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Nine years ago, muhlenberg regional medical Center in Plainfield, NJ, opened Progressive Care, an intermediate critical care floor to serve patients with diagnoses and conditions that qualify them for ICU care but who dont require the full, intensive nursing and monitoring that an ICU traditionally provides. The system has worked so well that the facility has added a second such flexible unit.
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Alvan Barach, who pioneered the clinical use of oxygen, was also the first investigator to treat acute asthma by having the patient breathe a mixture of helium and oxygen. In 4 adult asthmatics, Barach demonstrated a reduction in dyspnea after just a few breaths of the helium-oxygen mixture, now known as heliox.
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The objective of this study was to prospectively evaluate the oxygenation effect of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) delivered during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
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Greenfield RH. Common sage for Alzheimer's disease. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(5):60.
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Greenfield RH. Multivitamins and Type 2 diabetes. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(5):59-60.
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Kolasinski SL. Guafenesin and SAM-e for fibromyalgia. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(5):55-59.
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Pujari A. Prickly pear for diabetes. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(5):53-55.
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Ramalanjaona G. Role of lycopene in prostate cancer. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(5):49-53.