Archive for 'Guideline'
New Guidelines Recommend Opioids for Seniors’ Pain
The use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or cox-2 inhibitors to treat persistent pain in seniors should be drastically reduced, according to new pain management guidelines released this week by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS).
The original guidelines recommended the use of over-the-counter or prescription NSAIDs and cox-2 inhibitors such as aspirin or ibuprofen before seniors [...]
Posted: May 7th, 2009 under Guideline, Palliative Care.
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Neurosurgical Emergencies for Non-neurosurgeons
New ppt: Neurosurgical Emergencies for Non-neurosurgeons
Brian Iuliano M.D.
Providence Neurosurgery
December 18, 2008
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Posted: December 18th, 2008 under Blood clots, Guideline, PowerPoint, St. Peter Hospital, Stroke.
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New Guidelines Rule Out Prostate Screening for Men Over 75
Updated government guidelines take a dim view of prostate cancer screenings at any age and flatly recommend against them entirely for men over 75.
The over-75 rule “is much more explicit than any recommendation out there right now” for using the prostate-screening antigen (PSA) test, said Dr. Michael L. LeFevre, a member of the U.S. Preventive [...]
Posted: August 5th, 2008 under Guideline, Prostate.
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