Thesis(M.S.)--Auburn University, 2005. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Drexel University, 2008. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-137).

Thesis (M. Sc.), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1998. / Bibliography: leaves 98-135.

Thesis (M.D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1972. / Also available in print.

Thesis (M.D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1987. / Also available in electronic format. Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2008. / Title from title screen (viewed Jan. 28, 2009) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine. Includes bibliographical references and list of publications. Also available in print form.

Orientador: Luiz Antônio de Lima Resende / Banca: Luiz Antônio de Lima Resende / Banca: Pasqual Barretti / Banca: Heloisa Almeida de Lima Castro / Resumo: Este trabalho analisa alterações odontológicas em pacientes com insuficiência renal crônica, em programa de hemodiálise. As alterações odontológicas estudadas foram índice de dentes cariados, perdidos e obturados (CPOD), presença ou ausência de doença periodontal, número de desdentados totais e parciais. Os pacientes foram submetidos a exame neurológico dos nervos cranianos. Foi determinado o pH da saliva antes e após diálise. Dentre os 44 pacientes estudados, foram encontrados 23 desdentados totais, 7 desdentados parciais e 14 dentados. Vários apresentaram cáries, sem diferenças estatisticamente significativas em relação ao grupo controle; 7 pacientes apresentaram doença periodontal. Alterações de nervos cranianos foram encontradas em 36 pacientes. Os nervos cranianos mais freqüentemente acometidos foram VIII - vestíbulo-coclear, II - óptico e V - trigêmio. Alterações trigeminais foram encontradas em 20 pacientes. É provável que as alterações trigeminais aferentes estejam relacionadas com as perdas dentárias, na insuficiência renal crônica. / Abstract: This paper analyzes odontological alterations in hemodialysis patients with chronic renal failure. Odontological alterations were: index of decayed, lost, or filled teeth (DLFT); presence or absence of periodontal disease; and totally and partially toothless. Patients were submitted to neurological examination of the cranial nerves. Saliva pH was recorded before and after dialysis. Out of 44 patients, 23 were totally toothless, 7 partially toothless, and 14 dentate. Several had decay, but this was not statistically significant to controls; 7 had periodontal disease. Cranial nerve alterations were found in 36 patients. The most frequently compromised nerves were the VIII - vestibulocochlear, II - optic, and V - trigeminal. Trigeminal alterations were found in 20 patients. Probably afferent trigeminal alterations are related to tooth loss in chronic renal failure. / Mestre

People living with renal failure experience enormous challenges, yet very little is known about life with this disease. The goal of this research was to gain an integrated understanding of the lives of people with renal failure. An understanding of life with renal failure that includes cultural, institutional and historical contexts may provide health care practitioners with the kind of information and insights necessary to improve medical practice. Thus far, medical practice has been based on a biomedical model of care that focuses almost exclusively on the physical aspects of illness. From this perspective, people with kidney disease are seen as autonomous and rational individuals. In this research, a sociocultural multiple case study approach was utilized in order to gain a situated understanding of life for four people with renal disease. This research revealed that life with renal failure is work. While it is the people living with renal failure who do the bulk of the work, friends and family also work to "live" with renal disease. Participants and their significant others learn about and become experts on life with this disease. A gap was found between practitioners' understanding of disease and participants' lived experience — resulting in many negative repercussions. Medical-based knowledge is lacking because it does not consider the three relevant sources of knowledge: practitioners, participants and participants' significant others. This research argues for a bridge between the home world and the hospital world, so that a broader community of practice is created. An account of the lived experience of people with renal failure that includes these factors can inform "best practice" because it provides a richer and more authentic picture of life with this illness. It is from this perspective that health care practitioners can begin to broaden their understanding of renal failure as it is "lived", and, so informed, can better provide the kinds of education and support that will enhance the lives of people with this illness.

Thesis (M.N.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2004. / Bibliography: leaves 188-195.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Nursing. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2004. / "A dissertation in nursing." Advisor: Peggy Ward-Smith. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed feb. 27, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-131). Online version of the print edition.