Standardization of Inpatient CPR Status Discussions and Documentation Within the Division of Hematology-Oncology at UPMC Shadyside: Results From PDSA Cycles 1 and 2.

Purpose: In December 2016, 49% of patients admitted to inpatient oncology services at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside Hospital had cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) status discussion documentation before discharge. The aim of this project was to improve the rate of CPR status conversations.

Methods: During Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle 1, a stakeholder workgroup was formed in January 2017 by oncology faculty, fellows, nurses, advance practice providers (APPs), medicine housestaff, and palliative care faculty.

[Cellulitis. Histopathologic and histochemical study of 100 cases].

An analysis of the bibliographical background is made. A study of 100 cases of cellulitis from the histopathologic and histochemical features is performed. The biopsies were done on patients of the feminine sex as a start of a whole treatment.

Topical treatment of acne rosacea with benzoyl peroxide acetone gel.

A group of patients with acne rosacea was treated with 5 percent benzoyl peroxide acetone gel for four weeks and then with 10 percent benzoyl peroxide acetone gel for an additional four weeks. A parallel group of patients was treated with a matching placebo (acetone gel vehicle). At the end of the first four weeks of treatment the dropout rate due to lack of improvement was 23 and 63 percent for benzoyl peroxide acetone gel and placebo, respectively.