Fluid resuscitation is considered a cornerstone of initial management of burn patients.
The cornerstone for initial management of the traumatized hand is application of a splint.
In conclusion, although PET/CT remains the cornerstone for initial staging and response assessment at the completion of treatment in patients with HL, imaging modalities other than PET/CT often help in the initial workup of patients with HL.
Accurate initial diagnosis is the cornerstone for therapeutic decision making of acute bacterial meningitis (ABM).
Glucocorticoids are indeed the cornerstone of initial therapy for polymyositis but in severely ill patients, azathioprine or methotrexate is preferable.
Lifestyle modifications include a reduced-calorie diet, physical activity and behavior changes and represent the initial approach and the cornerstone of weight-loss therapy, as recommended by National Heart ,Lung, and Blood Institute [3].
Because postponing oxygenation assessment adversely affects outcome, we suggest that implementing a care bundle to improve management of CAP in the emergency department – using simple evidence-based variables, including immediate pulse oxymetry and oxygenation assessment as the cornerstone and initial step in treatment – may be a means to optimize outcomes in severe CAP.
In addition, it has been suggested that implementing a simple care bundle in the emergency department will improve management of CAP, using five evidence-based variables, with immediate pulse oxymetry and oxygen assessment as the cornerstone and initial step of treatment.
(When my dad saw the initials W.P.A. on the cornerstone of a building, he said it stood for "We Poke Along," but he could afford to be disdainful since he'd been hired after high school by his uncle Lew to pump gas at Lew's Pure Oil station).
Although it is widely accepted that emergency irrigation and soft-tissue debridement are the cornerstones of initial care for open fractures, there is no consensus on the best method of obtaining and maintaining alignment and stability of the tibia.
