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Communicating with family members in a manner that ensures satisfaction with the information received, assists in reducing distress, and supports decision making is challenging.
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In this issue: Anticholinergic drugs for COPD; pioglitazone for diabetes prevention; insulin degludec in Phase 3 trials; and FDA Actions.
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Although previous studies have suggested that hypocalcemia, a common problem in critical illness, is associated with increased mortality in ICU patients, and correction of hypocalcemia has been advocated to prevent neurologic and cardiovascular complications, the literature is still unclear as to the precise relationship between abnormal calcium levels both hypo- and hypercalcemia and ICU outcomes.
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Chronically critically ill patients are projected to increase in number over the next 10 years.
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Pertussis, commonly known as the "whooping cough," is an infection of the upper respiratory tract leading to a protracted cough illness. Emergency physicians should become familiar with the diagnosis and management of this disease, given the potential of pertussis infections to cause serious morbidity and mortality in young infants. Furthermore, treating pertussis in a timely manner has a large public health impact given its extremely contagious nature.
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In this issue: Anticholinergic drugs for COPD; pioglitazone for diabetes prevention; insulin degludec in Phase 3 trials; and FDA Actions.
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Among 701 women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP), 22% were affected by clinical depression. After undergoing either surgery (including hysterectomy) or non-surgical alternatives, response to the therapy was found to be independent of the presence of depression.
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The investigators prospectively enrolled and followed a cohort of 97 teenagers before, and 6, 12, and 18 months after starting depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA).