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Lung-protective Ventilation Saves Lives: Why Aren't We Using It?
Starting 4 months after publication of the ARDS Network's landmark study showing improved outcomes in patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) when low-tidal-volume, lung-protective ventilation (LPV) was used, investigators at the University of Pennsylvania prospectively identified 88 patients who met the accepted American-European Consensus Conference definition of ALI-ARDS. -
Full March 3, 2008 Issue in PDF
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Trauma Reports for March/April 2008
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Key Neuromuscular Junction Disorders and Peripheral Neuropathies for the Emergency Physician
Most of us dread the chief complaint of weakness. This nonspecific symptom engenders a differential that ranges from malingering to fatal, from psychiatric to cancer. The finding of demonstrable muscle weakness helps, but then leads to a confusing set of relatively rare diagnoses. -
Maximizing Survival from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Putting Effective Emergency Cardiac Care Into Practice
A new generation of physicians is reinvigorating the field of cardiac arrest research. I am grateful that two of the experts in this area have written this issue of EM Reports. After reading this, I anticipate you will place these principles into practice. -
Full May 12, 2008 Issue in PDF
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Full May 1, 2008 Issue in PDF
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Can We Predict the Outcome of Bacterial Meningitis?
The risk of adverse outcomes in bacterial meningitis can be estimated upon initial patient presentation using six clinical features. -
Intensive Insulin Therapy and Colloid Resuscitation in Severe Sepsis
This study of severe sepsis patients showed that intensive insulin therapy does not improve mortality or organ dysfunction, and resuscitating patients with the colloid hydroxyethyl starch is harmful. -
Heart Failure Risk with Non-Cardiac Surgery
Risk prediction algorithms for non-cardiac surgery and therapeutic trials have focused on the prevention of myocardial ischemic events.