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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.
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Many therapeutic options now are available to prevent and treat osteoporosis, and consist of non-drug and drug or hormonal therapy. In just one decade, osteoporosis has been transformed from a disorder considered to be an inevitable and irreversible consequence of aging to a disorder in which there now is true therapeutic optimism. This article discusses the definition, epidemiology, and different causes of osteoporosis. Diagnostic studies, including bone densitometry, are reviewed as well as the various therapies.
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In late-onset VAP, survival improved and costs decreased using initial coverage with 3 antibiotics. Mini-BAL did not improve survival but decreased costs and antibiotic usage.
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Adult patients presenting with acute asthma without significant respiratory acidosis who were given 100% oxygen to breathe had slight increases in arterial PCO2 and slight decreases in arterial pH and peak expiratory flow, as compared with patients who received only 28% oxygen.
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This single-center study reveals that, compared to continuous sedation, daily sedative interruption is not associated with adverse psychological effects after 6-21 months.
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A consensus group making recommendations on the use of restraining therapies in the ICU emphasizes the inadequacy of the evidence base in this area and calls for studies to generate better data.
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A once-a-day dose of a valacyclovir reduces the rate of transmission of genital herpes (HSV-2) from an infected partner to an uninfected susceptible partner, according to a new study.
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Clinicians should become confident in management of constipation for numerous reasons, not the least of which is the sheer magnitude of its prevalence in the ambulatory setting.
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