Revue de l'infirmière
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Revue de l'infirmière · Oct 2012
Review Case ReportsReceiving family of a patient in intensive care.
Pierre is currently working in the intensive care unit (ICU). The rules for visitors are strict. ⋯ Standards of hygiene have to be respected carefully. This evening Pierre accompanies the husband of a Japanese tourist whose health is in a critical condition.
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Long time the preserve of psychiatry, music therapy is today used in general care. At Necker University Children's Hospital in Paris, it forms part of the treatment of multifactorial pain, with the collaboration of nursing teams.
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As no screening test exists, most cases of lung cancer are diagnosed when the disease is already at a locally advanced or metastatic stage, which has a negative impact on the prognosis. The epidemiological evolution of this cancer is worrying, notably with regard to the explosion in the number of women affected.