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Goal Setting In Cardiac Rehabilitation: Implications For Clinical Practice, Ritin Fernandez, Rohan Rajaratnam, Kasey Evans, Anau Speizer
Goal Setting In Cardiac Rehabilitation: Implications For Clinical Practice, Ritin Fernandez, Rohan Rajaratnam, Kasey Evans, Anau Speizer
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Background: Effective goal setting is a vital component of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs. Objective: The objectives of this study were to investigate the types of goals set by patients attending a CR program in a tertiary teaching hospital and the compatibility of the goals set with the patient's risk factor profile. Methods: A descriptive, cross sectional, retrospective audit of the medical records of patients who attended the CR program in a tertiary teaching hospital in Sydney NSW between January 2007 and December 2009 was undertaken. The medical records of 355 patients who attended CR within the stipulated time frame were …
A Patient Experiencing Pseudoseizures: A Case Report, F Joseph, J Quinlan
A Patient Experiencing Pseudoseizures: A Case Report, F Joseph, J Quinlan
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Pseudoseizures are a relatively complex problem of unknown aetiology and prognosis. They can at times resemble genuine seizure attacks but they have no abnormal electroencephalograpic (EEG) activity. Understanding the patient's unique psychological background appears to be fundamental in managing seizure frequency. Pseudoseizures can be disruptive to a person's lifestyle, limiting their ability to function and progress in society, particularly when it comes to employment or social interaction. The case discussed involves a 59-year old man who presents with what is believed to be seizurerelated activity but through the course of clinical evaluation, this turned out to be pseudoseizures