Publications by authors named "Marianne W Noergaard"

Parents encounter challenges when their child with congenital heart disease is transferred from pediatric to adult care. Until recently these parents' experiences and expectations of their child's transfer have received less attention. This systematic review aims to identify and synthesize qualitative evidence on parental experiences and expectations about their child's transfer from pediatric to adult care using a meta-aggregation approach.

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Objective: The objective of this scoping review was to identify and map existing preoperative interventions, referred to as prehabilitation, in adult patients at home awaiting elective coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. This review also sought to report feasibility and patient experiences to shape clinical practice and underpin a future systematic review.

Introduction: As patients age, comorbidities become more common.

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Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to identify and map existing preoperative interventions, referred to as prehabilitation, in adult patients at home awaiting coronary bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. This scoping review also seeks to examine the feasibility and patient experiences in order to inform clinical practice and underpin a future systematic review.

Introduction: As patients age, comorbidities become more common.

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Objective: The objective of this systematic review is to identify and synthesize the best available evidence on parents' expectations and experiences when young people with congenital heart disease transfer from pediatric to adult care.

Introduction: Transition programs are internationally acknowledged as a means to prevent lapses of care, loss of follow-up and provide young people with knowledge needed to be independent and take charge of their own health. Optimal transition from pediatric to adult care involves collaborating with parents, who also face several challenges during this transfer, including uncertainty and anxiety.

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Introduction: Patients undergoing minimally invasive procedures under a light conscious sedation perceive pain and anxiety. Hypnosis used together with analgesics has been investigated in numerous studies.

Aims And Methods: To assess the effectiveness of hypnotic analgesia in management of pain, anxiety, analgesic consumption, procedure length and adverse events in adults undergoing minimally invasive procedures.

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