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A quality improvement team that focused on ways clinicians could better manage patients’ pain developed a one-page clinical pathway that clearly shows what needs to be done.
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As a part of their overall patient safety program, many health care organizations require that managers submit corrective action reports for every significant incident in their department.
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The Hospice of the Western Reserve of Cleveland makes pain management education a top priority, and the efforts have resulted in faster and more effective pain control for patients, officials say.
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Whether or not hospices have an ethics committee, it is a good idea to review and improve policies regarding ethical decision making, an expert says.
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Results from a new major study show middle-aged women who take aspirin lowered their risk of having a stroke, but their risk of myocardial infarction or death from cardiovascular causes was not affected.
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The only consistent intervention which appears to extend lifespan in mammals has been caloric restriction. This has been shown in a number of species, and there are ongoing studies in primates. Patients who voluntarily undergo caloric restriction show improvement in some of the biomarkers which improve in calorically restricted mammals. Other interventions, however, have been largely unsuccessful in extending lifespan.
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The availability of sensitive and reproducible measures of autonomic function has improved physicians’ ability to diagnose these disorders.
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It would be reasonable to empirically try sildeanfil and related drugs in both men and women with MS having sexual complaints.
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This article reports the findings from a neuropathologic study of brain tissue and CSF from autistic patients suggesting an inflammatory-mediated component to this syndrome.
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Pregabalin appears to be a safe and effective alternative in the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy.
