Patient centered prognosis (PtCP): A guided visualization to assist patients and families explore prognosis for a terminal diagnosis.

Patient Centered Prognosis (PtCP): This brief report describes a simple guided visualization that clinicians can utilize to assist patients and families to safely explore prognosis for a terminal diagnosis. It can act as an effective adjunct to the medical prognosis; it allows patients and/or families to develop their own sense of timing, decreases anxiety, and can serve as an effective guide for planning details at end of life.

Integrative medicine considerations for convalescence from mild-to-moderate COVID-19 disease.

The majority of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 have mild-to-moderate COVID-19 disease. Convalescence from mild-to-moderate (MtoM) COVID-19 disease may be supported by integrative medicine strategies. Integrative Medicine (IM) is defined as healing-oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person, including all aspects of lifestyle.

Educating Physicians in Family Medicine Residencies About Nonpharmacologic Approaches to Pain: Results of an Online Integrative Course.

Background And Objectives: Opioid misuse is at an all-time crisis level, and nationally enhanced resident and clinician education on chronic pain management is in demand. To date, broad-reaching, scalable, integrative pain management educational interventions have not been evaluated for effectiveness on learner knowledge or attitudes toward chronic pain management.

Methods: An 11-hour integrative pain management (IPM) online course was evaluated for effect on resident and faculty attitudes toward and knowledge about chronic pain.

The effect of live spontaneous harp music on patients in the intensive care unit.

This study was performed to investigate the effect of live, spontaneous harp music on individual patients in an intensive care unit (ICU), either pre- or postoperatively. The purpose was to determine whether this intervention would serve as a relaxation or healing modality, as evidenced by the effect on patient's pain, heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and heart rate variability. Each consenting patient was randomly assigned to receive either a live 10-minute concert of spontaneous music played by an expert harpist or a 10-minute rest period.