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Antiaging Supplements Proven Ineffective; The Three Most Common Culprits of ADE; New Guidelines for Lyme Disease Prevention; FDA Actions
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Kalhan and colleagues at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (a participating ARDSNet investigation site) performed a prospective observational cohort study of patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) managed in their ICUs during a 22-month period beginning after publication of the initial ARDSNet study.
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Despite favorable reviews, limited evidence supports the benefit of high fidelity human simulation (HFHS) in preference to more traditional forms of health care provider education.
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Nosocomial infections are unfortunately common in intensive care units all across the United States. Although a wide variety of guidelines and treatment options exist for common types of nosocomial infections, such as catheter-related bloodstream infections or the ventilator-associated pneumonia, much less importance is given in critical care to Clostridium difficile infections.
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Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia; Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee; Refractory Asthma and TNFConnection?; FDA Actions
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Some studies have shown that breathing through an endotracheal tube imposes a small but measurable excess respiratory workload.
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Using a website-based international registry of patients with catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS), Bucciarelli et al sought to determine how often ARDS occurred as a complication.
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Late in the evening you receive a page about a patient who is fighting the ventilator. You are cross-covering and do not know the patient. Your sign-out sheet says only that she is 68 years old, has severe COPD complicated by pneumonia, and has been in the ICU for the last 3 days. No specific problems are mentioned.
