Tammy P. McConnell, MSN, RN; Connie W. Lee, EdD, ARNP, IBCLC; Mary Couillard, PhD, RN, CS, FNP; Windsor Westbrook Sherrill, PhD, MBA, MHA ...

Assessing depression in the elderly is acknowledged to be difficult because depression may have atypical presentations in elderly individuals. Numerous rating scales for depression are available ...

Since Carl Djerassi and Gregory Pincus brought the proof of concept of OCs in the early 1960s, with a pill containing norethidronel as a progestin and mestranol as an estrogen, many different ...

Following oral administration of a drug, extent and speed of absorption is influenced by several processes. With respect to the formulation of the drug, this comprises: release of the active ...

The decrease in CD4 cells during HIV infection seems to be driven by immune activation, which does not always correlate with viral load. Experienced clinicians are all too familiar with the ...

Bisphosphonates are the mainstay of osteoporosis therapy. Extensive clinical evaluation supports their utility in stemming progression of the disease and in reducing fracture risk. In the course ...

Mania should be included in the differential diagnosis of elderly patients with relatively acute onset of confusion and agitation. The diagnostic evaluation should first include a complete ...

We present a case of Guillain-Barré syndrome in a child who received hepatitis A vaccine 5 days before onset of the clinical symptoms. In our patient, the association of Guillain-Barré syndrome ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65(24):2347-2357. Administer medications via the oral route when possible. Determine the enteral feeding tube size (e.g., small bore or large bore), insertion site (e ...

Deborah Flapan came to Medscape from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), where she worked on the JAMA Information Center Web sites. Before that, she was managing editor of ...

Modern laboratory techniques for the detection of novel human viruses are greatly needed as physicians and epidemiologists increasingly deal with infectious diseases caused by new or previously ...

Neoplasms can affect host defenses in numerous ways due to underlying immunologic impairment, weight loss, malnutrition, and/or as a consequence of therapy. For example, neutropenia can be ...