The international system for assessing organ dysfunction in critically ill patients is updated after thirty years

The updated version of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), the global reference system in intensive care medicine ...
Becker's ASC

SourceMedical Provides ASCs With Immediate Access to Patient Pre-Assessment Data

SourceMedical has announced an important new level of clinical integration designed to provide immediate access to patient pre-assessment data, permitting ASCs to integrate electronic patient medical ...
The Conversation

Doctors rank patients’ own assessment of their illness as least important in diagnosis – new study

Rupert Harwood does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Firehouse

Simplifying Prehospital Agitation Management with the Sedation Assessment Tool

Janine E. Curcio and Dr. Robert Lowe provide a seven-point scale based on speech and responsiveness to decide whether or not to use sedation for an agitated patient. Managing an agitated or aggressive ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Wearable Activity Tracker Data Enhance Patient Assessment in Lung Cancer

This analysis included 119 patients with advanced lung cancer, who were evaluated on 3 facets of physical activity over 14 days of using the amuelink wearable device from Sony: metabolic equivalent ...
Healio

Assessment tool can help clinicians create a home-first culture

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For some patients, home therapies are preferable to in-center dialysis treatment. This option has been ...