A new study in the journal Pediatrics has demonstrated an algorithm to evaluate when children with chest pain should be referred for further diagnosis. Pediatric chest pain is seldom due to heart ...

When patients are scheduled for surgery at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, clinicians check the person’s prescription drug history embedded in the electronic health record. This history provides scores ...

MUSC Children's Health hematologists/oncologists Dr. Michelle Hudspeth (left) and Dr. Shayla Bergmann (right) conducted a study of a new algorithm to standardize the ...

When a patient cannot say how much pain they are in, such as when they are sedated, have dementia, or are nonverbal, clinicians turn to facial expressions to guide treatment. Tension, frowning, or ...

The algorithm also addresses pharmacologic approaches for debilitating and nondebilitating breast pain. 15-22 A short course of a scheduled oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication can improve ...

Subcutaneous and retromammary fat surrounds the glandular tissue and constitutes most of the bulk of the breast. 3 Stimulation of breast tissue by hormone fluctuations during the menstrual cycle may ...