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Rapid Response Teams: Evidence of a Broader Impact that Influences Morale and Nursing Workload
Advantages of a rapid response team extended beyond a reduction in codes to impact multiple endpoints, including positive effects on nurse morale and empowerment, unit workload, and education. -
Steroids for Bacterial Meningitis: Long-term Follow-up
Use of dexamethasone in community-acquired bacterial meningitis is associated with long-term survival in treated patients. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Full Hospital Medicine Alert - February 1, 2013 Issue in PDF
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High-Flow Nasal Cannula — What Is it, How Does it Work, and Do We Know if it Works?
The use of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) systems for oxygen delivery in critical care has exploded over the past decade. -
Open-Lung Ventilation in ARDS is Not Necessarily Lung Protective
These two reports of large, multicenter, randomized, controlled trials of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) as compared to conventional lung-protective ventilation (LPV) in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) were electronically published on the same day in The New England Journal of Medicine. -
Pharmacology Watch: Is This the End of the Road for Calcium Supplementation?
In this issue: Calcium supplementation in women; type 2 diabetes treatments and pancreatitis risk; treating chronic idiopathic urticaria; rivaroxaban and VTE; and FDA actions. -
Critical Care Alert April 2013 Issue in PDF
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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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How Safe is Bronchoscopy in Hypoxemic, Nonintubated ICU Patients?
In this multicenter observational study carried out in eight ICUs in France, Cracco and colleagues evaluated the safety of fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) when performed in acutely ill, nonintubated patients who were receiving supplemental oxygen and/or noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV).