Critical Care Alert – November 1, 2013

November 1, 2013

• Procalcitonin in Sepsis: Is it Ready for Prime Time?

  Although mortality rates for sepsis have improved over the past two decades, its increasing incidence has resulted in a tripling of the number of in-hospital deaths related to sepsis over the same time period.

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• Can Integrating the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool into Practice Improve Pain Management?

  Using the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool to routinely assess pain in non-verbal ICU patients improved both the frequency of documented pain assessments and the administration of analgesics in two Canadian ICUs.

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• Safety of Intrahospital Transport Among Ventilated Critically Ill Patients

  In this prospective, multicenter cohort study, intrahospital transport of ventilated patients was common and associated with complications. Whether these complications are directly attributable to the transport is questionable.

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• Clinical Briefs in Primary Care

  Evidence-based updates in primary care medicine By Louis Kuritzky, MD

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• Pharmacology Watch: Evidence-based updates in clinical pharmacology

  Medications for Risk Reduction of Breast Cancer in Women

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