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When 4 different interfaces with varying internal dead space were randomly applied during non-invasive ventilation in 14 patients with acute respiratory failure, there were no significant differences in gas exchange, minute ventilation, or work of breathing, but patient tolerance of the different devices varied substantially.
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Almost one-fifth of Medicare patients who were discharged from a hospital were rehospitalized within 30 days, and about a third were rehospitalized within 90 days. Most of these readmissions were not planned.
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To review the evidence supporting indications for inductions of labor.
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On April 23, 2009, the oft-repeated pandemic influenza warning of "when, not if" became now.
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As this issue went to press, interim infection control recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for H1N1 influenza A included the following:
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Spread of H1N1 influenza A virus in the Southern Hemisphere creates a fateful scenario where coinfection with H5N1 avian influenza A is now possible, Margaret Chan, MD, director- general of the World Health Organization, recently warned.
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If you have not encountered bewilderment surrounding responsibility lines with the implementation of new guidelines, regulations, or corporate-driven initiatives concerning infection prevention, you will.
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In the turbulent days after 9/11 and the anthrax attacks, during the buildup to war in Iraq, the federal government undertook an ambitious plan to vaccinate half a million health care workers against smallpox.
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