Adequate reporting of randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) is necessary to allow accurate critical appraisal of the validity and applicability of the results. The CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) Statement, a 22-item checklist and flow diagram, is intended to address this problem by improving the reporting of RCTs. However, some specific issues that apply to trials of nonpha...

2006;129;250-259 Chest F. Dennis McCool and Mark J. Rosen Clinical Practice Guidelines Nonpharmacologic Airway Clearance Therapies: ACCP Evidence-Based This information is current as of March 8, 2006 http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/full/129/1_suppl/250S located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is ISSN: 0012-3692. ...

Inclusion of interprofessional education for students in health care professions is supported through the Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (Interprofessional Education Collaborative Expert Panel, 2011). Both occupational therapy (OT) and nurse practitioner (NP) students learn how to provide care for individuals with mild or major neurocognitive disorders (NCDs), wh...

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) continues to be a significant, debilitating symptom resulting from the administration of neurotoxic chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer. CIPN is an important consequence of cancer treatment because of its potential impact on physical functioning and quality of life. Oncology nurses play an important role in assessing, monitoring, and educat...

Painful procedures in the neonatal intensive care unit are common, undertreated, and lead to adverse consequences. A stepwise approach to treatment should include pain recognition, assessment, and treatment, starting with nonpharmacologic and progressing to pharmacologic methods for increasing pain. The most common nonpharmacologic techniques include nonnutritive sucking with and without sucros...

intractable hiccup most be considered as a symptom of underlying serious pathologies. we report a case of medulla oblongata cavernous angima presented with persistant hiccup and without any improvement during routine nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment regimns. the patient is under our follow up visits and surgery is very high risk for this young girl.