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Hand hygiene was more likely to be performed when the first person entering the room or the attending physician (regardless of order) performed hand hygiene.
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This retrospective, multicenter study found that nighttime intensivist staffing is associated with lower patient mortality only in ICUs that lack mandatory daytime intensivist staffing.
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Risk for Zoster from the Vaccine in Immunosuppressed Persons; Cerebral Aneurysms: What's in Your Patient's Future?; Elucidating the 'Best' Interval for Bone Density Screening in Osteoporosis; An Unexpected Connection Between PTSD, ACE Inhibitors, and ARBs; The Right Amount of Vitamin D to Prevent Fractures; Prevention of Diabetes
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More than half of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery and polysomnography had obstructive sleep apnea, which was associated with an increased risk of perioperative complications, including hypoxemia, ICU transfer, and prolonged length of stay.
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Two ICU patients experienced respiratory arrest while receiving polymyxin. Given the recent resurgence of use of this antibiotic and its close relative colistin to treat gram-negative infections resistant to newer agents, clinicians should be aware of this infrequent but long-known and potentially fatal adverse effect.
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Infection is the second leading cause of death in hemodialysis patients, with mortality rates ranging from 12-36% in this vulnerable population.
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Timely recognition and treatment of myocardial infarction (MI) are crucial if we are to achieve optimal outcomes for our patients. Silent ischemia, or the absence of classical symptoms of ischemia, may delay the diagnosis.
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Although current guidelines recommend delaying neuroprognostication during therapeutic hypothermia following resuscitation from cardiac arrest, this review of 55 consecutive patients so managed found that a "poor prognosis" designation was arrived at during the hypothermia period in most of them, including six patients who were eventually discharged with a favorable neurologic outlook.
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Your neighborhood pharmacy now offers checks for high blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and diabetes; testing for HIV might be the next addition in service.