53. Noninvasive Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Failure in Children -- 54. Home Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatric Patients: Current Characteristics and Practical Advice -- 55. Noninvasive Ventilation in Paediatric Neuromuscular Disorders -- 56. NIV in Pediatric Patients with Rare Diseases: Useful as a Primary or Adjunctive Therapy but Not the Absolute Final Destination -- 57. Noninvasive Ventilation in Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea: What’s New? -- 58. Noninvasive Ventilation and High-Flow Nasal Cannula Alternate Use in Pediatric Patients.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Cancer : The Enemy from Within : A Comprehensive Textbook of Cancer’s Causes, Complexities and Consequences
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45516
Carolyn Compton.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
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- Cape Breton Regional: 2005 - 2007.
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- Online
This comprehensive, ground-breaking title presents, in simplifying style, the driving and organizing principles of cancer, making this multidimensional, highly complex disease easily understandable for readers. Developed out of the renowned author’s many years of teaching a widely popular, several-hundred-student college course, this 12-chapter book begins with an account of the history of cancer as a medical and public health problem, as well as the major milestones and setbacks in the ongoing…
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- Author
- Compton, Carolyn
- Responsibility
- Carolyn Compton
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Holdings
- Cape Breton Regional: 2005 - 2007.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 330 p.) : 157 illus., 149 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030406516
- 9783030406509 (Print ed.)
- 9783030406523 (Print ed.)
- 9783030406530 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Global Burden of Disease
- Neoplasms - diagnosis
- Neoplasms - epidemiology
- Neoplasms - therapy
- Palliative Care
- Risk Factors
- Specialty
- Medical Oncology
- Abstract
- This comprehensive, ground-breaking title presents, in simplifying style, the driving and organizing principles of cancer, making this multidimensional, highly complex disease easily understandable for readers. Developed out of the renowned author’s many years of teaching a widely popular, several-hundred-student college course, this 12-chapter book begins with an account of the history of cancer as a medical and public health problem, as well as the major milestones and setbacks in the ongoing quest to understand the wide variety of cancers that continue to impact the world. Subsequent chapters then address pathogenesis, incidence and mortality statistics, risk factors, causal factors, screening challenges and victories, treatment strategies, and disease prevention approaches. This wealth of clinical information is further supplemented with socioeconomic discussions on the financial, social, ethical, technological, regulatory, political, and logistical challenges that limit progress in cancer research. A soon to be gold-standard text that thoroughly and expertly describes cancer as a composite, adaptive system, Cancer: The Enemy from Within equips and empowers all undergraduate students and graduate students to better understand this continually perplexing disease. Clinicians across all disciplines may also find this work of great interest.
- Contents
- 1. The Nature and Origins of Cancer -- 2. Cancer Initiation, Promotion and Progression and the Acquisition of Key Behavioral Traits -- 3. Understanding the Hallmark Characteristics of Cancer -- 4. A Short History of Cancer – How Did We Get Here? -- 5. Who Gets Cancer and Why? What Are the Consequences for Human Life and Longevity? How Can We Intervene? How Can We Track Progress? -- 6. Screening for Cancer: Find It Early; Treat It Early; Save Lives -- 7. Fundamentals of Cancer Diagnosis and Assessment -- 8. Local Therapy for Cancer -- 9. Systemic Therapy for Cancer -- 10. Palliative Care, Hospice, and End of Life -- 11. Development of New Cancer Therapies -- 12. Cancer and Society.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Palliative Skills for Frontline Clinicians : Case Vignettes in Everyday Hospital Medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45584
Kate Aberger, David Wang, editors.
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Springer
, c2020.
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Rooted in everyday hospital medicine, Palliative Skills for Frontline Clinicians addresses the challenges of delivering complex care to patients living with serious illnesses. Spanning emergency medicine, internal medicine, surgery and various subspecialties, each chapter reads like a story, comparing usual care with a step-by-step palliative-based approach. This case-based book features a multidisciplinary, palliative-trained authorship, including neurologists, nephrologists, emergency physici…
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- Other Authors
- Aberger, Kate
- Wang, David
- Responsibility
- Kate Aberger, David Wang, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 227 p.) : 6 illus., 3 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030444143
- 9783030444136 (Print ed.)
- 9783030444150 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Palliative Care
- Specialty
- Palliative Care
- Abstract
- Rooted in everyday hospital medicine, Palliative Skills for Frontline Clinicians addresses the challenges of delivering complex care to patients living with serious illnesses. Spanning emergency medicine, internal medicine, surgery and various subspecialties, each chapter reads like a story, comparing usual care with a step-by-step palliative-based approach. This case-based book features a multidisciplinary, palliative-trained authorship, including neurologists, nephrologists, emergency physicians, surgeons, intensivists, and obstetricians. Divided into four parts, Palliative Skills for Frontline Clinicians outlines common clinical scenarios across settings and specialties to highlight unmet needs of patients with potentially terminal illnesses. Each case is broken down into the usual standard approach, and delves into detail regarding different palliative interventions that can be appropriate in those scenarios. These are meant to be practice changing; down to the actual words used to communicate with patients. In addition to the book’s focus on the principles of palliative care and the “art” of treating the patient, approaches to communication with the patient’s families for the best long-term outcomes are discussed. Concise and pragmatic, Palliative Skills for Frontline Clinicians is meant to be practice changing. It provides readers with both a new conceptual framework, as well as actual words to communicate with patients and medication doses for symptom management. It is an invaluable resource for non-palliative trained clinicians who wish to strengthen their palliative care skills.
- Contents
- Part I. Emergency Medicine -- 1. High-Yield Approach to the ED Goals of Care Conversation -- 2. A Palliative Approach to End-Stage COPD -- 3. This POLST Makes No Sense -- 4. Treating Pain and Prognosticating in Metastatic Cancer -- 5. Complex Pain Management and Goals of Care in a Debilitated Cancer Patient -- 6. To Intubate or Not to Intubate: Asking the Right Questions -- 7. ED Approach to the Hospice Patient -- Part II. Inpatient Medicine -- 8. "I Can’t Let Him Starve": Artificial Nutrition in Patients with Advanced Dementia -- 9. Shared Decision-Making in the Setting of a Large Ischemic Stroke -- 10. Prognostication and Goals of Care in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease -- 11. Saying Yes to Aggressive Measures: The Role of Neuropalliative Care in Critically Ill Patients with Potential for Recovery -- 12. “I am a Fighter”: Recognizing and Responding to Cancer Metaphors -- 13. “What Does the Awake Ventilated Patient Really Want?”: Shared Decision-Making in the ICU -- 14. A Mother’s Love – Support Despite Disagreeing with Goals of Care -- 15. End-Stage Renal Disease and Shared Decision-Making Dilemmas -- 16. Discontinuing Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit -- 17. Teaching Learners How to Approach Family Decisions as a Process -- Part III. Surgery -- 18. Trach/PEG Consult in the ICU -- 19. Rescinding DNR Orders in the Operating Room -- 20. A Threshold Moment, Preserving Patient Dignity, and the Value of a Time-Limited Trial -- 21. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Anticipating Poor Surgical Outcomes While Honoring Patient Autonomy -- 22. Surgery for the Hospice Patient: When Is It Appropriate? -- 23. Nonoperative Approach to Caring for the Ischemic Limb -- 24. Placing a Feeding Tube in a Patient with Dementia -- 25. Bowel Obstruction in a Dying Patient: To Operate or Not? -- 26. Geriatric Trauma Decision-Making Based on Functional Outcomes -- Part IV. Specialty Medicine -- 27. Decision by Surrogates for a Patient with a Psychiatric History -- 28. Palliative Approach to Patients with Concurrent Serious Illness and Substance Use Disorder -- 29. Responding to Spiritual Suffering and Hope During a Goals-of-Care Conversation -- 30. Trisomy 18: Early and Concurrent Palliative Care Enhances Delivery and Neonatal Planning -- 31. Navigating Complex Medical Decision Making in the Pediatric ICU.
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- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Case Reports
- Location
- Online
