A team of 10 detroit-area hospitals, led by physicians from the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, has reported significant success in improving the odds that heart attack patients will get the medicines, tests, procedures, counseling, and follow-ups that have been shown to improve the chances of surviving and returning to a full life.
Examination of patient outcomes beyond survival has become an important focus of critical care research in the last decade.
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Previous trials have demonstrated that administration of recombinant erythropoietin to critically ill patients decreases the need for red blood cell transfusions and leads to higher hemoglobin values.
This paper reports on a telephone survey of US non-rural hospitals and the physician directors of their ICUs.
The goal of this study was to elicit views of key clinical faculty members regarding the effects of residency duty-hour limits on patient care, education, professionalism and faculty satisfaction.
There is little debate that tidal volume (VT) should be lowered in patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
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