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Special Feature: Clostridium Difficile Infection in Critically Ill Patients
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a common and severe nosocomial infection which is being seen with alarming frequency in hospitalized patients.Abstract & Commentary: Bacterial Contamination of Health Care Providers' Cell Phones
For this study of bacterial contamination of the cell phones of health care workers in a teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia, the investigators swabbed the screen, dialing pad, and sides of the phones and used standard culture techniques.Pharmacology Watch: Weight-loss Drug Effective Without Cardiac Side Effects?
In this issue: Lorcaserin submitted for FDA review, FDA advisory panel votes against phentermine/topiramate, mixed vote on rosiglitazone, advisory panel votes to remove breast cancer indication from bevacizumab labeling, no increase in seizures found with DTaP vaccine, new REMS for quinine.Critical Care Alert September 2010 Issue in PDF
Abstract & Commentary: Do We Need Daily Chest X-Rays in the ICU?
Daily chest radiographs have long been a staple of practice for intubated patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) and their use persists despite several studies questioning whether they are of any benefit to patients.Abstract & Commentary: Outcomes After Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation: Not as Favorable as One Might Wish
Unroe and associates prospectively enrolled 126 consecutive survivors of prolonged mechanical ventilation, along with their surrogates, and followed them for 1 year after discharge from the ICU.Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
Clinical Cardiology Alert - Full August 2010 Issue in PDF
Bleeding with Dual-antiplatelet Therapy
Dual-antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel is recommended for patients with known vascular disease or multiple risk factors for vascular disease. However, little is known about the long-term bleeding risk of such therapy.Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement