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Hyponatremia is frequently seen in patients with left ventricular failure and has recently been shown to be associated with right ventricular dysfunction and worse outcomes in patients with pulmonary hypertension.
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Due to its lack of cardiovascular side effects, the short-acting non-barbiturate sedative, etomidate, has been one of the primary agents used to sedate hypotensive patients during rapid-sequence intubation (RSI).
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In this study from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, Herasevich et al tested an electronic algorithm that incorporated patient characteristics and ventilator data and notified clinicians immediately when potentially injurious ventilator settings were being used.
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Laboratory studies and clinical data support the concept that prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) can induce or worsen lung injury, via activation of inflammatory mediators and/or microvascular fibrin deposition, processes that may be ameliorated by heparin.
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Clinical predictors of mortality in Parkinson's disease include age at onset, chronological age, male sex, motor severity, psychosis, and dementia
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A long-time patient, who is a 56-year-old male, arrives for his annual exam complaining of excessive thirst, frequent urination, unplanned weight gain, and fatigue. His blood pressure, which was borderline hypertensive last year, is now 160/95. He reports no change in diet, job responsibilities, or family life. This year, you have added another screening to the standard vital signs.
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Many patients who are shunted for normal pressure hydrocephalus have Alzheimer's pathology, and many go on to develop Alzheimer's disease.