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Supporters of 24-hour intensivist staffing in the ICU cite potential benefits to the patient as a result of more timely and accurate diagnostic evaluation, consistent provision of complex treatment, and overall higher quality, safer care.
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In this study, a research assistant who was already embedded in patient care teams to observe the process of care during bedside rounds was recruited to document hand hygiene compliance by nine internal medicine teams over a 3-month period.
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In this issue: Azithromycin and cardiac risk; warfarin and heart failure; aspirin and VTE; effectiveness of long-acting contraceptives; and FDA actions.
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Ott and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh reviewed all medical-emergency team (MET) calls to the radiology department involving adult inpatients during a 2-year period.
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Scenario: The ECG shown above was obtained from a patient whose blood pressure was dropping. How many reasons can you cite to support a diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia (VT)?
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This blinded, randomized, controlled trial reports a higher risk of mortality, need for renal replacement therapy, and blood product transfusion in patients treated with the colloid solution hydroxyethyl starch compared to those treated with the crystalloid solution Ringers acetate.
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An 8-year-old girl from rural California who had been scratched by unvaccinated cats developed flaccid paralysis and rabies encephalitis. She was treated with a therapeutic coma protocol and survived after a 52-day hospitalization.