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Aspirin, Higher Doses No More Effective, Risky; Subclinical Hypothyroidism Treatment Benefits; FDA approvals
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Using laboratory results from a recent 30-month period for case finding, Lamontagne and colleagues reviewed the medical records of all patients with fulminant Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) who received care in the ICUs of 2 tertiary-care hospitals in Quebec.
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of patient-ventilator dys-synchrony in the etiology of sleep disruption, and to determine whether optimizing patient-ventilator interactions by using proportional assist ventilation (PAV) improves sleep.
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The literature on the technical and clinical aspects of mechanical ventilation for patients with acute respiratory failure continues to expand, with nearly 50,000 citations appearing in PubMed for the topic "mechanical ventilation," and more than a thousand articles in English reporting the results of clinical trials under this heading published during the last 5 years.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations on multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) relevant to long-term care facilities (LTCFs) include the following measures:
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Preventing transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) presents particular challenges in the long-term care setting, where residents are encouraged to interact and single rooms are typically at a premium.
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A former trial attorney who has represented hospitals in numerous malpractice claims seems the unlikely source of a call for transparency and full disclosure with regard to nosocomial infections and other adverse patient outcomes.
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Hospitals that have higher staff levels and better working conditions for nurses are safer for elderly intensive care unit patients, according to a recent report, led by Columbia University School of Nursing researchers that measured rates of hospital-associated infections.
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Consider yourself forewarned: It's time to switch to blunt suture needles in the operating room.