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Lauri R. Graham; Laurie Scudder, DNP, NP; Douglas Throckmorton, MD Addressing the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States is a complicated task, necessitating a variety of approaches, including education of clinicians and patients, guidance for clinicians on pain management, development of alternative strategies for treating pain, and new regulations (such as prescription drug monitoring […]
Read MoreMost health care providers think of sepsis as a problem in the ICU, but a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that 80% of patients diagnosed with sepsis developed the condition outside the hospital. In addition, seven in 10 patients with sepsis used health care services or had […]
Read MoreThe increasing distribution of illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF) across the United States, and the sharp rise in overdose deaths linked to this drug, are causing more concern about a growing threat to public health and safety. According to a report published online August 25 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the number of drug […]
Read MoreNoninvasive ventilation (NIV) delivered by helmet (Sea-Long Medical Systems Inc.) significantly reduced the intubation rate compared with NIV delivered through an oronasal face mask in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). According to the results from this randomized controlled trial published in JAMA (2016;315:2435-2441), patients who used the helmet also had more ventilator-free days and significantly […]
Read MoreClinicians using programmable, or smart, syringe pumps should take precautions against mishaps that can occur at low infusion rates of high-risk, life-sustaining therapies, such as those at less than 5 mL per hour, and especially those at less than 0.5 mL per hour, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today. Programmable syringe pumps […]
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