妊娠期高血压疾病早期肾损害的监测进展

妊娠妇女随着孕周的增加,其本身及胎儿代谢产物逐渐增多,加之循环血容量增加,使肾脏总体负荷加重,容易并发肾损害。妊娠期高血压疾病是妊娠期特有的疾病,其病理生理变化为全身小血管痉挛、内皮损伤及局部缺血;肾脏最先受累。严重的肾损害会导致较高的母儿患病率和病死率,而肾脏损害存在无症状阶段,通过筛查才能发现相对早期的肾损害。探索妊娠期高血压疾病早期肾损害敏感性指标,可早发现、早干预,从而减少不良产科结局。     

How physiotherapists perceive,interpret, and respond to the ethical dimensions of practice: A qualitative study

The profile and reach of physiotherapy has expanded in areas of extended scope of practice, and broader engagement with population needs beyond the individual treatment encounter. These changes raise increasingly complex ethical challenges evidenced by growth in physiotherapy-based ethics studies and discussions. This paper examines how a broad cross section of Australian physiotherapists perceive, interpret, and respond to ethical challenges in their work contexts and how professional codes of conduct are used in their practice. Using an interpretive qualitative methodology, purposive sampling of 88 members of national clinical special interest groups were recruited for focus group discussions. Narrative-based and thematic data analysis identified ethical challenges as emerging from specific clinical contexts, and influenced by health organizations, funding policies, workplace relationships, and individually held perspectives. Five themes were developed to represent these findings: (1) the working environment, (2) balancing diverse needs and expectation, (3) defining ethics, (4) striving to act ethically, and (5) talking about ethics. The results portray a diverse and complex ethical landscape where therapists encounter and grapple with ethical questions emerging from the impact of funding models and policies affecting clinical work, expanding boundaries and scope of practice and changing professional roles and relationships. Codes of conduct were described as foundational ethical knowledge but not always helpful for “in the moment” ethical decision-making. Based on this research, we suggest how codes of conduct, educators, and professional associations could cultivate and nurture ethics capability in physiotherapy practitioners for these contemporary challenges.