Search results for "Rehabilitation"
MKSAP Quiz: Follow-up examination for COPD
A 62-year-old man is evaluated in follow-up examination for COPD. Despite smoking cessation, adherence to his medical regimen, good inhaler technique, and participation in pulmonary rehabilitation, he continues to experience breathlessness with mild exertion and has diminished quality of life. Following a physical exam and other tests, what is the most appropriate treatment?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/10/08/3.htm
8 Oct 2024
Breaking barriers in PAD treatment
Medical societies released an updated guideline for the management of lower-extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) that includes preventive medical therapy and the latest thinking on effective screening, diagnosis, treatment, and risk management strategies.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/10/breaking-barriers-in-pad-treatment.htm
1 Oct 2024
Case management, financial incentives may improve cardiac rehab adherence
Patients with lower socioeconomic status were more likely to complete cardiac rehab if they received guidance from a case manager while in the hospital or financial incentives, and completion rates were even higher if they got both interventions, a recent trial found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/07/30/4.htm
30 Jul 2024
Cardiac rehab uptake remains low, despite benefits
Estimates from the American Heart Association suggest that only about 20% to 30% of eligible patients ever receive the intervention.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/03/cardiac-rehab-uptake-remains-low-despite-benefits.htm
1 Mar 2022
Therapist-led rehab had similar outcomes to home regimen after knee replacement
High-risk patients had similar knee function and pain at one year whether they received weekly sessions with a physiotherapist or were assigned to a home exercise program, according to a U.K. trial.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/20/4.htm
20 Oct 2020
Home-based cardiac rehabilitation may reduce mortality, study finds
An at-home program for recently hospitalized patients included telephone coaching and motivational interviewing sessions, a workbook, a DVD, and a personal health journal, as well as additional equipment as needed, and was associated with a reduction in mortality.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/03/07/4.htm
7 Mar 2023
Sorting out vertigo
A shift in diagnostic approach for vertigo involves asking about the timing and triggers for episodes rather than a description of symptoms.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/01/sorting-out-vertigo.htm
1 Jan 2024
Nonpharmaceutical interventions have strongest evidence support for poststroke rehab
Recently updated Veterans Affairs guidelines on rehabilitation after stroke were based on this review of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies for motor deficits or mood disorders after stroke.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/19/2.htm
19 Nov 2019
Refine your referrals to physical rehab with thought, timeliness
Internists can vastly improve outcomes for patients by referring more patients to physical rehabilitation earlier, more often, and for more conditions than they might think.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/04/rehabilitation.htm
1 Apr 2014
Internet-based rehab safe, effective for chronic vestibular syndrome, study finds
Patients with chronic vestibular syndrome were randomly assigned to a six-week internet-based intervention with weekly online sessions and 10 to 20 minutes of exercise a day, the internet-based intervention plus in-person physiotherapy support with home visits in weeks 1 and 3, or usual care.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/12/2.htm
12 Nov 2019