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Palliative Care for Cardiovascular Disease – Dr Eric Borges, Mumbai The management of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) using Palliative Care (PC) principles is in its infancy in India and is evolving worldwide. To commemorate ‘World Heart Day’, observed on 29th September, I am presenting my approach to this very complex field. The concept of Palliative Care was…
‘And the beat goes on’: Palliative Care in Cardiac Patients – Dr. Divya Sai Vanumu, Hyderabad Globally, the World Heart day is celebrated on 29th September. The day is celebrated to spread awareness about cardiovascular diseases which causes nearly half of all the non-communicable diseases in the world. The World Heart Federation has themed this years…
Palliative care for Thalassemia Major – Dr. Tulika Seth, New Delhi Thalassemia major is an inherited hemoglobin disorder that results in chronic hemolytic anemia. The symptoms of the disease are due to both, hemolysis and dys-erythropoiesis. These patients require regular blood transfusions from about 6 months of life at a frequency of every 2-4 weeks.…
Elderly Care: Nursing perspective – Mr. Sudip Rudra Paul, Pune Geriatric Palliative Care (GPC) is a field of inter-specialty collaboration unifying competences from geriatric medicine and palliative care to respond to the socio-demographic changes and challenges of older adults with severe and life-limiting conditions. Geriatric Palliative Care can be provided when there are indications for…
Dr. Roop Gurshani explains the relevance of the position paper by the BioEthics Unit of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) orders and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), published in the current issue of the Indian Journal of Medical Research The ICMR has confirmed that CPR is not a default…
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