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To underscore the risks of fatal bacterial infection following platelet transfusions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently published these two case reports.
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The new mindset of zero infection rates generally is considered more of a goal than a practical reality, an unattainable threshold meant to shake the complacency and comfort of some longstanding benchmark range. On the contrary, some infection control professionals are taking it literally. For certain infections on certain units, target zero is being obtained.
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Amoxicillin-Clavulanate vs Ciprofloxacin; AD Therapy and Cognitive Function; LDL Lowering in CHD Patients; FDA Actions.
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Over the last decade there has been a growing trend from an open to a closed model of ICU care delivery. The open model is an ICU where day-to-day management decisions are made by an admitting physician with the assistance of consultants. The admitting physician may be any member of the medical staff and need not necessarily have any particular expertise in the provision of critical care services.
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CPAP may decrease the incidence of endotracheal intubation and other severe complications in patients who develop hypoxemia after elective major abdominal surgery.
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This single center observational cohort study reveals that ARDS survivors have persistent neurocognitive, psychiatric and quality of life impairments at 2 years.
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This 3-year cohort surveillance study of all adult patients admitted to ICUs in one region found that they were common (developing in 6.5% of patients, or 9.6 UTIs per 1000 ICU days) but did not contribute independently to mortality.