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Beginning A Career In Infection Prevention in PDF
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Nurse-Managed Ventilator Weaning Protocol Results in Positive Clinical Outcomes
The purpose of this study was to compare the usual method of physician-directed weaning from mechanical ventilation to a weaning protocol directed and managed by bedside ICU nurses. -
How Safe is Bronchoscopy in Hypoxemic, Nonintubated ICU Patients?
In this multicenter observational study carried out in eight ICUs in France, Cracco and colleagues evaluated the safety of fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) when performed in acutely ill, nonintubated patients who were receiving supplemental oxygen and/or noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV). -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Critical Care Alert April 2013 Issue in PDF
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Pharmacology Watch: Is This the End of the Road for Calcium Supplementation?
In this issue: Calcium supplementation in women; type 2 diabetes treatments and pancreatitis risk; treating chronic idiopathic urticaria; rivaroxaban and VTE; and FDA actions. -
Open-Lung Ventilation in ARDS is Not Necessarily Lung Protective
These two reports of large, multicenter, randomized, controlled trials of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) as compared to conventional lung-protective ventilation (LPV) in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) were electronically published on the same day in The New England Journal of Medicine. -
High-Flow Nasal Cannula — What Is it, How Does it Work, and Do We Know if it Works?
The use of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) systems for oxygen delivery in critical care has exploded over the past decade. -
Pharmacology Watch: New Study on Chelation Therapy Proves Controversial
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Ectopic Pregnancy and Subsequent Fertility
In a large, multicenter, randomized study of women in Europe who presented with ectopic pregnancy, there was no significant difference in the rate of subsequent intrauterine pregnancy observed following early ectopic pregnancy managed with medical therapy or conservative (salpingostomy) surgery, or following acute ectopic pregnancy managed with radical (salpingectomy) or conservative surgery.