Research published in Cancer Medicine demonstrated that the use of two behavioral interventions, mindfulness relaxation (MR) and relaxing music (RM), helped to reduce incidents of mid-chemotherapy anticipatory nausea and vomiting (ANV) in patients.
Research published in Cancer Medicine demonstrated that the use of two behavioral interventions, mindfulness relaxation (MR) and relaxing music (RM), helped to reduce incidents of mid-chemotherapy anticipatory nausea and vomiting (ANV) in patients.
As the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has taken hold in the United States, transplant programs have had to prepare to make critical decisions during a time of severely constrained resources. A transition must be made from the traditional “justice versus utility” approach in organ allocation to a more nuanced allocation scheme based on ethical values that drive decisions in times of absolute scarcity. The goal of this new mind-set is to help guide programs in deciding which patients to transplant, which donors to accept, how to minimize risk and how to ensure the best utilization of transplant team members.
About 90 percent of patients with advanced heart failure can be managed by a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). But for the 5 to 10 percent of patients with biventricular failure, an LVAD is not adequate. These patients have no option but a heart transplant or the current version of a total artificial heart.
With a 46 percent projected increase nationwide in patients living with heart failure between 2014 and 2030, the need to provide effective care for this patient population has taken on new urgency.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has shattered the processes meticulously developed over years by which physicians delivered quality care for patients with cirrhosis. COVID-19 has exposed deep flaws in the structural and process measures developed to follow patients, evaluate disease status and response to therapy, and screen for complications, each of which depends upon frequent physical patient-physician interaction.