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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). -
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
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Apixaban trial results look promising
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Chinese herbs for flu treatment
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FDA actions
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Chronic medications and hospitalization