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Patients on mechanical ventilation who were managed with both conservative fluid administration and aggressive diuresis weaned faster, had significantly more ventilator-free days, and experienced reduced incidences of both ventilator-associated complications and ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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This short-term crossover study showed that in the first hour after extubation, patients were less dyspneic and had lower respiratory and heart rates while breathing oxygen via high-flow nasal cannula than with a conventional non-rebreathing mask.
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Acute renal failure (ARF) necessitating renal replacement therapy (RRT) is a common complication in the ICU, and one associated with high mortality and demand on clinical resources.
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After caring for patients with Clostridium difficile infection, nearly 25% of health care workers were found to have hand contamination with C. difficile spores.
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Hospitalists are frequently asked in many systems to work harder and see more patients, yet the effect of the hospitalist workload on the quality and efficiency of care has not been systematically evaluated.
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The first U.S. case of MERS-CoV infection diagnosed in the U.S. has been identified in an individual traveling from Saudi Arabia.
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Reducing 30-day hospital readmission rates is an important goal in improving healthcare quality and reducing healthcare costs.
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There are four predictors for a potentially avoidable readmission due to end-of-life issues: number of admissions in the past year, opiate prescription at discharge, neoplasm and Elixhauser comorbidity index.
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In this large observational study in four hospitals with a standardized rapid response system, among patients with an initial team activation who were not immediately transferred to the ICU, those with one or more additional activations during the hospitalization were more likely to need ICU care and had both longer hospital stays and higher mortality.
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