Critical Care and Oncology

Aetiological diagnosis of acute respiratory failure in critical care oncology.

Acute complications are frequent in cancer patients and their adequate management, including in critical care units, may be crucial [1]. The prognosis of such complications in terms of intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital mortality is mainly determined by the acute physiological perturbations they induce, as reflected by gravity scores in critically ill cancer patients [2, 3], but also by the...

Oncology and Palliative Care.

Oncology developed as a discipline over the last decades. Treatment is concentrated on cure or palliation of the illness with the help of chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery. Palliative care has its origin in the hospice movement that started around 1960 in the UK. Centre of care is the patient and his family. Focus of care has moved from quantity to quality of life. Symptom control, communic...

Critical Thinking Skills and Critical Thinking Dispositions in Freshmen and Senior Students of Health Care Management

Introduction: Nowadays, experts introduce critical thinking as the main outcome of higher education and consider teaching "how to think" as the basis for learning. This study compares the critical thinking skills and critical thinking dispositions in freshmen and senior students of health care management. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on a sample of 60 freshmen ...

Critical Care Neurology and Neuro Critical Care

Pharmacogenomics in oncology care

Cancer pharmacogenomics have contributed a number of important discoveries to current cancer treatment, changing the paradigm of treatment decisions. Both somatic and germline mutations are utilized to better understand the underlying biology of cancer growth and treatment response. The level of evidence required to fully translate pharmacogenomic discoveries into the clinic has relied heavily ...