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Vitamins and dietary supplements in the nutrition of patients with hematopoietic disorders
Chmelařová, Elen ; Dusílková, Nina Borisovna (advisor) ; Faltusová, Kateřina (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the possible beneficial effects of vitamins, minerals and dietary supplements that could positively influence the course of treatment of blood cancers. In addition to vitamins and minerals, dietary supplements for the purposes of this thesis include various food supplements that can be purchased in pharmacies, as well as foods or spices, herbs and mushrooms that can be purchased in regular grocery stores. The main objective of the study was to find out whether patients take any of these selected supplements during treatment. The secondary aim of this work was to get an idea about the patients' awareness, their choice of food supplements that they purchase and how they themselves evaluate the effect of these supplements on their health status. The theoretical part deals with the brief characteristics of the most common haemato- oncological diseases of patients visiting the specialist departments of the General Faculty Hospital in Prague (VFN). In the theoretical part, this thesis also deals with a total of 57 different supplements (9 vitamins, 6 minerals, 15 food supplements and 27 different foods, spices, herbs and mushrooms) that could have positive effects in the treatment of these serious diseases, as reported in the scientific literature and also in the popular...
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NURSING CARE OF PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES IN THE INTESIVE CARE UNIT
Dolinská, Michaela ; Hošťálková, Monika (advisor) ; Kukol, Václav (referee)
NURSING CARE OF PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Michaela Dolinská, DiS. ABSTRACT Overall survival and quality of life of the patients with malignant diseases, especially with hematological malignancies, have improved significantly in the last years. Early diagnosis and aggressive treatment, including the hematopoietic stem cell (bone marrow) transplantation modality, have led to the increase survival rate of such patients. Simultaneously, these opportunities generate increasing number of individuals requiring the intensive care due to various complications of malignant disease and/or its treatment. This bachelor thesis is designed as theoretical-empirical study. The theoretical part provides the review and analysis of current literature and discusses particular specifics of nursing care of patients with hematological malignancies in the intensive care setting. Pancytopenia- associated immunosuppression and infection risk, the need of barrier-approach principles of nursing care will be described. Next, bleeding conditions and restricted transfusion politics, telling unfavorable information to the patients and their families and last but not least the palliative care principles are reviewed too. The empirical part of the thesis is processed as the qualitative research in...
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