Dec 1, 2024 · Health awareness campaigns occur all throughout the year in a wide variety of medical fields. These are when health awareness days, weeks, and months are happening this year.

Feb 4, 2016 · In anesthesia, the Mallampati score (or Mallampati classification) is used to predict the ease of intubation. It can also be used to predict whether a patient might have obstructive sleep apnea.

Feb 26, 2024 · Nasal bone fractures account for approximately 40% of all facial fractures. 1 In children, the most common cause of nasal bone fractures (NBFs) is sports (59.3%), followed by being in fights (10.8 ...

Apr 25, 2008 · What rise in creatine kinase (CK) is considered significant in patients on statin therapy? Does the presence or absence of myalgia symptoms affect significance?

All prescribers should be aware of the range of possible adverse effects associated with antibiotics. Though perhaps less well recognized than other adverse effects, various neurotoxicities ...

Jan 10, 2013 · Communicating concerns about nonspecific changes on ECG Exercise caution when a patient presents with acute chest pain. The ability to explain the situation as clearly as possible is essential.

Oct 22, 2008 · How soon after starting a patient on an antihypertensive medication should its effects be reviewed and the dosage adjusted? —Bhavana Japi, MD, New Hyde Park, N.Y.

Oct 8, 2024 · Beta-blockers have long been included in the treatment regimen following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) for many patients, based primarily on dated research. 1 The results of a recent clinical ...

Nov 14, 2024 · Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a drug-induced movement disorder (extrapyramidal syndrome) that develops as a delayed complication of chronic exposure to dopamine receptor-blocking agents (DRBAs).

Dec 1, 2011 · Instead of simply checking microalbumin levels of our diabetic and hypertensive patients, we have begun to do spot urinalysis for a microalbumin:creatinine ratio.