Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
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Editorial Comment
Bronchial thermoplasty: a promising therapy, still in its infancy.
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Review Case Reports
Hypothermia after cardiac arrest: beneficial, but slow to be adopted.
Survivors of cardiac arrest due to ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation have improved neurologic outcomes if they are cooled to a core body temperature of 32°C to 34°C for 24 hours as soon as possible after reaching the hospital.
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For a variety of reasons, cancer pain is often undertreated, adversely affecting the quality of life for patients and caregivers. To manage cancer pain effectively, physicians need to understand its pathogenesis, how to assess it, how to treat it, and, in particular, how to optimize opioid treatment. We discuss common questions faced by physicians in everyday practice.