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Abstract & Commentary: TPN? And When?
This was a prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter trial that took place between 2007 and 2010 at seven ICUs in Belgium. Inclusion criteria were evidence of nutritional impairment or significant risk for it (measured using a validated and standardized nutritional risk screen questionnaire) and age > 18 years. -
Abstract & Commentary: Saddle Pulmonary Embolism: Is It the Same as 'Massive' PE?
Saddle pulmonary embolism (SPE) is defined as the presence of a thromboembolus located at the bifurcation of the main pulmonary artery. -
Pharmacology Watch: Medication Poisonings Are Increasing in Children
In this issue: Medication poisonings in children; rosuvastatin vs atorvastatin for atherosclerosis; saw palmetto for prostate symptoms; using atypical antipsychotics for off-label indications in adults; and FDA actions. -
Special Feature: Update on Drowning
Drowning is defined as asphyxia or suffocation from submersion/immersion in a liquid medium. -
Pharmacology Watch: FDA issues Multiple Drug Warnings
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Abstract & Commentary: The Impact of Establishing a Regional Weaning Unit for Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
Although most critically ill patients require only short periods of respiratory support, a minority require prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV). -
Critical Care Alert August 2011 Issue in PDF
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Abstract & Commentary: Low Tidal Volume Ventilation in theAbsence of Acute Lung Injury: A Study in Post-Cardiac Surgery Patients
Supported by robust data from numerous clinical trials, low-tidal-volume ventilation is now standard-of-care in managing patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). -
Abstract & Commentary: Patients/Surrogates Vastly Overrate Likelihood of Survival after Cardiac Arrest
Participants in this study were 100 patients/surrogates and their physicians in a 26-bed medical ICU located in an academic medical center. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement