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Trauma Reports November/December 2014 Issue in PDF
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full October 5, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Pagers Versus Smartphones
This is an eight-week, cluster-randomized, controlled trial at a single institution study (Stanford Hospital) comparing a traditional one-way paging system to the use of a HIPAA-compliant group messaging (HCGM) application for smartphones. -
Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Acute Ischemic Stroke Reviewed
The authors present an updated review of the use of tissue plasminogen activator in patients with acute ischemic stroke. -
Should Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure be Extubated at Night?
In this retrospective study of extubation outcomes in five ICUs at a single medical center, patients extubated at night had no increase in adverse events and their mortality rates and lengths of ICU stay were lower. However, these results were likely affected by the high proportion of post-cardiac-surgery patients in the nighttime extubation group. -
Reduced ICU Bed Availability is Associated with Worse Outcomes on the General Wards
This observational cohort study found that reduced ICU bed availability is associated with increased rates of ICU readmission as well as ward cardiac arrest if medical ICU beds were on shortage. -
Colchicine for Recurrent Pericarditis
This study completes the Imazio et al trilogy on the treatment of pericarditis and suggests that colchicine is the drug of first choice for acute pericarditis, first recurrences, and multiple recurrences. -
Critical Care Alert - Full November 2014 Issue in PDF
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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports - Full November 2014 Issue in PDF
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Hospital Medicine Alert - Full November 2014 Issue in PDF