Nursing

Tumor necrosis factor blockers can increase risk of lymphoma and other malignancies in pediatric patients, leading the FDA to issue a Boxed Warning mandate for these agents.

As part of Advanstar and ModernMedicine's cross-publication focus on cardiometabolic disorders and weight, RN will present four nurse-oriented care plans for diseases in this spectrum, starting with features on diabetes and blood lipids.

An Archives of Internal Medicine study reported that older diabetes patients who started antipsychotic drug therapy had higher overall likelihoods of hyperglycemia.

A study of patients with atrial fibrillation and one or more comorbidities showed that using left atrial appendage closure reduced rates of stroke, cardiovascular death, and systemic embolism more effectively than warfarin therapy.

A recent study showed that non-invasive oxygen ventilation reduced rates of respiratory failure and reintubation in recently extubated, at-risk patients more effectively than convention oxygen therapy.

The journal Stroke reported that patients who had suffered recent strokes ran double the risk of fracturing their hips or femurs. Fall prevention programs and monitoring/medication of bone density may counteract this trend.

The American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics have stated that measuring infants' pulse oximetry after their first 24 hours can detect certain types of critical congenital heart disease.

After a housecleaning of the lax California State Board of Nursing, the eerily similar words of the board's chief, Governor Schwarzenegger, and his character in Terminator 2: Judgment Day make one wonder who the real protector might be.

Microbiologists determined that the stethoscopes of both bedside and nonmedical personnel can harbor and breed potentially pathogenic bacteria. Bedside nurses were shown to clean their stethoscopes less frequently than nonmedical personnel, but bacteria survived even regular cleaning efforts.