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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Continuous EEG During Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest — Is it Useful?
Moderate or severe EEG abnormalities are frequently seen in patients during therapeutic hypothermia following cardiac arrest and these findings are associated with poor outcomes. -
ICU Feeding Strategy and Acute Lung Injury Outcomes
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The Vexing Problems of Lung-Protective Ventilation: Asynchrony, Work of Breathing, and Sedation
This single-center, prospective, observational study examined the effects of clinician adjustments in ventilator settings or sedation/analgesic dosing on breath stacking (an inspiratory effort that causes the ventilator to deliver two consecutive breaths without an intervening expiratory phase). -
Burnout Syndrome Among Critical Care Professionals: A Cause for Alarm
While burnout occurs in any occupation, this paper will focus on ICU nurses and physicians. -
Critical Care Plus-FCC Rule Causes Telemetry Quandry for Hospitals
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Critical Care Plus-Handheld Computers Making Life Easier in the ICU
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
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One-Day Course for Residents Reduces ICU Vascular Catheter Infections
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Reducing Length of Stay Increases Cardiac Patient Readmissions