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Emergency Scenario Training in Live-Action VR is Intense
The view from the VR headset: Virtual reality reproductions of real cardiac emergencies used for training purposes.
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Pacifier and sucrose combo relieves feeding tube pain in preemies
May 3, 2011
| Critical Care, Neonatology, Nurses/NP/PA, Pediatrics, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When inserting a feeding tube through the nose, a pacifier and a squirt of sugar water can help relieve pain in preterm babies, according to a Norwegian study.
The research, published on Monday in Pediatrics, found that babies showed significantly fewer signs of pain when given...
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Bupropion aids smoking cessation in patients with schizophrenia
May 3, 2011
| Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Nurses/NP/PA, Pediatrics, Psychiatry & Mental Health, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Bupropion sustained release (SR) contributes to smoking cessation efforts in patients with schizophrenia, according to a report in the April 5th online Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
“Many people with chronic psychotic symptoms who are stable on their medication and in...
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Fixed hydromorphone protocol effective for emergency pain management
May 2, 2011
| Emergency Medicine, Nurses/NP/PA, Pain Management, Pharmacists, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -In the emergency department, a standardized protocol of hydromorphone administration is more efficacious than usual care for controlling acute severe pain, a team at Montefiore Medical Center in New York reports.
As described in the Annals of Emergency Medicine online April 20,...
