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A 75-year-old woman with a chief complaint of chest pain is brought to a university emergency department (ED) by a city-run emergency medical systems (EMS) service.
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Warfarin (Coumadin) is the most commonly used oral anticoagulant. It was synthesized by and named after the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation in 1948.
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Partial Liquid Ventilation (PLV) with Perfluorocarbon (PFC) has been demonstrated in animal models of acute lung injury to recruit dependent lung regions (the so-called "liquid PEEP" effect), to redistribute blood flow to better ventilated regions, to thus improve gas exchange compared with conventional ventilation, and also to facilitate the clearance of retained secretions.
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A prospective, multi-center randomized trial was performed to determine the feasibility of the semirecumbent position (goal, head of bed elevation [HOB] 45°) and its impact on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
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Emergency department (ED) resources are continually strained due to overcrowding. This intensifies during the winter months because of epidemics of viral illness that affect all ages. The very young and elderly populations are at increased risk for significant morbidity and mortality related to viral disease, and as a consequence have higher rates of hospitalization than other age groups.
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