Does vardenafil allow successful intercourse initiated rapidly after dosing in Japanese patients with diabetes mellitus and erectile dysfunction?
In this retrospective analysis, a rapid onset of activity was also demonstrated in difficult-to-treat ED patients. Vardenafil improved successful intercourse rates compared with placebo in Japanese DM patients who inserted from as early as 15 minutes to >120 minutes after dosing.
Nearly half of surrogates for critically ill patients have moderate or high levels of decisional conflict. Prior advance care planning was associated with less decisional conflict. These results suggest that the scope of the benefit of advance care planning may extend beyond respecting patients' wishes to also ameliorating the burden on patients' loved ones who act as surrogates.