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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Can Mixed Venous Saturation Be Monitored Non-invasively?
The NICO monitor (Respironics, Inc.) uses co2 production, estimated from changes in exhaled CO2 during a brief period of rebreathing, to determine cardiac output via the Fick relationship. -
Cleaning Stethoscopes with Ethanol-based Cleaner vs Isopropyl Alcohol — Which Is Better?
For many years, infection-control experts have focused on improving the hand hygiene habits of health care providers. -
Pharmacology Watch: Tamoxifen, SSRIs, and Breast Cancer Recurrence
In this issue: Tamoxifen and CYP2D6 inhibitors, FDA Actions, and FDA Warnings. -
Special Feature: Critical Care Management of the Patient with Elevated Intracranial Pressure
Elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) occurs as a complication of neurosurgical emergencies including traumatic brain injury (TBI) and intracranial hemorrhage or due to medical illnesses, such as meningitis or fulminant hepatic failure. -
Respiratory Therapist-driven Protocol for Non-ICU Surgical Patients Reduces ICU Use and Decreases Costs
Harbrecht and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh studied the effects of a targeted protocol for respiratory assessment and management in patients admitted to the hospital's neurosurgery step-down, trauma/surgery step-down, and trauma/surgery general units. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Pharmacology Watch: Meta-analysis Compares Antihypertensive Classes
In this issue: Comparing blood pressure medications, determining optimal length of androgen-deprivation therapy, red yeast rice for LDL reduction, and FDA Actions. -
Quality of Life Among Survivors of ICU Admission for COPD
This paper reports on a comprehensive follow-up of patients with severe airway obstruction who were admitted to 92 ICUs or to 3 high-dependency respiratory units in the United Kingdom during 2002 and 2003. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement