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Getting patients to start exercising and keep going is one of the biggest hurdles in rehab. Most patients probably know they would be better off taking walks and eating vegetables, but lying on the couch and eating chocolate may be much more enticing. Changing that mindset can certainly be a challenge. But what if your patients have a disability that not only affects their bodies but also their minds?
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You, and everyone else you know in rehab, surely are familiar with the interdisciplinary model for health care. Everybodys doing it. But have you heard of the transdisciplinary approach?
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The RWJ University Hospital Foundation Inc. has improved the efficiency of its fundraising operations by switching to new software that allows more effective management of its donor database.
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Ergonomics is more than a way to lift patients. As Butler (PA) Memorial Hospital found, it can lift morale and employee satisfaction as well.
The challenge is to overcome negative perceptions and convince staff that hospital administration is serious about reducing injuries, says Karen Bosley, RN, manager of the employee health service of the western Pennsylvania hospital.
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Blood pressure reduction in the first 24 hours of stroke onset is independently associated with poor outcome after 3 months.
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In this study, fecal incontinence therapies, including standard care (advice), sphincter exercises, and computer-assisted biofeedback, all led to substantial improvements in continence, quality of life, psychological well being, and sphincter function with no evidence of superiority for biofeedback.
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The ECG and rhythm strip in the Figure were obtained from an elderly woman admitted for an acute stroke. Her neurologic deficit was not progressing, and she was clinically stable at the time of admission to the hospital. No history of smoking. The computer interpreted her rhythm as atrial fibrillation. Do you agree? Should the patient be anticoagulated?
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TZDs and HF in People with Type 2 Diabetes; Exercise Plus Behavioral Management in Patients with AD; Spironolactone in Resistant HBP
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A second biological agent has been approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.