The APOLLO laser system from LAP helps the medical physics team to prioritize patient safety while streamlining the radiation oncology workflow Operational focus: LAP’s APOLLO lasers ensure accurate ...

LAP’s laser systems are a core enabling technology for accurate, repeatable patient positioning in the imaging suite and on the treatment couch Streamlined workflows: LAP’s DORADOnova laser systems ...

It’s one of the lessons from the hospital frontlines and it was reinforced during the recent coronavirus pandemic— positioning matters. A significant percentage of pneumonia patients who were placed ...

A theory that colonoscopies go better when patients are positioned on their right side rather than the left failed to win support in a randomized trial conducted in eastern Canada. Against the ...

Awake prone positioning reduced need for intubation in selected patients with severe COVID-19, a meta-analysis showed. In pooled randomized controlled trials (RCTs), awake prone positioning ...

Increasing health literacy, quality of patient-physician relationships, and ultimately patient health and wellness outcomes is the goal of Wills Robbins, Founder and CEO of Constant Media. Constant ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Prone positioning significantly reduced the need for intubation among nonintubated adults with ...

Hospital beds for stroke patients are typically elevated at the head, however, a flat head position before surgical removal of a blood clot in the brain (thrombectomy) may lead to better outcomes.

Awake prone positioning is a well-established non-pharmacological intervention to improve lung oxygenation. During the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, this process has received ...