Jeannette Y. Wick, RPh, MBA, FASCP

A perioperative dose of pregabalin can reduce pain after an oculoplastic eyelid procedure, according to the results of a small study.

As more pediatric surgical procedures being conducted as same-day procedures, parents are assuming responsibility for their children's immediate post-operative pain management.

Appearance-altering realities in television and social media are not just a recreational pastime for Americans. They influence attitudes toward cosmetic surgery.

Although variouis contraceptives are available for women whose baseline health is good, women who have chronic medical conditions have unique concerns.

Just 6% of individuals with pancreatic cancer live 5 years after diagnosis, and almost half of newly diagnosed pancreatic cancer presents as new-onset diabetes mellitus.

Despite hesitation from patients and other barriers in the healthcare industry, clinicians should encourage patients with type 2 diabetes to switch to insulin much earlier in the disease.

Stress urinary incontinence has been associated with poor quality of life, social isolation, and depression. A new study compared the cost and cost effectiveness of 3 treatment strategies.

The Endocrine Society and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists have released a list of 5 unnecessary tests and procedures as part of the Choosing Wisely project.

New guidelines for the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension include 79 recommendations and expert consensus statements, as well as appropriate use of the latest drug therapies.

Surgery to address drug-resistant epilepsy may improve psychoses, according to a study.

Often physicians compare the condition of obese and overweight children to their parents and siblings as an explanation for their weight.

Researchers examine whether patients with hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia saw improved health outcomes after Massachusetts Health Reform was implemented in 2006.

The issue of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, which increases duration of treatment and hospital length of stay, is complicated in the surgical suite.

As life expectancies for cystic fibrosis patients have increased, so have possible long-term complications such as diabetes.

As nearly half of the baby boomer generation joins the group of people with erectile dysfunction, patients with the condition are becoming more vocal about living with the condition and their desire to overcome it.

Despite these improvements in medical technology, diabetic nephropathy remains unpredictable and life-threatening. Identifying high-risk patients at an early stage could help clinicians take appropriate steps to reduce risk.

Surgeons and endocrinologists have wondered if bisphosphonate use might reduce revision hip replacements, and a new study indicates they may help.

A new study explores the disparity in surgical residents' and their attending surgeons' perceptions operating room guidance.

Surgeons' concerns about a controversial process to transition high-risk patients off anticoagulation may be warranted.

Clinicians must anticipate changes in kidney function during acute illness and surgical procedures, as well as frequently reassess metformin use in older patients, since kidney function declines predictably with age.

In a recent study, mice that were fed diets rich in omega-3 fatty acids had healthier knee joints than those that consumed high levels of saturated fats and omega-6 fatty acids.

Though hospital stay duration was once used as a surrogate outcome for surgical recovery, the increasing popularity of short-stay surgery has eliminated that measure, making it harder for hospitals to track recovery trajectories and more difficult for surgeons to plan physical, psychological, and social postoperative courses for prospective patients.

Agent Orange exposure several decades earlier may increase morbidity from various diseases, some of which have rarely been explored in previous epidemiologic studies.

Though physicians routinely weigh therapeutic benefits against risks, several clinical ethics issues are unique to thyroid disease management.

For many procedures, minimally invasive surgery is superior to open surgery because it typically involves a few small incisions, rather than one large open cut.

A recent article examines the factors that influence a clinician's decision to continue a statin-intolerant patient on statin therapy when the benefits potentially outweigh the risks.

Since roughly 70-80% of indeterminate thyroid nodules are diagnosed as benign from histologic follow-up of fine-needle aspiration cytology, researchers have conducted numerous studies to identify the clinical risk factors that predict malignancy.

While rhabdomyolysis has been recognized as a consequence of crush injuries since the late 1800s, the most significant step toward finding the condition's causes, mechanisms, and management strategies occurred when physicians who treated crush injuries from the 1941 London Blitz identified a link between rhabdomyolysis and renal impairment.

Since many patients have insulin resistance, prescribing insulin therapy for diabetes often requires trial and error.

When gallstones are the source of acute pancreatitis, the condition can be life threatening.