Critical Care Alert – April 1, 2011
April 1, 2011
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Special Feature: Update on Rescue Therapies for Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure
Critical hypoxemia in acute respiratory failure may be defined as a degree of impairment in tissue oxygenation that in and of itself, and separately from the primary cause of the respiratory failure threatens the life of the patient. -
Abstract & Commentary: Mechanical Ventilation: A Marker of the End-of-Life or Loss of Independence for the Elderly?
A recent examination of the Medicare database illustrates that survival rates after in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) remained unchanged from 1992 to 2005. -
Abstract & Commentary: A Risk Factor for Hospital-Acquired Infections: Hand Contamination by Anesthesia Providers
In a prior study, investigators at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center linked intraoperative contamination of patients' IV stopcocks with an increase in patient mortality. -
Pharmacology Watch: Apixaban and Rivaroxaban Near Approval for Nonvalvular AF
In this issue: Apixaban and rivaroxaban near approval for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation; fidaxomicin for C. difficile infections; guideline for intensive insulin therapy; and FDA Actions. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement