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User-friendliness of the Latest Generation of ICU Ventilators
In an attempt to reproduce the situation in which a covering physician is called urgently to a patient's bedside because of a ventilator-related problem, this laboratory study sought to determine how readily intensivists could operate new-generation ICU mechanical ventilators with which they were not personally familiar. -
Exogenous Surfactant Does Not Improve Outcomes in Adults with Acute Lung Injury or ARDS
This large-scale clinical trial of exogenous surfactant administration in adult patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) used internationally accepted diagnostic criteria and the ARDS Net lung-protective ventilation protocol in all patients. -
Active Involvement of Families in ICU Care Improved Satisfaction with Care Provided
Generally, families of critical care patients are not actively involved in patient care in a consistent or meaningful way. -
Evaluation and Treatment of the Hot Joint
Patients with acute joint pain present a diagnostic dilemma for many emergency physicians. Classically the joints are hot, swollen, and tender, with reduced range of motion. The differential diagnosis for the painful joint is extensive. -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full January 4, 2010 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full January 4, 2010 Issue in PDF
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Pharmacology Watch - Full January, 2010 Issue in PDF
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Omeprazole's effect on clopidogrel
The FDA has issued a warning regarding the combination of clopidogrel (Plavix®) with omeprazole (Prilosec®) -
Statin plus niacin or ezetimibe?
Raising HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) with niacin plus a statin is superior to lowering LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) with ezetimibe plus statin in reversing atherosclerosis according to the widely reported ARBITER trial published on-line in the New England Journal of Medicine in November and simultaneously reported at the American Heart Association meeting in Orlando, FL. -
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