Ethical Considerations of Using a Feeding Tube in Dementia
The four principles of medical ethics: CASE: The patient is a 63 year old with a history of CVA, dementia (BIMS = 9)and failure to thrive. In March 2024 she…
MOST Form
What is a MOST form? It is an advanced directive? The MOST form (Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment) is a voluntary form that patients can choose to complete, usually…
Multiple adverse outcomes associated with antipsychotic use in people with dementia: population based matched cohort study | The BMJ
https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj-2023-076268
Kentucky Antibiotic Stewardship Innovation Consortium
Clinical Pearts One Pagers – Clinical Pearls – KASIC (kymdro.org) LTC Treatment Guidance
Not a UTI in Nursing Home Resident
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Pyuria does not equal UTI
Presence of pyuria, in the absence of urinary tract infection symptoms, is not diagnostic of a urinary tractinfection and does not require antibiotic treatment. Absence of pyuria strongly argues against…
Don’t Lose Your Head: Altered Mental Status (AMS) and UTI
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TB testing: TB skin Test (TST) vs interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA)
TB TST vs IGRA MedscapeDownload
Serum Ammonia Levels Do Not Correlate With Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy Severity in Hospitalized Patients With Cirrhosis – Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
https://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-3565(24)00219-2/fulltext In conclusion, these findings in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis and OHE reveal no apparent relationship between serum ammonia levels and OHE severity or time to OHE resolution. Although these…
Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS2 Infection or Exposure to SARS2
https://www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/infection-control/guidance-risk-assesment-hcp.html