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Internal medicine patients are frequently prescribed potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs)

Screening Tools Identify Potentially Inappropriate Meds

However, substantial proportion of PIMS identified in internal medicine ward are not clinically relevant
Engaging in abusive supervisory behavior may be associated with short-term beneficial effects

Short-Lived Benefits for Abusive Supervisory Behavior

Positive indirect effect on work engagement via recovery level, which is short-lived

October 2017 Briefing – Anesthesiology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Anesthesiology for October 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
Increased anesthesia duration is associated with significantly increased rates of surgical complications

Longer Anesthesia Duration Tied to More Surgical Complications

Findings in patients undergoing head, neck microvascular reconstruction
Onabotulinum toxin-A injections can improve sleep bruxism

Onabotulinum Toxin-A Can Safely Improve Sleep Bruxism

Improved clinical global impression and change in visual analog scale, pain at 4 to 8 weeks post therapy
Night shift workers have increased odds of obesity/overweight

Night Shift Tied to Increased Odds of Abdominal Obesity

Increased risk for permanent night workers compared with rotating night workers
National Health Service England recently recommended that professionals ask all patients their sexual orientation at every opportunity

Professionals Disagree About Asking Patients About Sexuality

Article offers opposing views about recommendation in England to ask patients about sexual orientation
Both paper-based and electronic health records have shortcomings in terms of quality of content

Quality Issues for Both Paper-, Electronic-Based Health Records

Study affirms poor quality of nursing documentation, as well as lack of knowledge and skills
Americans under age 65 years who were insured through their employer spent more than ever before on health care in 2016

Health Care Spending Up, Mainly Due to Rising Prices

Spending increasing despite no change or decline in utilization of most health care services
In 2015

Serious Suffering Affects Almost Half of Those Who Die Yearly

Vast majority who experience serious health-related suffering have no palliative care, pain relief