SURGICAL DOCUMENTATION

BASICS: http://www.utmb.edu/surgery/clerks/surgdocu.htm

Pain

Measuring pain as a fifth vital sign does NOT improve the quality of pain management.

Interesting discussion on the futility of measuring pain as a fifth vital sign - the topic is just too complicated to scale from 0-10; plus it is so subjective and so susceptible to different psychological/emotional factors.

More problems with JCAHO initiative about pain.

Zometa for Breast Cancer

preventing recurrence in bones and else where in young patients with breast cancer.

Genetic Profiling for Cancer

Genetic profiling in breast cancer to tailor therapy

Gene profiling for use in lung nodules