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Does Acetaminophen Help Febrile Patients with Infection?
Scheduled intravenous acetaminophen lowers temperature but does not affect ICU-free days, mortality, length of stay, or adverse events in patients with sepsis.
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What is the Best Rate Control Agent for Patients with Sepsis and Atrial Fibrillation?
Beta-blockers may be associated with better outcomes in patients with sepsis and atrial fibrillation.
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Dyspnea and Asynchrony During Mechanical Ventilation
Breathing is the primal sensation of postnatal life, the disturbance of which produces the most profound sense of dread.
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Is Sodium Restriction Detrimental in Chronic Heart Failure?
In an observational study of outpatients with NYHA class II or III heart failure, dietary sodium restriction (< 2500 mg/day) was associated with increased risk of death or heart failure hospitalization.
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: Patients Need No Convincing
Relapsing and refractory Clostridium difficile infection has become a real challenge for clinicians and affected patients alike. Some patients wind up in a seemingly never-ending cycle of illness, gradual improvement, followed by a prolonged vancomycin taper, and eventual relapse.
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Blood Transfusion in Cardiac Disease Patients
An observational study confirms the hypothesis that ischemic heart disease patients may do better with higher hemoglobin levels as compared to ICU patients without heart disease.
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Early Chest CT Can Improve Treatment for Community-acquired Pneumonia
In patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia, early chest CT significantly changed management decisions.
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The Opioids Just Keeping Coming
Most opioid prescriptions are continued after a patient overdoses accidentally. Those patients are also at risk for a recurrent overdose.
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Does the Use of Saline vs Buffered Crystalloid Reduce Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in ICU?
The use of a buffered crystalloid compared with saline did not reduce the risk of acute kidney injury in patients receiving crystalloid fluid therapy in the ICU.
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Effects of a Rapid Response System Driven by Real-time Automated Clinical Alerts on Hospital Mortality and Length of Stay
The addition of an automated real-time clinical deterioration alert system to a rapid response system had marginal effects.