Saturday 20 October 2012

Fibrosis Of Lungs

Fibrosis Of  Lungs

The quality of well-being scale (QWB) has been used to measure overall life quality in a number of different clinical conditions, including cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Evidence supports its validity and reliability in both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. One of the strengths of the QWB is that it is not organ-specific, so that it can take into account the broad impact of a disease and/or intervention, including unanticipated effects. The well-year of life is a concept that includes both morbidity and mortality: if a disease reduces quality of life by one-half, over a period of two years, that person can be said to have lost one full well-year. As we examine the impact of diseases such as cystic fibrosis, and of interventions such as lung transplantation, it is important to consider changes in overall well-being over time to help individual patients and families make difficult therapeutic choices and to help formulate health policy.

Fibrosis Of  Lungs

Fibrosis Of  Lungs

Fibrosis Of  Lungs

Fibrosis Of  Lungs

Fibrosis Of  Lungs

Fibrosis Of  Lungs

Fibrosis Of  Lungs

Fibrosis Of  Lungs

Fibrosis Of  Lungs

 

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