Perspective of geriatric patients on advance care planning in Denmark: a qualitative study.

Objective: Most previous studies on advance care planning (ACP) have focused on patients with specific diseases and only a few on frail ageing individuals. We therefore decided to examine the perspective of geriatric patients on ACP. Our research questions include if, when, with whom and with which content geriatric patients wish to have ACP conversations.

Feasibility, quality and validity of narrative multisource feedback in postgraduate training: a mixed-method study.

Objectives: To examine a narrative multisource feedback (MSF) instrument concerning feasibility, quality of narrative comments, perceptions of users (face validity), consequential validity, discriminating capacity and number of assessors needed.

Design: Qualitative text analysis supplemented by quantitative descriptive analysis.

Setting: Internal Medicine Departments in Zealand, Denmark.

Frequency and Impact of Hyponatremia on All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Aortic Stenosis.

Asymptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) is a frequent condition that may cause hyponatremia due to neurohumoral activation. We examined if hyponatremia heralds poor prognosis in patients with asymptomatic AS, and whether AS in itself is associated with increased risk of hyponatremia. The study question was investigated in 1,677 individuals that had and annual plasma sodium measurements in the SEAS (Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in AS) trial; 1,873 asymptomatic patients with mild-moderate AS (maximal transaortic velocity 2.

Right atrial and ventricular function evaluated with speckle tracking in patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

Aims: Assessment of right ventricular (RV) function in acute pulmonary embolism (PE) has prognostic significance. The aim of this study was to evaluate right atrium (RA) and RV myocardial damage with 2-dimensional speckle-tracking in patients with an acute central vs an acute peripheral PE.

Methods And Results: Twenty-six patients with acute PE and 10 controls were retrospectively enrolled.

[Assessment of the prognosis in patients who remain comatose after resuscitation from cardiac arrest].

In Denmark there are around 3,500 unexpected cardiac arrests (CA) out of hospital each year. There is an unknown number of CA in hospitals. The survival rate after CA outside a hospital in Denmark is 10% after 30 days.

In-hospital cardiac arrest: characteristics and outcome after implementation of systematic practice-oriented training.

Survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest (CA) has been reported to be surprisingly low without any major improvement during the last decade. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quality affects survival after CA, and specific education is necessary for health care professionals participating in CPR. Decisions regarding CPR and do not attempt resuscitation (DNAR) orders remain demanding, as does including patients in the process.

[Life-saving prehospital interventions].

Introduction: The Mobile Emergency Care Unit (MECU) in Copenhagen provides prehospital healthcare for the citizens in the Capital Region in case of acute illness or accidents. The aim of this study was to describe the patients whose treatment was categorized by the MECU as lifesaving and to compare these with all other patients.

Material And Methods: We analysed the MECU database contents and ambulance records from 2005 with emphasis on treatment and diagnosis.