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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Current Management of Splenic Injury
The spleen is the most frequently injured organ following blunt abdominal trauma. -
Full November 1, 2008 Issue in PDF
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Full October 27, 2008 Issue in PDF
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"My Heart's Pounding and Skipping": Evaluation and Management of Palpitations in the Emergency Department
Well, after my erudite presentation, the attending, who happened to be a cardiologist trained in the pre-interventional era, sat back and said, "Son, remember the heart is not a chronometer." -
Incidence and Clinical Effects of Intra-abdominal Hypertension in Critically Ill Patients
This prospective cohort study examined the epidemiology and outcomes of patients with intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH). -
Effects of Clinical Trials on Mechanical Ventilation Practice
In 2002, esteban et al reported the results of an ambitious study, enrolling a prospective cohort of consecutive adult patients in 361 ICUs in 20 countries who received mechanical ventilation for more than 12 hours during the month of March 1998. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Full October 2008 Issue in PDF
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Special Feature: Therapeutic Hypothermia
The American Heart Association reports that there are approximately 310,000 annual cases of out-of-hospital (OOH) cardiac arrest. In 20-38% of these persons, the initial rhythm is ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (vfib/tach).