Scientific Papers
BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE PHASE ANGLE CHANGES DURING HYDRATION AND PROGNOSIS IN ADVANCED CANCER.
INTRODUCTION: We wished to determine bioelectrical impedance (BIA) correlates before hydration or changes during hydration and determine if these changes were prognostically important. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Fifty eligible patients underwent BIA measurements 3 consecutive days. [...]
ARTIFICIAL HYDRATION THERAPY FOR TERMINALLY ILL CANCER PATIENTS: A NURSE-EDUCATION INTERVENTION.
The Japanese Society of Palliative Medicine has developed a clinical guideline to minimize the large variation in clinical practice of artificial hydration therapy for terminally ill cancer patients. The primary aim of this preliminary study [...]
A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF DIFFICULT CLINICAL SITUATIONS IN RELATION TO NUTRITION AND HYDRATION DURING END OF LIFE CARE.
AIM AND OBJECTIVES: The following discussion builds upon a previous publication that reported on the perceptions and discourses of palliative care nurses and doctors in relation to nutrition and hydration at the end of life. [...]
SHOULD CHILDREN DRINK MORE WATER?: THE EFFECTS OF DRINKING WATER ON COGNITION IN CHILDREN.
While dehydration has well-documented negative effects on adult cognition, there is little research on hydration and cognitive performance in children. We investigated whether having a drink of water improved children's performance on cognitive tasks. Fifty-eight [...]