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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...