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Peterson and colleagues at rush university medical Center carried out an observational study of ICU patients' oral nutritional intake in the 7 days following extubation after mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure.
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In this issue: New reports about proton pump inhibitors and the effects of gastric suppression, pioglitazone vs vitamin E for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, metformin and vitamin B12 deficiency, and FDA Actions.
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Patients with neuromuscular disease who are intubated and subsequently fail multiple spontaneous breathing trials are often relegated to placement of a tracheo-stomy and continuous mechanical ventilation.
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Terragni et al performed this 4-year-long multicenter randomized controlled trial to determine whether early (6-8 days) vs late (13-15 days) tracheotomy would reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) incidence.
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The role of medication safety officer (MSO) in hospitals has grown over the past two decades, but the recent recession has caused a setback with hospitals cutting back on the position. This is a big mistake, an expert says.
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Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center of Mishawaka, IN, has an adverse drug event (ADE) alert system that has resulted in decreased severity-adjusted mortality rates, length of stay (LOS), and drug costs since it was implemented more than five years ago.
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Making major technological changes in hospitals is both expensive and very labor-intensive. Hospitals should plan for pilot tests of the new equipment, educating and marketing the change to staff, and receiving feedback that will result in process changes.
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Barcode technology combined with a barcode electronic medication-administration system (eMAR) can reduce potential adverse events related to medication errors by more than 50%, according to a new study funded by the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) of Rockville, MD.