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Abstract & Commentary: Family Rounds in the ICU: A Means to Improve Family Satisfaction?
Communicating with family members in a manner that ensures satisfaction with the information received, assists in reducing distress, and supports decision making is challenging. -
Pharmacology Watch: Tiotropium for COPD — The New Standard?
In this issue: Anticholinergic drugs for COPD; pioglitazone for diabetes prevention; insulin degludec in Phase 3 trials; and FDA Actions. -
Abstract & Commentary: Do Serum Ionized Calcium Levels Matter in the ICU?
Although previous studies have suggested that hypocalcemia, a common problem in critical illness, is associated with increased mortality in ICU patients, and correction of hypocalcemia has been advocated to prevent neurologic and cardiovascular complications, the literature is still unclear as to the precise relationship between abnormal calcium levels both hypo- and hypercalcemia and ICU outcomes. -
Abstract & Commentary: Caregivers of Chronically Critically Ill Experience Distress and Lifestyle Restrictions up to 6 Months Regardless of Whether the Loved On
Chronically critically ill patients are projected to increase in number over the next 10 years. -
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports - Full April 2011 Issue in PDF
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Trauma Reports Supplement
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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports - Full May 2011 Issue in PDF
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Pediatric Oncologic Emergencies
Although the diagnosis of cancer in childhood is relatively rare, with an annual incidence of 165 cases per million, -
Neonatal Emergencies
The neonatal population (birth to 1 month of age) provides a unique and difficult challenge for diagnosis and treatment in the emergency department, and a systematic approach is critical to allow for rapid diagnosis and subsequent therapy in the setting of a potentially sick neonate. -
Primary Care Reports - Full May 2011 Issue in PDF