Using the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool to routinely assess pain in non-verbal ICU patients improved both the frequency of documented pain assessments and the administration of analgesics in two Canadian ICUs.
Medications for Risk Reduction of Breast Cancer in Women
Although mortality rates for sepsis have improved over the past two decades, its increasing incidence has resulted in a tripling of the number of in-hospital deaths related to sepsis over the same time period.
In this prospective, multicenter cohort study, intrahospital transport of ventilated patients was common and associated with complications. Whether these complications are directly attributable to the transport is questionable.
Evidence-based updates in primary care medicine By Louis Kuritzky, MD
Supplement to Clinical Cardiology Alert, Clinical Oncology Alert, Critical Care Alert, Hospital Medicine Alert, Infectious Disease Alert, Neurology Alert, OB/GYN Clinical Alert, Primary Care Reports.
Although the treatment of schizophrenia (SCH) involving psychological therapies and antipsychotic medications is typically done under the supervision of a psychiatrist, managing medical complications of the pharmacological interventions often falls on the primary care physician.
Noninvasive ventilation has previously been shown to improve outcomes in studies of patients with acute respiratory failure secondary to an acute exacerbation of COPD. This study confirms the effectiveness of noninvasive ventilation in a large population-based registry and also demonstrates the wide variability of implementation and significant under-utilization of this therapy.
