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Do Antidepressants Increase Risk of Suicide?; Can Viagra Improve Heart Function?; A Dramatic Increase of Clostridium difficile; FDA Actions
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Late in the evening you receive a page about a patient who is fighting the ventilator. You are cross-covering and do not know the patient. Your sign-out sheet says only that she is 68 years old, has severe COPD complicated by pneumonia, and has been in the ICU for the last 3 days. No specific problems are mentioned.
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End-tidal CO2 monitoring has many clinical uses: confirmation of endotracheal tube placement, monitoring of intubated patients, or monitoring of children undergoing procedural sedation.
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The history of diarrheal disease in man weaves a colorful but morbid tapestry. Long before the United States existed as a nation, cholera and cholera-like disease decimated armies, deposed kings, and in India sparked a cult religious following in hopes of placating the disease's fearsome wrath. In the United States during the 19th century, diarrheal illness grew and expanded alongside the fledgling nation.
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HIV infection can be divided into three stages: the acute seroconversion reaction, latent phase, and active AIDS.
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In the United States, an estimated 12,500 children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer each year; 9,500 children are younger than 15 years.
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This article discusses some of problems and solutions that occur in the prehospital management of using limited resources to meet the needs of the public.
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... acute appendicitis is a common disorder that continues to remain a diagnostic challenge despite clinical study during the past century and imaging advances in the past decade.
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Alternative Therapy for Depression?; FDA Actions