Q&A: Best Practices for Infusing Vesicant & Irritant Agents Via Midline Catheters
Physician’s Weekly spoke with Lynn Hadaway, MEd, RN, CRNI, about the use of midline catheters for vesicant and irritant medication administration.
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Author: Teresa Sellinger
Q&A: Clinical Environment Checklist Helps Accessibility for Patients With Obesity
Researchers developed a clinical environment checklist to ensure physicians are properly equipped to accommodate patients and combat obesity stigma.
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Learning to Be Patient With Severe TBI Victims
Due to a lack of intensivists in US hospitals, the popularity of eICUs is growing, but significant questions about its costs, resources, and benefits remain.
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Q&A: Ensuring Timely Diagnosis & Referrals for Patients With Postpartum Depression
Physicians discuss improving postpartum depression screening, addressing cultural barriers, and enhancing access to care for diverse patient groups.
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Q&A: Microbiota Transplant Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis
Researchers used an existing algorithm to track the engraftment of fecal microbiota transplants in ulcerative colitis, and found short-term engraftment stable.
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Dissatisfaction With Multiple Facets of Care Reported in Psoriasis & Psoriatic Arthritis
Low patient satisfaction in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis for clinicians and treatment is tied to a need for better communication and shared decision-making.
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Managing Metabolic Comorbidities in Plaque Psoriasis
Research shows lifestyle changes like diet, exercise, and smoking cessation can assist with improving psoriasis outcomes and managing metabolic comorbidities.
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Navigating Challenges in HSCT Eligibility for Myelofibrosis
Updated guidelines on allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for myelofibrosis examine spleen-related complications, iron overload, and more.
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Assessment Tool Validated to Fill Gaps in Disability Management for COPD
A recent study suggests that the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument is an effective diagnostic instrument to assess COPD disability and function.
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A Clinician’s Guide to Surrogate Endpoints in Hematology
A recent paper provides guidance for clinicians to determine the validity of surrogate endpoints in clinical trials related to hematologic malignancies.
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Improving PrEP Uptake in MSM Who Inject Drugs
PrEP uptake in MSM who inject drugs is low, although research shows this group is at higher risk for HIV acquisition through drug injections, sex, or both.
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Q&A: Best Practices for Infection Prevention in ECMO
As the use of ECMO expands, input from infectious disease clinicians is needed to standardize antimicrobial prophylaxis and infection prevention practices.
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Considering Baseline Functional Status to Improve Prognostication in NSCLC
Baseline functional scores strongly improve overall survival and functional resilience prognostication in NSCLC compared with ECOG performance status.
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Spotting Apical HCM: ECG Patterns Identified to Support Differential Diagnosis
Researchers identified ECG patterns to help clinicians distinguish apical HCM from Wellens’ syndrome, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, and intracranial processes.
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Refining Fracture Risk Assessment for Patients With Cancer
FRAX has been validated for fracture risk assessment for patients with cancer, with HRs indicating an association between FRAX scores and fracture risk.
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Q&A: Leveraging PIRA for Cognition in MS Care
Findings from a retrospective study show that, in MS, cognition can decline independent of relapse as well as independent of worsening physical disability.
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Cardiac Catheterization to Diagnose PAH: Tips & Pitfalls, Part 2
Authors of a recent review shared expert insights and tips for conducting cardiac catheterization procedures to diagnose pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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Treating MASH in Patients With HIV
MASH exerts sex differences in those with HIV, according a recent study focused on sex-based differences in trends of MASH with liver fibrosis.
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Q&A: What is Your Role in Managing Depression in Patients With IRD?
Byron L. Lam, MD, discusses the impact of depression in inherited retinal diseases, and ophthalmology clinicians’ role in screening patients for depression.
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