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Palliative is derived from the Latin palliare, which means to cloak. In the world of palliative care, cloak is quite representative of the many supportive functions a palliative care team member can provide for a patient and family. This article will help define how the field of palliative medicine has evolved, but it is important to understand some of its history first.
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Moderate or severe EEG abnormalities are frequently seen in patients during therapeutic hypothermia following cardiac arrest and these findings are associated with poor outcomes.
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NSAIDs and cardiovascular risk; new antithrombotic guidelines; warfarin during surgery; Pfizer selling Viagra online; azithromycin and cardiovascular risk; and FDA actions.
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a stroke syndrome, defined as rapidly developing neurological dysfunction and/or headache because of bleeding into the subarachnoid space (the space between the subarachnoid membrane and the pia mater of the brain or spinal cord), which is not caused by trauma.1 It is a dire condition with high morbidity and mortality.
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Despite better compliance with hand hygiene and screening, use of isolation, and other techniques, ICUs remain notorious breeding grounds for hospital-acquired infections. A universal decolonization strategy reduces the total number of ICU bloodborne infections.
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A recently published study by investigators led by Clostridium difficile expert Dale Gerding, MD, found that soap and water hand washing widely recommended to remove the spore-forming pathogen is surprisingly ineffective.
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Dr. Baron is a stockholder for Cepheid, and Immunogenetics, is Director of Medical Affairs for Cepheid, and is on the Scientific Advisory Board for OpGen, Immunogenetics, and NanoMR. She is co-founder of the Diagnostic Microbiology Development Program (www.dmdp.org), a non-profit organization that does laboratory capacity building in the developing world.
