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Can We Make Intubation a Safer Procedure for Patients?
Endotracheal intubation is a procedure fraught with multiple, potentially life-threatening complications. -
Pharmacology Watch: Finding ACCORD in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes?
In this issue: Examining the three arms of the ACCORD trial; and FDA Actions: clopidogrel, dexlansoprazole, and tamsulosin. -
Acetazolamide Does Not Facilitate Weaning in Patients with COPD
This clinical study was carried out to test the hypothesis that acetazolamide (Diamox®) would correct metabolic alkalosis and facilitate weaning in intubated patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who had elevated serum bicarbonate and were alkalemic. -
Do Silver-coated Endotracheal Tubes Affect VAP Mortality?
Endotracheal tubes (ETTs) coated with antimicrobial substances can reduce bacterial adhesion on the tube, block biofilm formation, and reduce bacterial burden in tracheal secretions. Various antimicrobial agents have been employed for this purpose. -
Common Symptoms, Unusual Conditions in PDF
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full March 29, 2010 Issue in PDF
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Self-harm in the Emergency Department: A Cry for Help, a Call to Arms
How's this for a practice gap? It's estimated that 1 in 10 suicide victims are people seen in the emergency department within 2 months of dying. Suicide is an issue of public health, which, in today's medical system, is often the domain of the emergency physician (EP). -
FDA actions
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Generic metformin smells fishy?
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SSRI use with tamoxifen