Shared Decision-Making

BOSTON — Decisions about pediatric noninvasive ventilation need to align with the child’s and family’s goals at all stages of the child’s life and at the end of it as well, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — Communication including shared decisionmaking is essential in combatting vaccine hesitancy, according to a presentation at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

Although allergists/immunologists frequently encounter ethical dilemmas in their daily clinical practice, medical ethics has not previously been a focus of research and training in their specialty, Timothy M. Buckey, MD, MBE, told Healio.

Mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis lead to very similar outcomes, so shared-decision making is important for breast cancer screening, according to an expert.

For older adults with non-STEMI, routine coronary intervention was safe but did not lower risk for death from CV causes or nonfatal MI compared with medical therapy alone, according to new data from the SENIOR-RITA trial.

The implementation of treat-to-target approaches for rheumatoid arthritis remains largely suboptimal, but could be improved with telehealth and other measures, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Practicing shared decision-making increases overall trust in health care providers among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Although training primary care providers in shared decision-making did not significantly improve colorectal cancer concordance or screening rates in older adults, at least 5 minutes of discussion with a PCP may benefit some, data showed.

Black and Hispanic/Latino infants who were brought to hospitals with a fever were less likely to have documented shared decision-making regarding lumbar puncture and ED discharge, a study found.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Including multiple specialists to treat the various facets of systemic sclerosis improves outcomes but can have its own challenges, according to a presenter at the 2024 Rheumatology Nurses Society annual conference.