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High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy (HFNC) is a generic name for oxygen delivery devices that provide oxygen nasally at higher flow rates than conventional nasal cannulae. Conventional ventilation usually can only provide flow rates up to 15 L/min, while HFNC can deliver flow rates up to 60 L/min.
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Supporters of 24-hour intensivist staffing in the ICU cite potential benefits to the patient as a result of more timely and accurate diagnostic evaluation, consistent provision of complex treatment, and overall higher quality, safer care.
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In this study, a research assistant who was already embedded in patient care teams to observe the process of care during bedside rounds was recruited to document hand hygiene compliance by nine internal medicine teams over a 3-month period.
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In this issue: Azithromycin and cardiac risk; warfarin and heart failure; aspirin and VTE; effectiveness of long-acting contraceptives; and FDA actions.
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Ott and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh reviewed all medical-emergency team (MET) calls to the radiology department involving adult inpatients during a 2-year period.
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You are working on a busy summer Friday night when you get a medic call on the radio that you will be receiving three children from the same motor vehicle crash (MVC). There was moderate damage to the vehicle, airbags did deploy, and there were no fatalities at the scene. Five minutes later, you have the following patients, in full spinal precautions, in your ED:
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In this issue: Statins and diabetes risk; new treatment guideline for diabetes; new pertussis vaccine recommendation; antibiotics and rhinosinusitis; fluoroquinolones and cystitis; and FDA actions.
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Wunsch and associates describe two patients who suffered respiratory arrest requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation while receiving polymyxin B.