Search for dissertations about: "cardiac rehabilitation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the words cardiac rehabilitation.

  2. 16. Traditional Chinese exercise in a contextually adapted cardiac rehabilitation program for chronic heart failure

    Author : Xiankun Chen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (EBCR) is a therapy which benefits patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). The delivery of EBCR should adopt an evidencebased approach, as well as be culturally appropriate and sensitive to individual needs and preferences. READ MORE

  4. 17. Health-related quality of life after cardiac arrest

    Author : Johan Israelsson; Kristofer Franzén Årestedt; Anders Bremer; Anna Strömberg; Carina Persson; Hans Morten Lossius; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Background: Cardiac arrest is a major health problem worldwide. For many of the afflicted, cardiac arrest is the natural end of life. For others, it is an unexpected event suddenly striking in the middle of life. During the last decades, major efforts in treatment have contributed to more people surviving their cardiac arrest. READ MORE

  5. 18. Neurocognitive function following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

    Author : Erik Blennow Nordström; Lund Neurologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy; heart arrest; cognitive impairment; outcome;

    Abstract : Background: The brain is susceptible to hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in conjuction with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Cognitive impairments are documented in about half of all OHCA survivors, however with a pronounced heterogeneity in measurements and findings. READ MORE

  6. 19. Supportive care for patients with heart failure and their partners : A descriptive and interventional study

    Author : Susanna Ågren; Anna Strömberg; Rolf Svedjeholm; Sören Berg; Olle Söderhamn; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Heart failure; cardiac surgery; caregiver burden; intervention; health related quality of life; nursing; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Background: Having the support of a partner is essential for both health related quality of life and survival in heart failure patients. However, caring for a patient with heart failure may affect the health related quality of life, well‐being and cause a burden for the partner. READ MORE

  7. 20. Effects of an expanded rehabilitation programme in patients with ischemic heart disease

    Author : Cathrine Edström Plüss; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The effects of expanded cardiac rehabilitation (ECR) after coronary artery by-pass surgery or myocardial infarction (MI) on medical risk markers, cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and hospitalizations due to symptoms of CV disease, were evaluated in a prospective randomized trial. The project was performed at the Department of Cardiology, Danderyd Hospital, between 1999-2001. READ MORE