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IntroductionAlthough psychological distress is highly prevalent, palliative cancer patients are mostly too lethargic to undergo many sessions of the conventional psychotherapy.ObjectivesThe study aims to develop a brief, quick and easy to administer psychological intervention for rapid reduction of distress in palliative care patients.MethodsIn phase I, an expert panel of multidisciplinary team was formed. The theory of mindfulness-based intervention was simplified into a 5-minute mindful breathing technique that can be learnt and practiced by palliative care patients.In phase II, the efficacy of 5-minute mindful breathing was investigated in a pilot test that comprised of nine palliative cancer patients and eleven care takers.In Phase III, the efficacy of 5-minute mindful breathing was further examined in a non-blinded, randomized controlled trial (RCT) that included 60 cancer patients under palliative care. Apart from perceived distress, physiological measures were assessed.ResultsThe effect of 5-minute mindful breathing in rapidly reducing distress among palliative care patients was confirmed in both the pilot test (Tan et al., 2015) and RCT (Ng et al., 2016). The finding was further supported by the significant physiological changes associated with distress reduction such as decreased breathing rate, blood pressure, pulse rate, galvanic skin and increased skin surface temperature (Ng et al., 2016) with the 5-minute mindful breathing.ConclusionThe 5-minute mindful breathing is a quick and easy to administer intervention that is useful for reducing acute suffering or distress in palliative care patients.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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Unilateral True Vocal Fold Synkinesis Presenting with Airway Obstruction

Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology ◽

10.1177/000348940911800810 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 118 (8) ◽

pp. 587-591 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Roya Azadarmaki ◽

Natasha Mirza ◽

Ahmed M. S. Soliman

Keyword(s):

Botulinum Toxin ◽

Airway Obstruction ◽

Vocal Fold ◽

Botulinum Toxin Injection ◽

Case Series ◽

Vocal Fold Paralysis ◽

Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis ◽

Nerve Section ◽

Breathing Therapy ◽

Vocal Fold Motion

Objectives We present a case series of 10 patients with unilateral true vocal fold paralysis who presented with airway obstruction. Methods A retrospective review of the authors' patients at 2 institutions with unilateral true vocal fold motion impairment was carried out over a 10-year period. Of these, 10 patients were identified who presented with stridor and dyspnea as a result of synkinesis. Six cases were a result of thyroidectomy, 1 case resulted from recurrent laryngeal nerve section for spasmodic dysphonia, 1 case occurred after anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion, and in 2 cases no cause was identified. Results Three patients underwent tracheotomy. Two patients underwent partial arytenoidectomy. Seven patients underwent botulinum toxin injection; 2 were treated with breathing therapy, and in 1 case breathing therapy was recommended. Seven patients underwent treatment with more than 1 method. Conclusions Unilateral vocal fold paralysis may present with airway obstruction as a result of synkinesis. Treatment should be incremental and starts with breathing therapy and botulinum toxin injection. Partial arytenoidectomy or tracheotomy may be necessary for refractory cases.

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Modeling and closed-loop control of a medical flow generator appliance

at - Automatisierungstechnik ◽

10.1515/auto-2016-0105 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 64 (11) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mathias Scheel ◽

Andreas Berndt ◽

Olaf Simanski

Keyword(s):

Medical Condition ◽

Sleep Apnoea ◽

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome ◽

Positive Pressure ◽

Pressure Therapy ◽

Loop Control ◽

Control Approach ◽

Obstructive Sleep ◽

Breathing Therapy ◽

Flow Generator

AbstractThe CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) therapy is the most common therapy to treat the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome. If the upper respiratory tracts collapse, it may lead to breathing interrupts during sleep. The CPAP-device provides a positive pressure to splint the airways. The influence on the pressure is different from patient to patient and their medical condition. It has been shown that many CPAP-devices can not maintain the required pressure set points, because the mask pressure is seriously influenced by the patient's breathing. In this work the electromechanic part and pneumatic part of the breathing therapy system is modeled to provide an opportunity for a model-based control approach. Based on the physical chain of effect an existing control strategy is extended. In the end some control results are shown and a conclusion is made.

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STUDY COMPARASI TERAPI SLOW DEEP BREATHING DAN GUIDED IMAGERY RELAKSASI DALAM MENURUNKAN SKALA NYERI PASIEN CEDERA KEPALA RINGAN PASCA PEMBERIAN ANALGETIK DI IGD

Jurnal IPTEKS Terapan ◽

10.22216/jit.2019.v13i2.527 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 93

Author(s):

Mariza Elsi Elsi

Keyword(s):

Head Injury ◽

Guided Imagery ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Numeric Rating Scale ◽

Pain Scale ◽

Mild Head Injury ◽

Deep Breathing ◽

Breathing Therapy ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

The Brain

<p>The main problem head injury patients are pain, when someone is experiencing pain are non-pharmacological strategies are as good as pharmacological strategies that can be offered to clients, some non-pharmacological interventions do not require instruction but an initiative of the nurses. Terapy Slow deep breathing is breathing with a frequency of less than 10 beats per minute and long inhalation phase can increase oxygen supply to the brain and decrease the metabolism of the brain so that the brain needs oxygen decreases. Guided imagery is an attempt to create the impression in the mind and then concentrate on the impression that gradually lowers the client's perception of pain. The purpose of this study was to compare the terapy slow deep breathing and guided imagery to decrease the patient's pain scale of mild head injury.</p><p>This research method was Quasi-Experimental use a pretest-posttest. slow deep breathing (intervention 1) of the 17 respondents and guided imageri (intervention 2) 17 response, the assessment carried out six hours after patients received pharmacological treatment, size scale use numeric rating scale (NRS) The result of slow deep breathing therapy is more effective to reduce the pain scale in patients with mild head injury in Emergency Room Hospital Ulin Banjarmasin with p = 0.001, be compared terapy guided imagery relaxation with p = 0.264</p>

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