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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Acute Seizures and Epilepsy Risk in Pediatric Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Children with intracerebral hemorrhage are at increased risk for seizures and epilepsy compared to adults, particularly those who develop elevated intracranial pressures. -
Neurology Alert - Full June 2013 Issue in PDF
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Cognitive Dysfunction and Depression in Retired NFL Players
In former, aging, National Football League players, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery scans showed increased total and deep white matter hyperintensity volumes, while diffusion tensor imaging showed decreased fractional anisotropy reflecting white matter disruption, and this is associated with cognitive impairments and depression. -
Milieu Enhancement Strategies for the ICU
The modern-day intensive care unit (ICU) is a cacophony of noise from beeps, buzzers, loud conversations, and harsh lighting. Stimuli overload has been documented to be detrimental to critically ill patients. -
Critical Care Alert March 2013 Issue in PDF
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A Primer on Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: The Myths, the Evidence, and the Expert Opinion
Hampson and colleagues present a review of the literature and pathophysiology of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and provide treatment and prevention recommendations. -
Should Aerosolized Antibiotics be Used to Treat Gram-Negative, Multidrug-Resistant, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia?
Lu et al prospectively studied 165 patients with culture-confirmed (bronchoalveolar lavage samples), ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) caused by either Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Acinetobacter baumannii. -
Problems with Pulse Oximetry in Screening for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Weaver and colleagues at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, conducted a prospective study to determine the false-positive rate of carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) measurements by pulse oximetry (SpCO) in patients presenting to the emergency department at this level one trauma center. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement