tailieunhanh - báo cáo hóa học:" The impact of iron overload and its treatment on quality of life: results from a literature review"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học đề tài : The impact of iron overload and its treatment on quality of life: results from a literature review | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research The impact of iron overload and its treatment on quality of life results from a literature review Linda Abetz 1 Jean-Francois Baladi2 Paula Jones2 and Diana Rofail1 Open Access Address 1Mapi Values Ltd Adelphi Mill Grimshaw Lane Bollington Cheshire SK10 5JB UK and 2Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Global Marketing Oncology 180 Park Avenue Bldg. 105 Florham Park NJ 07932-0675 USA Email Linda Abetz - Jean-Francois Baladi - Paula Jones - Diana Rofail - Corresponding author Published 28 September 2006 Received 13 July 2006 J . .mr. A. AJ A I I AA 11ArAr A A Accepted 28 September 2006 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2006 4 73 doi 1477-7525-4-73 This article is available from http content 4 1 73 2006 Abetz et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background To assess the literature for the impact of iron overload and infusion Iron Chelation Therapy ICT on patients quality of life QoL and the availability of QoL instruments for patients undergoing infusion ICT. Also to obtain patients experiences of having iron overload and receiving infusion ICT and experts clinical opinions about the impact of treatment on patients lives. Methods A search of studies published between 1966 and 2004 was conducted using Medline and the Health Economic Evaluation Database HEED . Qualitative results from patient and expert interviews were analysed. Hand searching of relevant conference abstracts completed the search. Results Few studies measuring the impact of ICT with deferoxamine DFO on patients QoL were located n 15