tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học 'Respiratory Research cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: " Health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. | Respiratory Research BioMed Central Research Open Access Health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension Darren BTaichman Jennifer Shin Laryssa Hud Christine Archer-Chicko Sandra Kaplan Jeffery S Sager Robert Gallop Jason Christie John Hansen-Flaschen and Harold Palevsky Address Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Division University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Medical Center-Presbyterian Philadelphia PA 19104 USA Email Darren B Taichman - Jennifer Shin - jennshin@ Laryssa Hud - Christine Archer-Chicko - Sandra Kaplan - Jeffery S Sager - sagerj@ Robert Gallop - rgallop@ Jason Christie - jchristi@ John Hansen-Flaschen - Harold Palevsky- Corresponding author Published 10 August 2005 Received 21 June 2005 Respiratory Research 2005 6 92 doi l465-992l-6-92 Accepted 10 August 2005 This article is available from http content 6 l 92 2005 Taichman 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 Improved outcomes with expanding treatment options for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension present the opportunity to consider additional end-points in approaching therapy including factors that influence health-related quality of life. However comparatively little is known about health-related quality of life and its determinants in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Methods Health-related quality of life was evaluated in a cross sectional study of 155 outpatients with