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FDA actions
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Statins do not increase risk of cancer
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Neurology Alert - Full August 2011 Issue in PDF
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For Cervical Myelopathy from Spondylosis, Which Surgical Approach is Better — Anterior or Posterior?
In this non-randomized comparative trial, dorsal (posterior) decompressive spinal surgery resulted in longer lengths of stay and higher costs compared to ventral (anterior) surgery. -
Abstract & Commentary: Patient Outcomes After Failed Extubation
In this prospective study carried out in a 13-bed French medical ICU, Thille and associates sought to determine the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients who experienced extubation failure the requirement for reintubation within 72 hours of either planned or unplanned extubation. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Special Feature: Pregnancy and Critical Care Medicine — Part 1I: Acute Respiratory Failure and Pregnancy
In Part 1 of this two-part series on Pregnancy and Critical Care Medicine (see Critical Care Alert, March 2011, p. 89-93), we reviewed the normal physiologic changes that occur during pregnancy, examining changes occurring across multiple organ systems that affect our management of these patients as well as the ability of the pregnant woman to respond to various forms of stress, such as acute hemorrhage. -
Pharmacology Watch: Apixaban is Heating Up the Anticoagulation Market
In this issue: Apixaban could soon join the anticoagulation market; Chinese herbs for flu; chronic medication and discontinuation after hospitalization; and FDA actions. -
Critical Care Alert October 2011 Issue in PDF
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Association of Vitamin D Deficiency and Myocardial Infarction
Vitamin D deficiency was found to be present in almost all patients entering with acute myocardial infarctions in a 20-hospital multicenter study.