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- Jaarsma, Tiny, et al.
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Self-care of heart failure patients: practical management recommendations from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology
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Ingår i: European Journal of Heart Failure. - : WILEY. - 1388-9842 .- 1879-0844. ; 23:1, s. 157-174
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Self-care is essential in the long-term management of chronic heart failure. Heart failure guidelines stress the importance of patient education on treatment adherence, lifestyle changes, symptom monitoring and adequate response to possible deterioration. Self-care is related to medical and person-centred outcomes in patients with heart failure such as better quality of life as well as lower mortality and readmission rates. Although guidelines give general direction for self-care advice, health care professionals working with patients with heart failure need more specific recommendations. The aim of the management recommendations in this paper is to provide practical advice for health professionals delivering care to patients with heart failure. Recommendations for nutrition, physical activity, medication adherence, psychological status, sleep, leisure and travel, smoking, immunization and preventing infections, symptom monitoring, and symptom management are consistent with information from guidelines, expert consensus documents, recent evidence and expert opinion.
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- Muscarella, Robert, et al.
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The global abundance of tree palms
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Ingår i: Global Ecology and Biogeography. - : Wiley. - 1466-822X .- 1466-8238. ; 29:9, s. 1495-1514
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- AimPalms are an iconic, diverse and often abundant component of tropical ecosystems that provide many ecosystem services. Being monocots, tree palms are evolutionarily, morphologically and physiologically distinct from other trees, and these differences have important consequences for ecosystem services (e.g., carbon sequestration and storage) and in terms of responses to climate change. We quantified global patterns of tree palm relative abundance to help improve understanding of tropical forests and reduce uncertainty about these ecosystems under climate change.LocationTropical and subtropical moist forests.Time periodCurrent.Major taxa studiedPalms (Arecaceae).MethodsWe assembled a pantropical dataset of 2,548 forest plots (covering 1,191 ha) and quantified tree palm (i.e., ≥10 cm diameter at breast height) abundance relative to co‐occurring non‐palm trees. We compared the relative abundance of tree palms across biogeographical realms and tested for associations with palaeoclimate stability, current climate, edaphic conditions and metrics of forest structure.ResultsOn average, the relative abundance of tree palms was more than five times larger between Neotropical locations and other biogeographical realms. Tree palms were absent in most locations outside the Neotropics but present in >80% of Neotropical locations. The relative abundance of tree palms was more strongly associated with local conditions (e.g., higher mean annual precipitation, lower soil fertility, shallower water table and lower plot mean wood density) than metrics of long‐term climate stability. Life‐form diversity also influenced the patterns; palm assemblages outside the Neotropics comprise many non‐tree (e.g., climbing) palms. Finally, we show that tree palms can influence estimates of above‐ground biomass, but the magnitude and direction of the effect require additional work.ConclusionsTree palms are not only quintessentially tropical, but they are also overwhelmingly Neotropical. Future work to understand the contributions of tree palms to biomass estimates and carbon cycling will be particularly crucial in Neotropical forests.
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- van der Wal, Martje H L, et al.
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Compliance with non-pharmacological recommendations and outcome in heart failure patients.
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Ingår i: European Heart Journal. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0195-668X .- 1522-9645. ; 31:12, s. 1486-93
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AIMS: The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the association between compliance with non-pharmacological recommendations (diet, fluid restriction, weighing, exercise) and outcome in patients with heart failure (HF). METHODS AND RESULTS: In total 830 patients after an HF hospitalization participated in the study (age 70 +/- 11; left ventricular ejection fraction 34%). Compliance was measured 1 month after discharge; patients were followed for 18 months. Primary outcomes were the composite of death or HF readmission and the number of unfavourable days. Cox regression analysis was used to determine the association between primary outcome and compliance. Adjustments were made for those variables that were identified as confounders in the association between compliance and outcome. Patients who were non-compliant with at least one of the recommendations had a higher risk of mortality or HF readmission (HR 1.40; P = 0.01). Non-compliance with exercise was associated with an increased risk for mortality or HF readmission (HR 1.48; P < 0.01), while non-compliance with daily weighing was associated with an increased risk of mortality (HR 1.57; P = 0.02). Non-compliance (overall) and non-compliance with exercise were both associated with a higher risk for HF readmission [HR 1.38; P < 0.05(overall) and HR 1.55; P < 0.01(exercise)]. Patients who were overall non-compliant or with weighing and exercise had more unfavourable days than compliant patients. CONCLUSION: Non-compliance with non-pharmacological recommendations in HF patients is associated with adverse outcome.
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