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Pharmacology Watch - Full September 2011 Issue in PDF
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Critical Care Alert October 2011 Issue in PDF
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Pharmacology Watch: Apixaban is Heating Up the Anticoagulation Market
In this issue: Apixaban could soon join the anticoagulation market; Chinese herbs for flu; chronic medication and discontinuation after hospitalization; and FDA actions. -
Special Feature: Pregnancy and Critical Care Medicine — Part 1I: Acute Respiratory Failure and Pregnancy
In Part 1 of this two-part series on Pregnancy and Critical Care Medicine (see Critical Care Alert, March 2011, p. 89-93), we reviewed the normal physiologic changes that occur during pregnancy, examining changes occurring across multiple organ systems that affect our management of these patients as well as the ability of the pregnant woman to respond to various forms of stress, such as acute hemorrhage. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Abstract & Commentary: Patient Outcomes After Failed Extubation
In this prospective study carried out in a 13-bed French medical ICU, Thille and associates sought to determine the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients who experienced extubation failure the requirement for reintubation within 72 hours of either planned or unplanned extubation. -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full October 10, 2011 Issue in PDF
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Rapidly Fatal Infections
The medical literature is rife with information on the trends of various infectious diseases. Much of this begins with the diagnosis made and helps us connect the diagnosis to a preferred regimen of antimicrobials or antivirals. The real detective work starts before this. Our tools are constant vigilance for subtle clues in the history and physical examination, some nonspecific laboratory tests (for example white blood cell [WBC] count or lactate), and a high level of suspicion for infection. -
Pain Control in Trauma Patients
Regardless of hospital trauma level designation, every emergency department (ED) manages patients with traumatic injury and needs to address the pain and discomfort that accompanies it. -
Trauma Reports - Full September/October 2011 Issue in PDF