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Shared decision-making gives parents of extreme preemies a choice
Extremely premature babies born between 22 and 25 weeks’ gestational age are at high risk of dying and physical disabilities. A NICU team advocated for a shared decision-making process to help parents make informed decisions about whether they want their extremely premature baby to receive intensive care or palliative care.
‘Prehab’ helps patients recover from surgery faster
You’ve heard of ‘rehab’ but what about ‘prehab’? More and more, patients are working with physiotherapists before surgery, rather than just afterwards, to improve their fitness and function so they recover faster.
Monitoring catches fainting patient’s irregular heartbeat
A small percentage of people who faint suffer from serious medical conditions that are difficult to catch, which is why a new monitoring system is saving lives.
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