This study reports a correlation between the degree of abnormalities on high-resolution chest CT and both restrictive pulmonary dysfunction and poorer health-related quality of life among survivors of acute lung injury.
Bacteria were present on the cell phones of all hospital clinicians studied, with potentially pathogenic microorganisms isolated from 29% of them. Contamination with pathogens was found more commonly with smart phones than with non-smart phones, and by multivariable analysis no other factor was associated with this difference.
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign recently published a revised International Guidelines for the Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock, updating its 2008 guidelines.
This study shows that adverse effects of endotracheal suctioning, particularly oxygen desaturation and hemorrhagic secretions, are frequent in mechanically ventilated patients, and can be reduced by the implementation of practice guidelines.
The study was conducted in 26 ICUs that had at least 5 years experience with prone positioning (PP).
Evidence-based updates in primary care medicine By Louis Kuritzky, MD
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