The much-awaited tagging of the price of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s PD-1 hero Opdivo in China was finally revealed by the company to be half of its cost in the U.S.
Emergency Departments in hospitals should always keep first-aid equipment handy as a critical case with any kind of diagnosis might land up at the ED at any given point of time.
Various physical therapy equipment, tools and exercises are available for patients after sustaining an injury or to mediate pain. Licensed physiotherapists are able to prescribe the best physical therapy for a specific ailment.
Ambulance stretchers are basically stretchers with wheels which make it usable for transport on roads or sites of emergencies. Ambulances are usually fitted with locks to which the ambulance stretcher can be fastened.
Surgical lamps, also called operating room lights, provide high-quality illumination, while carrying out medical procedures and surgeries on patients. They are used in surgical theatres, emergency rooms and medical examination rooms. These surgical lamps can continuously deliver bright light for a longer duration without causing excessive heat to either patients or doctors.
Physicians recommend to consume food only when you feel hungry and maintain 3-hour gaps in between meals. They advise avoiding oily and spicy foods. In spite of following these tips, everyone faces stomach disorders such as indigestion, bloating, acid reflux, diarrhea, and constipation at one time or the other.
During palliative care, if the oral route of drug administration is not recommended, syringe pumps, otherwise called as syringe drivers, are used to deliver painkillers or IV medications via subcutaneous route for an effective symptom management. Syringe pumps are used to deliver a measured quantity of drugs for a specific time period in a slow manner, whereby it effectively reduces human errors.
As pollution increases, so do diseases such as asthma and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). Asthma patients face difficulty in breathing due to the narrowing of airways caused by inflammation. COPD patients, however, can be affected with chronic bronchitis which leads to restrained breathing.
Finding the ultimate treatment for breast cancer is still a dream for all the pharma companies worldwide. At present, only hormonal therapy, Pfizer’s Ibrance, Eli Lilly’s Verzenio and Novartis’s Kisqali are available for breast cancer treatment.
Successfully matching patients with the right healthcare practitioners seems to be a major issue for enhanced interoperability. An ONC report by RAND showed that in 2014, the range of patient matching across the healthcare setting was only around 50 percent.
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