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- Ekman, Inger, 1952, et al.
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Pulmonary oedema - A life threatening disease
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Ingår i: Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. - 1474-5151.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AIM: The aim was to describe the health history of patients after pulmonary oedema and investigate how they perceive their condition and treatment. METHODS: In part one of the study medical records of patients treated for acute pulmonary oedema (n=44) were reviewed regarding social status, health history, medication and cause of the pulmonary oedema. In part two, interviews were performed focusing on the patients' conceptions of the illness, current situation and effects of pulmonary oedema on daily life. RESULTS: One-year mortality was 65% and all but 3 patients had a previous heart diagnosis. Analyses of the interviews yielded five categories: A suffocating feeling; trust in care providers; medication - an annoyance but also a saviour; dealing with existential issues alone or with relatives; concurrent diseases affecting daily life. CONCLUSION: Patients' who experience a pulmonary oedema have several heart-related conditions and a very poor prognosis. Experiencing pulmonary oedema is an anxiety-provoking situation and patients should be regularly and carefully monitored.
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- Timpka, Toomas, et al.
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From sports injury prevention to safety promotion in sports
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Ingår i: Sports Medicine. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0112-1642 .- 1179-2035. ; 36:9, s. 733-745
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Every fifth unintentional injury treated at a healthcare facility in the industrialised part of the world is associated with sports or physical exercise. This article reviews the literature regarding the theoretical and practical underpinnings for community-based sports safety promotion, including both professional and recreational sports. While injury prevention entails the implementation of specific interventions in terms of structural or educational measures, sports safety promotion includes also the antecedent and wider campaigns that are required to succeed with these measures. Comprehensive sports safety promotion programmes thus require that the perspective on the sports injury problem is made broader than consideration of the individual athlete. The results display that involvement in sports safety issues from the sports federations that formulate policies and allocate resources is necessary for coordinated implementation of programme actions. The authorities responsible for sports facilities and legislations in the civil society also need to be included, because of the fact that they control many of the central safety determinants in the sporting environment. It is concluded that the sports injury problem needs to be addressed in liaison with the leaders of socially defined sports communities and the governments representing geographically defined civic communities, and that the safety-supporting environment in professional sports is underdeveloped compared with other areas of working life. © 2006 Adis Data Information BV. All rights reserved.
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