June 1, 2009
By:Martha K. Raymond, RN, BSN, BS
The Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative has identified links between preventive care adherence and incident atherosclerotic heart disease. Higher rates of compliance with preventive steps, as measures by blood testing, cut heart disease risk by half.
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June 1, 2009
By:Martha K. Raymond, RN, BSN, BS
To determine the relationship between coronary arterial disease and undiagnosed peripheral arterial disease, researchers tested coronary-intervention patients for PAD.
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May 1, 2009
By:Jennifer L. W. Fink, RN, BSN
Researchers at two Boston-area hospitals found that daily text-message reminders to wear sunscreen boosted compliance rates compared to participants who received no reminders.
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May 1, 2009
By:Jennifer L. W. Fink, RN, BSN
The common plastic bath basin in hospital rooms can carry bacteria, including Staph. aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci, according to testing reported in the American Journal of Critical Care.
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May 1, 2009
By:Martha K. Raymond, RN, BSN
Strict enforcement of elective induction guidelines reduced unwarranted induced-labor births and first-birth caesarean deliveries, according to a research program reported in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
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May 1, 2009
By:Jennifer L. W. Fink, RN, BSN
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute reported that carriers of breast-cancer mutations should reverse current, early-mammography practice and wait until age 35 to avoid radiation side effects.
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April 1, 2009
By:Martha K. Raymond, RN, BSN
The American Urology Association has identified four categories of urologic surgeries for which deep-vein-thrombosis prophylaxis, both mechanical and pharmacologic, is recommended.
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April 1, 2009
By:Martha K. Raymond, RN, BSN
No difference was found in a study of glycemic-control methods for avoiding future cardiovascular events in diabetic heart-attack sufferers. Neither basal nor premeal blood-sugar control methods had any effect on future CV disease progression.
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