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Although prognostic information is viewed as very important to family members of incapacitated, critically ill patients, little is known about what prognostic information clinicians provide during family conferences.
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This pilot study from the Medical and Coronary ICUs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center sought to identify factors associated with the development of symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following critical illness.
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Torcetrapib, a cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor, has been in development by Pfizer for nearly 15 years.
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection results in both acute and chronic hepatitis.
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Compared with a lower dose, intensive treatment with atorvastatin in patients with stable coronary disease significantly reduces hospitalizations for HF.
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One of the harsh lessons of the "unforgiving" outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Toronto was the infectious risk of the undiagnosed patient. While much has been made of the respiratory protection issues and fit-testing of N95 respirators, almost three-quarters of the health care workers infected in the 2003 Toronto outbreak were treating patients who had not been diagnosed with the emerging infection, said Allison McGeer, MD, infectious disease consultant at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto.
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The emergence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has joined with the aftershocks of SARS and the threat of pandemic flu to put respiratory protection issues for health care workers back on the front burner.