Internal Medicine
RSSArticles
-
Should ICU Patients Be Bathed Daily with Chlorhexidine?
This observational study found a large reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections compared to historical controls for surgical ICU patients bathed daily with chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated cloths. -
Childhood Obesity in Practice
Obesity currently is the nation's greatest public health challenge. Serious chronic disorders are rising rapidly among children, teens, and young adults. -
Primary Care Reports - Full April 2011 Issue in PDF
-
Abstract & Commentary: A Risk Factor for Hospital-Acquired Infections: Hand Contamination by Anesthesia Providers
In a prior study, investigators at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center linked intraoperative contamination of patients' IV stopcocks with an increase in patient mortality. -
Abstract & Commentary: Mechanical Ventilation: A Marker of the End-of-Life or Loss of Independence for the Elderly?
A recent examination of the Medicare database illustrates that survival rates after in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) remained unchanged from 1992 to 2005. -
Special Feature: Update on Rescue Therapies for Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure
Critical hypoxemia in acute respiratory failure may be defined as a degree of impairment in tissue oxygenation that in and of itself, and separately from the primary cause of the respiratory failure threatens the life of the patient. -
Neurology Alert - Full April 2011 Issue in PDF
-
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
-
Stroke Alert: A Review of Current Clinical Stroke Literature
The Health Improvement Network UK Primary Care Database was queried for all patients aged 50-84 who were prescribed low-dose aspirin (75-300 mg/day) for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in 2000-2007. -
Hypothermia for Acute Brain Trauma
Therapeutic hypothermia does not result in improved outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury.