Clinical Review
Clinical Review
Integrating Palliative Care in COPD Treatment
After receiving palliative care, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease showed a decrease in the average number of emergency...
Clinical Review
The Relationship Between Sustained Gripping and the Development of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
An examination of clinical and electrodiagnostic assessments and fully characterized individual hand usage patterns finds a relationship between...
Clinical Review
The Cost of Oncology Drugs: A Pharmacy Perspective, Part 2
Guidance documents, the Pharmacy Benefits Management Services, and the VA National Formulary help clinicians and pharmacists decide whether to...
Case Reports
Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: The Learning Curve
Living with diabetes mellitus and its complications can be challenging, but treatment by a specialized wound care staff adept in treating diabetic...
Clinical Review
The Most Expensive Drug in the World: To Continue or Discontinue, That Is the Question
Tailoring treatment based on genetics and medical history may be preferable for patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome who face lifelong...
Clinical Review
Survival After Long-Term Residence in an Intensive Care Unit
A higher mortality trend correlated with increased age and length of stay for medical and surgical patients in the intensive care unit.
Clinical Review
Disease-Modifying Therapies in Multiple Sclerosis: Overview and Treatment Considerations
Controlling symptoms can slow the physical and emotional disabilities associated with multiple sclerosis and help patients attain the highest...
Clinical Review
The Relationship Between Male Patients’ Antihypertensive Medication Beliefs and Erectile Function
There was no association between the demographic variables of age, race, marital status, and education and respondents’ medication beliefs or...
Case Reports
A Physician With Thigh Pain
To prevent death, necrotizing soft-tissue infections should be diagnosed quickly and treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics and surgical...
Clinical Review
Anterior Cervical Interbody Fusion Using a Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Cage Device and Local Autograft Bone
In a population of patients with high rates of tobacco use, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and other factors that negatively affect fusion rates,...