Background: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a rare cause of rapidly evolving tender cervical lymphadenopathy. It is often initially misdiagnosed and managed as infectious lymphadenitis. Although most cases of KFD are self-limited and improve with antipyretics and analgesics, some are more refractory and may require corticosteroids or hydroxychloroquine therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Bedside "sitters" are often used for patients at high risk for falls, but they are expensive and their effectiveness is unclear.
Purpose: To review evidence about the effect of sitters and alternatives to sitters on patient falls in acute care hospitals.
Data Sources: PubMed searches to 8 October 2019, other databases from inception to December 2018, citation searches on key articles, and a Google search (22 October 2019).