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Education And Assessment Of Psycho-Existential Symptoms To Prevent Suicidality In Cancer Care, David W. Kissane

Medical Papers and Journal Articles

Clinicians acknowledge awkwardness and lack of skills in assessing suicidal symptoms. This requires increased education, screening for psycho-existential symptoms, and the therapeutic targeting of key symptoms. Assessment of hopelessness, pointlessness, low morale, entrapment, anhedonia, loss of control, loss of roles, and the wish to die prove extremely helpful in recognising a suicidal patient. Use of a screening tool for psycho-existential symptoms aids this recognition and empowers referral for treatment. Communication skills training increases each clinician’s skill and provides a strategic sequence to explore symptoms that mediate suicidal thinking. Network analysis research to identify core symptoms suggests that hopelessness, pointlessness, and …

Utility Of Preoperative Blood Screening Before Hip And Knee Arthroplasty, Sarah Shumborski, Benjamin Gooden, Lucy J. Salmon, Michael O'Sullivan, Leo Pinczewski, Justin P. Roe, Kaka Martina, Sarthak Chopra, Colin Maclean, Matthew C. Lyons

Medical Papers and Journal Articles

Background: It is engrained in medical training that routine blood screening prior to arthroplasty is necessary for optimal patient care. There is little evidence to support their utility and the aggregate cost to the health system. The purpose of this study was to evaluate preoperative blood screening by identifying the frequency of an abnormal result and to examine the influence of age, gender and body mass index on the frequency of abnormal blood pathology.

Methods: This is a retrospective review of 1000 patients from a single centre who underwent elective primary hip or knee arthroplasty from 2015 to 2017. Abnormal …