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Pharmacology Watch - Full July 2010 Issue in PDF
Controversies in Fluid Resuscitation
Remember when you first had the opportunity to write orders as a medical student? How careful and even deliberate you were? When it came to ordering intravenous fluids, how much thought you would give to the choice of fluid and the rate?Emergency Medicine Reports - Full June 21, 2010 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full June 21, 2010 Issue in PDF
Which Vasopressor Is Best in Patients with Shock?
This randomized, multicenter trial showed no differences in 28-day mortality in patients with shock who received either norepinephrine or dopamine, but did reveal a higher incidence of arrhythmia in the dopamine-treated group.Silent Pulmonary Emboli in Patients with DVT: Time to Screen?
Asymptomatic pulmonary embolism is quite common among patients with deep venous thrombosis. In many instances in these patients, the pulmonary emboli are located within the central pulmonary arteries.Does Therapeutic Hypothermia Affect Predictive Value of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials After CPR?
Bilateral absence of N20 responses in the setting of therapeutic hypothermia does not preclude neurologic recovery in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest.Hospital Medicine Alert - Full July 2010 Issue in PDF
Cerebral MRI in Endocarditis
The presence of cerebral complications of infective endocarditis (IE) can affect diagnostic and treatment decisions. Thus, this group from Paris, France, evaluated whether early cerebral MRI would affect the diagnosis and management of hospitalized patients suspected of having IE.