Don’t use the ‘sliding scale insulin therapy’ for the treatment of hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients.
The practice of insulin therapy by sliding scale, that is, injecting insulin at set intervals (every 4-6 hours) only if the glycemia goes above a fixed threshold is still common in our country too, but it should be considered an inadequate and ineffective method. This...
Don’t renew the advanced dressings placed on complicated and/or infected surgical site with different timing than indicated by the guidelines and the product specifications.
The increasingly widespread use of “advanced dressings”, i.e. of devices for the treatment of surgical wounds made up of biocompatible materials enhancing their healing, is the result of ongoing pharmacological, epidemiological and infectious diseases...
Don’t carry out the assessment of pain without using standardized scales in the immediate post-operative period.
In many surgeries the administration of post-operative analgesic therapy is a standard practice. However, the pain previously perceived by the patient it is not always rated.If there is a prescription for a pain killer treatment “under condition”, i.e....
Unless there is any complication, don’t renew the dressing of the surgical site in the first 48 hours after surgery.
The dressing of the surgical wound is always source of debate for what concerns: methods, materials and frequency of renewal.Currently, replacing the dressings positioned in the operating room during the first day, i.e. before 24 hours from placement, is routinely....The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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