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Abstract & Commentary: To Brush ‘Em or Not: Does Tooth Brushing Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia?
The purpose of this review paper was to summarize the evidence on the effect of tooth brushing to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in critically ill adults and children receiving mechanical ventilatory support. -
Abstract & Commentary: Respite Staffing Decreases Intensivist Burnout
This study assessed the impact of two formats, intermittent scheduling (IS) or continuous scheduling (CS), on intensivist and patient outcomes. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Critical Care Alert September 2011 Issue in PDF
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Pharmacology Watch: ACEIs and ARBs Help Patients with Aortic Stenosis
In this issue: ACEI/ARB therapy for AS; safety alert issued for dronedarone; statins and cancer risk; nesiritide and heart failure; and FDA actions. -
Special Feature: PEEP for One and PEEP for All
Would you like to start a fight? Just ask a colleague how he or she selected the level of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) for a patient. -
Respite Staffing Decreases Intensivist Burnout
Intensivists experienced significantly less burnout, work-home life imbalance, and job distress under an interrupted schedule vs a continuous (half-month) schedule. ICU length of stay and mortality were non-significantly higher under continuous scheduling. -
Risk of Hemorrhage on Warfarin
In this study, the authors attempt to develop a risk stratification score to predict bleeding in patients treated with warfarin oral anticoagulation. -
BUN and High-Dose Loop Diuretics
High-dose loop diuretics are often necessary to reduce elevated filling pressures in patients with heart failure. However, they are known to activate neurohormonal mechanisms that may be harmful. -
Clinical Cardiology Alert - Full September 2011 Issue in PDF