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Quality of life in caregivers of aged stroke survivors in southern Brazil: Arandomized clinical trial
CONCLUSION: the intervention exerted a statistically significant effect on the quality of life of family caregivers with respect to social relationships and autonomy.TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT02807012.PMID:36722630 | PMC:PMC9886075 | DOI:10.1590/1518-8345.5935.3657
Source: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem - February 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Carla Cristiane Becker Kottwitz Bierhals Fernanda La ís Fengler Dal Pizzol Gail Low Carolina Baltar Day Naiana Oliveira Dos Santos Lisiane Manganelli Girardi Paskulin Source Type: research

Research on the Cause of Death for Severe Stroke Patients
ConclusionsThe most common cause of death in stroke patients was damage to the central nervous system. Independent risk factors were brain herniation, multiple organ failure, dyslipidemia, community‐acquired lung infection, the use of mechanical ventilation, hypoproteinemia, a history of hypertension, and hospital‐acquired pneumonia. Clinicians should be aware of the presence and possible effects of these conditions. Early prevention, monitoring and intervention to modify controllable risk factors will improve patient prognosis. Relevance to clinical practiceClinicians should be aware of the multiple independent risk f...
Source: Journal of Clinical Nursing - July 5, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Mei ‐zhen Yuan, Feng Li, Qin Fang, Wei Wang, Jing‐jing Peng, De‐yu Qin, Xue‐feng Wang, Guang‐wei Liu Tags: Original Article Source Type: research