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Higher vs Lower PEEP in ARDS
In patients with acute lung injury or ARDS, the addition of higher PEEP levels to the strategy of a low tidal volume does not improve clinical outcomes. -
Special Feature: Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation: Current Evidence Supporting Practice
There currently exists much evidence to direct the application of Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NPPV). NPPV for the treatment of patients with acute respiratory failure has generated several meta-analyses and systematic reviews,1-4 including a recent one by Dean R. Hess PhD, RRT. -
Pharmacology Watch: Estrogen Found to Not Affect Heart Disease, Breast Cancer
The NIH has halted the estrogen-alone wing of the Womens Health Initiative a year before its scheduled end. -
Full April 2004 Issue in PDF
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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Recruitment Maneuvers Still Controversial in ALI/ARDS
In patients with ALI/ARDS from pulmonary and extrapulmonary causes, receiving mechanical ventilation with low tidal volumes and high PEEP, short-term effects of recruitment maneuvers as conducted in this study are variable. -
Pharmacology Watch: Sinus and Allergy Health Partnership Releases New Guidelines for Treatment of Bacterial Rhinosinusitis
Steroids Not Linked to Risk of Fractures; ADT Puts Men at Risk for Osteoporosis; Study Shows Valsartan May Improve Sexual Function in Postmenopausal Women; New Direct-to-Consumer Pharma Advertising Rules Considered; FDA Actions -
Full March issue in PDF
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment and Therapy
The field of hyperbaric medicine is an evolving specialty, and the scope and practice is fluid with new research. This article will give an explanation into the various approved indications, the basic science rationale, and the pathophysiolgy of why hyperbaric medicine works. -
Full February 2004 Issue in PDF